50mm SLR Magic Cine T 0.95

kazuo

Has anyone tried this lens? Read a review, and am blown away by the assessment.

Chk out the article here:

http://3dkraft.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116:about-the-limit-slr-magic-hyperprime-cine-50mm-t095&catid=40:camerasandlenses&Itemid=2

fosterchen

Vitaliy_Kiselev

MikeLinn

kazuo

brightened it by 1/2 stop and tweaked colours.

kazuo

I used to own a Navitar 75mm f1.3 CCTV lens. It was C mount, but it was one of the rare ones that gave a full image circle on m4/3, ie no vignetting at all, without modification.

The Navitar gave luminous images of grand beauty, similar in texture and bokeh to what I have seen here, especially the portrait shot. i am inclined to conclude that at the heart of the Noktor is really a CCTV glass, much like the Navitar except it is augmented for digital filmmaking.

Too bad I sold the Navitar when I started my Zeiss collection. In some ways, i still miss it even though i now shoot with the Zeiss 85mm f1.4

Image taken from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafemilkyway/5127378908/in/photostream/

Author had used a Navita 75mm f1.3

slrmagic

if the lens you saw had lens gear built-in, it is the 35/0.95

vicharris

@slrmagic

Are you sure? I could have sworn you had the 50mm .95 with that new adapter for mft. Itv wasn't mft mount. Btw, you get my email?

slrmagic

@vicharris

The lens I showed you was the 35mm T0.95 lens (now sold out and discontinued due to the 35mm T0.95 CINE II version that is now available).

The lens they are talking about here is the 50mm T0.95

vicharris

@slrmagic

Andrew, wasn't the lens you showed us the T0.95? If so I have some footage from it that I shoot that night on my GH2 wide open.

slrmagic

@Vitaliy_Kiselev we sold this lens for a very long time already. It can be bought on our website and is very popular for FS-700 and M mount RED users. Most resellers prefer to stock the 50mm F0.95 version so the 50mm T0.95 version is harder to find around. Adorama also has the 50mm T0.95 lens so it is around!

http://www.adorama.com/SLR5095MCN.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@slrmagic

Yep, but do you actually released T0.95 version. As most that I see is annoucment and old review.

slrmagic

1) They are two different lenses. 50mm F0.95 comes has APS-C coverage and comes in mFT mount, E-mount, or X-mount. 50mm T0.95 has FF coverage and comes in mFT, E-mount, or X-mount via M mount adapter (now included).

2) 50mm T0.95 is faster than the 50mm F0.95 due to T stop calibration difference.

3) 50mm F0.95 is much smaller at around 500g and 50mm T0.95 is much larger at nearly 1Kg.

4) Sharpness of 50mm T0.95 is much superior over the 50mm F0.95

5) 50mm F0.95 was originally made by Noktor in Japan in OEM factory and calibrated in Hong Kong. 50mm T0.95 is made in China by SLR Magic and assembled + calibrated in Hong Kong.

6) You can see the difference even by the photo.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@slrmagic

I am really confused. What is the difference exactly?

slrmagic

That is actually a test for the 50mm F0.95 and not the T0.95.

This is a test for the 50mm T0.95 http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/732-slrmagic50t095

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Despite there being noticeable hazing at fast apertures due to spherical aberrations, this lens delivers fairly good sharpness at f/0.95 in the centre of the frame, which could make this lens ideal for portraiture. Stopping down improves sharpness in the centre to outstanding levels from around f/2.8 and beyond, although the sharpness towards the edges of the frame never really catches up.

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/slr-magic-50mm-f-0-95-hyperprime-lens-review-23001

tetakpatak

The Leica M version of this lens has been recently (very positively) reviewed on the Photozone, using Sony Nex-7 with its 24MP killer sensor as test camera (used Metabones Leica to Nex adapter is not speed booster version!). But the lens performed really well in tough test conditions:

http://www.photozone.de/sony_nex/732-slrmagic50t095

raphaelfranco

it's okay, i'm opting for the olympus 45mm. maybe less dreamy, but i make up for it in my sleep instead of having to work overtime to pay the extra $600... unless... unless... that seems misguided, mislead, misfigured

Tobsen

@dtr I just noticed after your comment - ouch ;)

dtr

@Tobsen: that was a reply to your post ;)

raphaelfranco

i was strongly looking at this lens but after reading the few reviews or forums, the lens almost seems like a hoax. are there any people out there who swear by this lens or are still enamored with it?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

SLR Magic tell that all this is false :-)

Tobsen

@Vitaliy_Kiselev particles don't interfere with image quality. I guess I stick with it. @dtr check the link I posted. I agree on "ouch" ;)

dtr

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/219911-slr-magic-50mm-f0-95-m-24.html#post2119905

ouch!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

If particles are not big and do not interfere with image, just forget about them, as you'll have ones anyway with years :-)

Tobsen

Interesting article found by @Vitaliy_Kiselev.

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/219911-slr-magic-50mm-f0-95-m-24.html#post2119905

Makes me sad and almost regret the purchase of the 50mm Cine lens. In my case, it performs well (despite infinity being a bit before the end of the focus ring end point, but I can live with that), but I complained about the particles and specks inside th lens. It took three weeks of emailing back and forth until they granted me a free handling of the shipment and cleaning.

Now, I am actually worried about sending it back, because I fear that it might get "glued up" badly and I might be stuck with other problems.

What do you all think? Should I really send it back or am I freaking out here?

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