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F1.2 - the fast lane

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Tonygamble

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But of course 2.8 and 1.4 are rather different when it comes to short depth of focus.

And the pictures of the two bits of kit show the size - and one has to guess the weight difference.

I am convinced that one should stay with m43 and follow the trend towards wider apertures.

There is a poster above talking about a Sigma zoom and a Metabones booster - maybe this is another route forward.

Tony
 
Knorp

Knorp

Well-known member
There's a bunch of ultra-fast manual µ43 lenses from Voigtländer, but I don't know if they are any good (or good enough) wide open.
 
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Tonygamble

Member
Thanks Bart.

I have only looked at the 25mm but these two reviews have put me off looking further.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/...95-25mm-micro-43-lens-review-by-david-babsky/

http://www.photobyrichard.com/reviewbyrichard/voigtlander-nokton-25mm-f0-95-type-ii-review/

Maybe the other focal lengths are better but if they don't seem to mind selling a 25mm that is pretty unuseable when fully open I don't expect the others in the range are going to be radically different.

But thanks for the pointer.

Tony
 
Amin

Amin

Active member
The Voigtlander 17/0.95 is fairly sharp wide open and renders in a beautiful way. I like it so much that I bought it twice. I sold it twice because I so rarely want to shoot manual focus. Still, I'm thinking about buying it a third time :loco:.

A few family photos with that lens:





 
Knorp

Knorp

Well-known member
ptomsu said:
But it is MF only, which is meanwhile a no go for dynamic type of shooting (almost exclusively AF-C Tracking with Eye AF) I mostly do.
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I'm not sure I totally agree here, but perhaps AF is not required by Tony.
 
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Tonygamble

Member
Thanks Bart,

Yes. Autofocus is important to me. I call myself a photojournalist and a lot of my best shots are grab shots of people.

Years ago I was a manual focus Leica man. The first shot was the one I wanted. The second was in focus but the moment had gone. The Leicas were traded for Canons and my success to failure ratio changed dramatically.

It would take a real level of improvement in lens speed and bokeh to make me abandon autofocus. Sadly I don't see that in those Voiglander lenses when I compare the f1.2 autos we have been talking about.

Tony
 
Knorp

Knorp

Well-known member
Tonygamble said:
Thanks Bart,

Yes. Autofocus is important to me. I call myself a photojournalist and a lot of my best shots are grab shots of people.

Years ago I was a manual focus Leica man. The first shot was the one I wanted. The second was in focus but the moment had gone. The Leicas were traded for Canons and my success to failure ratio changed dramatically.

It would take a real level of improvement in lens speed and bokeh to make me abandon autofocus. Sadly I don't see that in those Voiglander lenses when I compare the f1.2 autos we have been talking about.

Tony
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Thanks for the explanation, Tony.
Your best option are the AF 1.2 OLYs then or perhaps the PL 42,5/1.2
I don’t know of any faster AF lenses than those. Someone else perhaps ?
Kind regards.
 
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Tonygamble

Member
This was posted ages ago by mazzer but could someone tell me what this is? I did not realise these boosters worked on lenses like a Sigma Zoom.

Wonder if I should be selling my Sigma 18-35 f1.8 which I use with the Metabones Speedbooster Ultra combo to achieve approx 13mm - 25mm f1.2 constant aperture zoom.

And presumably it then becomes non auto focus?

Tony
 
Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Tonygamble said:
This was posted ages ago by mazzer but could someone tell me what this is? I did not realise these boosters worked on lenses like a Sigma Zoom.

Wonder if I should be selling my Sigma 18-35 f1.8 which I use with the Metabones Speedbooster Ultra combo to achieve approx 13mm - 25mm f1.2 constant aperture zoom.

And presumably it then becomes non auto focus?

Tony
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The boosters, both the Metabones and the much cheaper Viltrox EF-M2 (similar image quality to the Metabones), work with the fast Sigma zooms and if the lens is EF mount, it's also supposed to work with AF plus transfer of all other electronics information.
 
Jorgen Udvang

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Tonygamble said:
Thanks Jorgen,

I'll do some reading. There is quite a long thread on DPR.

Tony
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From an optical point of view, I can strongly recommend the Viltrox. I don't know about the elctronics though, since I've only used it with additional F- and OM-mount adapters and lenses.
 
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Tonygamble

Member
If I use one it will be with something like the Sigma Zoom

About an hour ago I ordered the 25mm 1.2 and I have the 42.5 wide aperture - so I am doing as much as I can with primes to get a short depth of focus.

But it would be nice to have a zoom doing the same thing if it worked with AF.

Tony
 
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Tonygamble

Member
The 25mm f1.2 arrived this morning.

I think it will be just what I want to bring back the bokeh and will try to post some pix later in the week.

Tony
 
bensonga

bensonga

Well-known member
Picked up my Oly 25/1.2 lens from local shop Stewarts Photo today after work. Looking forward to giving it a try this weekend.

Gary
 
bensonga

bensonga

Well-known member
First test shot with the 25/1.2 lens. I wish we had a cat or dog in the house to take a picture of, but this black bear coffee mug was close at hand.

I received it about 30 years ago in a "White Elephant" gift exchange. This mug has served as a convenient pencil/pen holder for many years. Shot at very near the minimum focus distance and wide open at f1.2 (of course!).

In hindsight, I should have dusted it off before taking the picture, but on the other hand, you can see how well the E-M1.1 and 25/1.2 captures even fine dust particles. :ROTFL:

Very nice bokeh. I'm sure the overall effect will look more pleasing when/if I take some more interesting pictures with this fast lens.

Gary

E-M1.1, 25/1.2, ISO 250, 1/60th at f1.2
 
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