I have a Z9 and Z6III on top of a GFX100S. Please be better than this. Will be using these on an XH2 and XH2S. ptys wrote:
If you have a full frame camera or it's not a Fuji
The 27/1.2 and 13/1.4 are exceptional. I’m going to be listing both for sale here probably next week however. Again, the optics and build quality are really great, but they are also pretty big. My main interest when shooting primes are size convenience and getting a softer, more classic rendering; and these lenses give neither, hence the sale.
PM me if you want a great deal on either one. Say $325 for the 13 and $375 for the 27 net to me. Both are exc in box with hoods and caps.
Not really since I basically use things for very specific reasons. GFX gets studio and on location portrait work. Z stuff gets events and hybrid, which the X stuff can also do. When I'm trying to be lighter I pack the Fuji stuff RWNPhoto wrote:
Seems like a lot of varied and overlapping gear. Those lenses should suit you. I had Fuji versions, so never tried 'em.
Jack Flesher wrote:
The 27/1.2 and 13/1.4 are exceptional. I’m going to be listing both for sale here probably next week however. Again, the optics and build quality are really great, but they are also pretty big. My main interest when shooting primes are size convenience and getting a softer, more classic rendering; and these lenses give neither, hence the sale.
I have exact same problem with my Viltrox lenses (especially 27/1.2). They are just so damn big and heavy. I mean.. Viltrox 75/1.2 is very compact as an FF equivalent of 112/1.8 prime, but still - comparing to my previous original XF 56/1.2 it's twice the size and weight.
Output is phenomenal, but carrying all them together is pain.
This is why I'm starting to thinking about coming back to Fujinon lenses (original 23/1.4, 56/1.2 and perhaps 14/2.8). Just to reduce mainly the weight.
27 f1.2 is not that tempting for me because the 33 or the 35 f1.4 captures a very similar shot at a fraction of the size and weight, so long as you are able to move a few feet back from the subject.
I recently was able to photograph a newborn + mother and father very shortly after the birth. I wanted a small/unobtrusive kit so I went in with my Fuji X100VI. The shots were great, but I had to bump up the ISO due to the dark hospital room. While I feel the latest Fuji X-Trans sensor handles high ISO well, I think the Viltrox 27mm f1.2 and my X-T5 would have been ideal.
I’m a professional wedding photographer, but I thought my full frame Sony and a couple of f1.4 primes would have been a bit much.
I’ll have to keep an eye on when the 27mm f1.2 goes on sale or see if I can pick one up used.
I have the XH2 and the 13,27, & 75mm primes. They are FANTASTIC performers!!
I have a FF setup as well for my business work but it’s sooooo much nicer to have a lightweight kit for walking around. I shoot a lot of car shows and the 27mm is 80% of my work with the 75mm for the rest.
In watching Dustin Abbott’s review of the 27mm f1.2 one thing I thought odd is during the image quality breakdown and during darker indoor scenes the Viltrox consistently had slower shutter speeds at the same aperture, ISO and image brightness than the Sigma 23mm f1.4. It looks like Viltrox has worse light transmission.
You can see it on the test charts in minute 8:37 when the Viltrox is at f1.2 at 1/400 and the Sigma is at f1.4 and 1/550. It's still the case at 9:00 when both lenses are at f1.4. It appears in the test charts the Viltrox has much lower light transmission than the Sigma. That's a pretty surprising issue.
Lens manufacturers have always take a lot of leeway in "rounding off" f-stops and focal lengths, some more than others.
Aperture isn’t a measure of light transmission. It very consistently trends together and it’s not unusual for two lenses at the same aperture, ISO, and shutter speed to produce images of different brightness. What is unusual is to have two modern lenses with one of them producing darker images with a larger aperture. f1.2 is half a stop brighter, so it’s unusual to lose that much light compared to a f1.4 lens.
I have another Viltrox lens that actually has the opposite effect. My 135mm f1.8 consistently produces images brighter than my Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 at the same focal length, aperture, ISO, and shutter speed.
Aperture or f-stop is a fixed, calculated value based on focal length divided by the maximum aperture diameter.
T stops are the actual transmission value of an individual lens. Most lenses will vary somewhat in T value, primarily because of number of elements. Any better and fast lenses will have several extra internal elements over a slower counterpart. It's how they get them to perform so well optically. It seems Viltrox is in line with this and giving up some actual light transmission for excellent performance wide open. The old axiom in lens designing is, there's no free lunch...
