Some potential buyers still worry in advance about the sensor 'stack' destroying their 28/1.4E images. Now, the lens has 'designed in' fade in the corners wide open, best to be aware of that - it's a cine lens too. These few here are to illustrate just how bad the sensor stack combined with the designer fade actually is at middle apertures - decide for yourself if these are not acceptable. If so, buy something else, don't write to me please.
shot in low light, maybe f2.8, plenty of content in corners to check (affected by DOF a little)
front corners not good enough, maybe? the rocks might look dodgy.
drainage grate and building not sharp enough, maybe. who knows? not me.
look, it's ruined the whole photo! it's clear as mud.
left side content, ohh, it's looking like it should be better? I need a GM ;-)
Great captures. The Sony system has a crazy amount of good glass to choose from. Glad to see other brands getting in the mix. I really want to try the 28mm, but must resist.
For those who are curious, I would encourage you to read Bastian's (glowing review) of the lens, and also to take a look at what to expect in terms of optical degradation from Sony's sensor stack:
It's not that the lens cannot be used and provide lovely results. It's that it's better to be informed of what you are buying and be best informed as a shooter to get optimal results and so you're not dissapointed.
Some 28/1.4 images. And I need to dig up some Simera 50 photos...
I used the 35/1.4 tonight on a group shot at a gathering we went to. You can't see it here, but when I zoom in, the sharpness is so perfectly mild it makes me smile. I will love using this lens for people. Just like the 28mm.
Thanks a lot for recommending this video by Matt Osborne, Philip!
It’s really flippin amazing!
Matt couldn’t find a rentable/testable Leica cine lens in the huge city of London - which already says a lot!
I personally preferred the Thypoch IQ in the comparison - simply intuitive impression from the compressed YouTube file on my phone - what DZO has done here in creating a full set of Cine Lenses that clearly compete 1:1 in IQ with the horrendously expensive Leica counterpart is very very commendable!
How great that we get these as stills lenses and can use for video if desired!
I remember that cosina made a big deal about how complex their non-click aperature ring mechanism is. Making the lens much heavier and expensive. Now here comes Thypoch and gives each lens a click less aperature ring with a super simple switch and doesn’t charge “extra”
Good times indeed!!!
I would be so f’ing pissed if I were Leica 😂
philip_pj wrote:
This brief comparison by Matt Osborne is a revelation. What I see here is: a warmer color temperature;
significantly better highlight detail retention;
smoother edge shaping of objects (the effect of the circular aperture);
larger bokeh balls with better integration into the image;
a dreamy relaxing rendering.
He used the cine version of the Simera 35mm, which has two additional blades to its aperture for near-perfect circularity. The stills version gives away very little from having 'only' 14 blades.
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Here, Matt compares the Simera 75mm with the classic Summilux 75/1.4 (a 1980 design) - a lens Leica should might have thought about bringing back - it was discontinued in the noughts decade - but most of these late 20C / early 2000s' lenses contain the substance that was banned around 20 years ago, in the EU but not in some other countries.
I speculate this might also be why Leica has never updated three of its most important high end lenses for the M system: the APO Summicrons at 50-75-90mm (from 1998, 2005 and 2012 respectively). That's almost incomprehensible for such a company, given they have made a huge fuss over the APO Summicron lenses for the SL system.
It looks even stranger now they have released the EV1, which will finally give M users EVF excellence for nailing accurate focus in short telephotos. But they lack modern APOs for lenses longer than 35mm, for their system! And the best portrait lens they ever made, according to many insiders.
Anyway, it's very likely the Summilux 75mm look was the model for DZO/Thypoch's optical engineers to emulate - nothing like jumping in at the deep end of the pool. And Matt's video work here puts the results for each as being very close - so much that he prefers the Simera 75mm for digital, and the CV 75/1.5 for film.
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I have the Simera as well as the Voigtlander 75mm and both are terrific lenses. It's a testament to their efforts that this is the standard we have now reached and put in the hands of regular people for such low entry costs. My efforts with the 75mm are very different from pro portraitists - they use a lot of reflectors and now, diffusion tubes. I'm a street dog, so I get natural light, be that as it may.
I had been speculating that DZO infuses their glass with lead and doesn’t tell anyone about it…
It’s not like anyone is eating their optics - the EU regulation is very bureaucratic to phrase it nicely!
Sweet..the Nikon users are finding the lens hood cap detaches itself too easily, and some think the rear cap is a problem too. I really like the rear cap for its strength and fit, but the last bit of travel I can see might slip off at times.
Anyway, I have written to Thypoch asking them to redesign the lens hoods cap, will let you know if they reply. They do sell them, if they get damaged, but a fix would be best since they use it for other Thypoch lenses too.
philip_pj wrote:
Sweet..the Nikon users are finding the lens hood cap detaches itself too easily, and some think the rear cap is a problem too. I really like the rear cap for its strength and fit, but the last bit of travel I can see might slip off at times.
Anyway, I have written to Thypoch asking them to redesign the lens hoods cap, will let you know if they reply. They do sell them, if they get damaged, but a fix would be best since they use it for other Thypoch lenses too.
I quit using the hood cap since it would come off all the time in my bag. I bought a couple of cheap pinch lens caps that fit perfectly with the hood on. Now my two Simeras are just like my other lenses.
They need to have a fix anyway, but that's very functional. I see it as a challenge to my dexterity, lol. A tiny ball and socket on one side would be very chic. I'd pay more for that, actually.
I made friends with these Goans and promised them I'd take their photos. These are with the 75/1.4, I feel I can rely on its bokeh handling completely to behave itself:
