Re: Handevision Iberit 75/2.4 FE mount owners? reviews?
Just got my Kipon Iberit 75mm f/2.4. Here's my "quick review" & comparison. I'll update this as I get to use this lens more. A week from now I will be taking it for a 4 night trip to Barcelona, where I plan to use it in a kit with CV21/3.5 and CV40/1.2. I also have the Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 which I immediately pitted against for comparison.
The main reason I was interested of the Kipon was that it was a good looking native lens so no closeup adapters needed to focus close, like I have to do with the Heliar. I wanted to see if I could replace my Color-Heliar with the Kipon. But more testing will be needed until I sell my beloved Heliar. From the few reviews so far I've seen from this lens it seemed quite the bargain for what you get. Since I either shoot this lens mostly wide open or stopped down to about f/8 for landscapes, these two "extremes" are all I'm interested in. This is why the six-leaf aperture blades don't bother me at all. Sunstars are more important to me with my wider CV21 & CV40 lenses.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not usually that much of pixel peeper, but I've used a lot different glass in my Sony's, including native glass as well as legacy glass. This Kipon optically seems very nice and nothing like the old legacy portrait lenses I've used. Just don't expect me to shoot test charts or anything like that. And I'm more interested in practical use, so no tripod test scenarios either. I'm using it on the 24Mp A7III body, so keep that in mind.
BUILD QUALITY: I'm positively suprised. These current versions are said to be improved from the earlier models, which had their own problems. I've used many cheap chinese lenses from 7artisans and Meike and this Kipon is way better than any of those. The mount snaps with equal firmness as my Voigtländers, focus ring moves with almost identical smoothness and dampening as the Color-Heliar (which I've got a nice specimen). The focus throw is also very similar, although a bit longer since it continues further from 1m to 60cm. Overall not that long but long enough for getting accurate focus easily, which is helped by the fact that focus peaking works really well with this lens. The aperture ring has a bit more rough grinding feel to it but not that bad. Not as luxurious as with Voigtländers, but similar to many legacy lenses from Minolta and Pentax that I've used. It has the half-click stops which I like. All in all this lens feels really nice and balanced with the A7III. Weight is almost the same as with the Color-Heliar and adapter. They've also dropped the "Handevision" branding and are "Kipon" branded lenses now. The Sony versions are still "Iberit", unlike Nikon and Canon where they are branded "Elegant".
IMAGE QUALITY: What surprised me the most was how close this thing is to the Color-Heliar. Almost can't tell a difference - and actually couldn't if I didn't watch the images side-by-side.
- Both lenses are roughly just as sharp wide open. Good resolution across the whole image on 24Mp sensor.
- Both are more than sharp enough to edges/corners when stopped down to f/8. Impressive.
- Kipon takes in more light. With otherwise same settings wide open, camera chose smaller ISO with Kipon.
- Bokeh balls also seems larger with kipon when wide open. Didn't expect to see as much of a difference.
- CA-wise both are pretty equal. Nothing to complain about.
- Kipon seems to render with a tiny bit warmer cast than the Voigtländer.
- Mechanical vignetting (bokeh with oval shapes in corners) seems similar as with Color-Heliar.
- Kipon can focus closer than Color-Heliar, even when using the VM-E closeup adapter. A BIG PLUS.
MY TEST SHOTS: Full 6000x4000 size available.
Just some of my default import editing, keeping identical settings, white balance etc. No vignetting or CA removed. https://www.flickr.com/gp/tonipalmen/gLM25x
BOTTOM LINE:
I don't think I'll need more comparison shots. I'll retire the Color-Heliar for now, but will keep it as backup just in case for a while, until I feel confident enough this Kipon can replace it in the long run. At the moment I feel it could actually do that. And I might even try the Kipon 35mm f/2.4 as well... We shall see.
Re: Handevision Iberit 75/2.4 FE mount owners? reviews?
Just got my Kipon Iberit 75mm f/2.4. Here's my "quick review" & comparison. I'll update this as I get to use this lens more. A week from now I will be taking it for a 4 night trip to Barcelona, where I plan to use it in a kit with CV21/3.5 and CV40/1.2. I also have the Voigtländer Color-Heliar 75mm f/2.5 which I immediately pitted against for comparison.
The main reason I was interested of the Kipon was that it was a good looking native lens so no closeup adapters needed to focus close, like I have to do with the Heliar. I wanted to see if I could replace my Color-Heliar with the Kipon. But more testing will be needed until I sell my beloved Heliar. From the few reviews so far I've seen from this lens it seemed quite the bargain for what you get. Since I either shoot this lens mostly wide open or stopped down to about f/8 for landscapes, these two "extremes" are all I'm interested in. This is why the six-leaf aperture blades don't bother me at all. Sunstars are more important to me with my wider CV21 & CV40 lenses.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not usually that much of pixel peeper, but I've used a lot different glass in my Sony's, including native glass as well as legacy glass. This Kipon optically seems very nice and nothing like the old legacy portrait lenses I've used. Just don't expect me to shoot test charts or anything like that. And I'm more interested in practical use, so no tripod test scenarios either. I'm using it on the 24Mp A7III body, so keep that in mind.
BUILD QUALITY: I'm positively suprised. These current versions are said to be improved from the earlier models, which had their own problems. I've used many cheap chinese lenses from 7artisans and Meike and this Kipon is way better than any of those. The mount snaps with equal firmness as my Voigtländers, focus ring moves with almost identical smoothness and dampening as the Color-Heliar (which I've got a nice specimen). The focus throw is also very similar, although a bit longer since it continues further from 1m to 60cm. Overall not that long but long enough for getting accurate focus easily, which is helped by the fact that focus peaking works really well with this lens. The aperture ring has a bit more rough grinding feel to it but not that bad. Not as luxurious as with Voigtländers, but similar to many legacy lenses from Minolta and Pentax that I've used. It has the half-click stops which I like. All in all this lens feels really nice and balanced with the A7III. Weight is almost the same as with the Color-Heliar and adapter. They've also dropped the "Handevision" branding and are "Kipon" branded lenses now. The Sony versions are still "Iberit", unlike Nikon and Canon where they are branded "Elegant".
IMAGE QUALITY: What surprised me the most was how close this thing is to the Color-Heliar. Almost can't tell a difference - and actually couldn't if I didn't watch the images side-by-side.
- Both lenses are roughly just as sharp wide open. Good resolution across the whole image on 24Mp sensor.
- Both are more than sharp enough to edges/corners when stopped down to f/8. Impressive.
- Kipon takes in more light. With otherwise same settings wide open, camera chose smaller ISO with Kipon.
- Bokeh balls also seems larger with kipon when wide open. Didn't expect to see as much of a difference.
- CA-wise both are pretty equal. Nothing to complain about.
- Kipon seems to render with a tiny bit warmer cast than the Voigtländer.
- Mechanical vignetting (bokeh with oval shapes in corners) seems similar as with Color-Heliar.
- Kipon can focus closer than Color-Heliar, even when using the VM-E closeup adapter. A BIG PLUS.
MY TEST SHOTS: Full 6000x4000 size available.
Just some of my default import editing, keeping identical settings, white balance etc. https://www.flickr.com/gp/tonipalmen/gLM25x
BOTTOM LINE:
I don't think I'll need more comparison shots. I'll retire the Color-Heliar for now, but will keep it as backup just in case for a while, until I feel confident enough this Kipon can replace it in the long run. At the moment I feel it could actually do that. And I might even try the Kipon 35mm f/2.4 as well... We shall see.
I'll keep you updated.
May 10, 2019 at 03:57 AM
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