Yongnuo YN 33mm F1.4 DA DSM Pro Review | Checking all the Boxes?

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hi I'm Dustin Abbott earlier this year I
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reviewed the young new YN 11 MIM f1.8
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which was the first lens from yango in
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their new command what they call the
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commander series and they call them the
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commander because they have the ability
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to be wirelessly controlled via an
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optional remote now they've added a the
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new kind of addition to the series in
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the form of three new lenses that are
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coming a 23mm f1.4 33mm f1.4 which we're
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reviewing today and a 56 mm f1.4 all of
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which will be able to be used with that
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same remote control unit that allows you
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to uh control Focus to do ab Focus pulls
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um to wirelessly start video recording
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things like that variety of different
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functions and so it's it's quite useful
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and it will uh these three lenses will
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be available eventually on Sony E which
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I'm reviewing here Nikon Z and then Fuji
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X Mount now these are apsc lenses
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designed for apsc or DX uh crop cameras
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and all three of these platforms has a
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1.5 times crop factor so in this case
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this 33mm lens has a full frame
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equivalent of 49.5 mm so basically it's
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a 50 mm normal lens just to give you an
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idea of the angle of view this is an
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incredibly featur lens for right under
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$270 it's a lot of lens for the money
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and so I think it's going to be a very
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compelling option if you're looking for
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a fast standard prime lens that's very
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feature-rich has weather ceiling a lot
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of bang for your buck for your apsc
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out so as noted this is a normal 50
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mimish type lens the full name here is y
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no YN 33mm f1.4 s da DSM WL Pro now that
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is a long mouthful of a name but
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essentially much like what Fuji does
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they're kind of giving you the whole
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feature list in the name itself so in
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this case it's the 1.4s s in this case
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refers to Sony or the fact that it's for
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Sony e-mount their da designation means
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that it's an apsc lens uh DSM refers to
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a digital stepping motor or the
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autofocus system WL refers to wireless
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control and then Pro is a designation
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they use that essentially just means
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that it has upscale build and some
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additional features doesn't necessarily
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designate any one feature but just kind
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of it'ss their higher grade of feature
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list now this lens as you can see it is
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still quite compact but it is a little
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bit heavier than what the competing
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lenses a 33mm f1.4 lenses that are
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available and I looked across a few
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platforms considering that this is going
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to be available in a variety of
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platforms the most direct competitor
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from a first party is going to be uh
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Fuji's own 33mm f1.4 a great lens by the
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way um but this lens is even a hair
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heavier than that first-party lens it's
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a 370 G or 13 O that Fuji lens is 360 G
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there are some also some 33mm f1.4
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lenses from tokina and from vro those
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weigh in typically around 270 G so
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definitely heavier than those but as
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we're going to see it's also way more
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featur rich and kind of value packed
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than any of those options overall
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dimensions here are 69 mm in diameter or
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2.7 in it is 87 mm or 3.4 in in length
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it takes a very standard 58 mm filter
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thre thread filter size up front and it
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is one of these rare lenses only the
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second lens that I've actually ever
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tested that has the Wi-Fi logo on the
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front of the lens and the first one of
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course was from Y no as well and so the
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YN 33mm is the second of these that I
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have tested now as noted there is this
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is a feature-rich lens so like the Fuji
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lens it has an aperture ring unlike that
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Fuji lens however we have the option to
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declick the aperture making this a
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little bit more of a better hybrid lens
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for use when doing video and so the you
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have the ability to have the onethird
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stop detents throughout or you have the
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ability to do a smooth aperture rack uh
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without any kind of clicks as per usual
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you have a strong detent and a bigger
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space between F-16 and then automatic
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mode if you don't like apture Rings you
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can put it in a mode and control it from
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within the camera also on the side we
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have a custom or function button that
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can be programmed to different functions
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from within your camera above that we
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have a custom switch and so that uh
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switch can be used in a couple of ways
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uh first of all it can just in your kind
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of standard mode it can be just your AF
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MF switch essentially and so in one mode
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mode one you're going to have um
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autofocus in mode two going to have
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manual focus enabled however you can
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also use this um through a little bit
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different sequence to set up the
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wireless control if you're wanting to
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use that function and there is a
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specific uh sequence of powering off off
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and holding something down that allows
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you to switch into that mode inside the
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lens itself we have nine rounded
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aperture blades down near the base of
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the lens we do have a little rubber
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gasket that is covering a USBC Port uh
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this is a little bit of a pain I would
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prefer that actually to be on the mount
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itself for one thing it is very hard to
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get out unless you have very long very
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sharp fingernails it's very difficult to
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get anything in there to pry that free I
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had to use like a very small flat
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screwdriver to pry that out I have done
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firmer update it did need one when I I
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did that the other thing however is even
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once you've pried that little gasket out
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it's very small and so it could be easy
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to lose make sure you don't because that
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does provide a point this is not weather
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sealed in itself which is why the rubber
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gasket needs to go over it so watch out
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for that the lens itself does have
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weather ceiling however a nice gasket
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here inside some internal seals and then
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also a flooring coating on the front
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element all good minimum Focus distance
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is right under 40 mm however it is a
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pretty pedestrian
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0.10 times magnification so not as good
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as Fuji the same as either the vro or
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tokina lens not really a forte for this
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particular lens we also have an included
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lens hood and I will say it's it's just
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plastic it's not metal like the lens
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body itself however it is a little bit
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thicker grade Plastics than some of the
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lens hoods that I review and so it
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doesn't feel particularly cheap and so
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um overall no complaints about that if
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Bay bayonets on there nice and there's
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no lock but there's enough of a precise
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click there that it's not going to be
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moving around on you either and so
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anyway a very nice package for right
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under
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$270 that's a lot of lens and a lot of
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features for the money now autofocus
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Here Comes via their DSM or digital
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stepping motor I'm not entirely sure if
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there's any actual differentiator
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between a digital stepping motor and the
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typical STM or stepping motor however um
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I will say this this is a good focused
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motor after a firmware update when I
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initially got the lens you know probably
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pre- retail firmware uh it wasn't fully
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compatible with my cameras after I did
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the firmware update it works fantastic I
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found it to be fast I found it to be
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quiet I found it to be accurate as you
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can see here there's it's not
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instantaneous but there's very little
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lag between even close and distant
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subjects back and forth uh went great uh
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I happened to be out hiking with this
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lens on One camera and then on the other
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camera I actually had the Sony 50mm
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f1.4g Master on a Nikon body via the
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mega dap adapter uh that I just released
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a review of recently and what I found is
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that while autofocus was often quite
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good with that combination on Nikon if
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it was a closer Focus subject I it could
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be really frustrating it just didn't
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want to grab it and so I had you know
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worked until I finally got the shot that
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I wanted uh with that you know through a
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little little bit of manual override and
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all that I switched over to this camera
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and took the exact same shot with the YN
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33mm and it was just such a a pleasant
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relief that it just instantly locked on
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what I wanted it to the closer Focus
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subject got accurate focus and it was
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able to nail that shot I also got very
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good results when shooting portraits
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with this lens and that included I did a
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lot of shooting through branches got
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trying to get unique frames and looks as
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a part of the portrait series and again
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always just very accurate aut Focus
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right on the eye everything even
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shooting at f1.4 continually I got very
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accurately focused results on the video
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side of things I found that my video
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pulls were good there is some Focus
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breathing but it's not strong and so I
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saw good results uh going back and forth
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good confidence there my hand test was
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mostly good it did stick a few times on
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my face didn't transition to the hand
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even though the the face was well
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obscured by the hand but for the most
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part it did fine also found that video
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AF in general was you know largely good
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and and so I had zero issues overall
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with that as well just making those
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transitions it's not abrupt um and it
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was fairly confident in Focus transition
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so overall I think autofocus is pretty
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well executed here for an inexpensive
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thirdparty
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lens now in terms of the Optics I'll
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give you an overview here and then as
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always the Deep dive breakdown will be
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at the end of the video if you want to
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go deeper this is an optical design of
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11 elements in nine groups that includes
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two extra low dispersion elements four
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high refractive index elements and so
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over half the elements are exotic
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elements the MTF chart is is solid it's
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not incredibly sharp in the center but
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you can see that it is sharp and quite
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consistent across the frame not any kind
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of big dips I found to me the biggest
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Optical issue with the lens was that
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there is some fringing longitudinal
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style chromatic aberration it is
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somewhat
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uh conditioned upon the the shooting
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scene and so in some places it didn't
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seem all that bad but for example when
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shooting these lenses and shooting that
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lens designation on the front of the
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lens I found that there's definitely
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some fringing in that lettering and then
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also you can see some uh fringing around
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specular highlights Boke balls in the
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background I did not see any kind of
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lateral style chromatic aberration near
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the edge of the frame so that helps an
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overall sharpness when shooting
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landscape for example for those of you
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that are interested in whether or not
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this is going to cover the fullframe
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image Circle I can assure you that it
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does not and so you can see here that
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there is a a pretty fair portion of the
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full frame image Circle that is not
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covered by this lens this is an apsc
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lens that's how you're going to want to
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use it I was actually surprised that it
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had a little bit more Distortion than
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what I expected for a normal lens which
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is not typically a a hard engineering
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for Distortion there was actually a plus
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n of barrel distortion a plus n to
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correct vignette was moderate it took a
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plus 57 to correct about two stops and
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so not terrible there but definitely
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more Barrel Distortion than what I
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expected my chart test looked good but
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not exceptionally good at f1.4 and then
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you can see here that across the frame
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contrast doesn't look amazing and I
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would say that contrast at f1.4 is is
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not fantastic however in many kind of
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real world shots it looked better to me
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than what it suggested on the chart for
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example for portter work you can see
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here that there's plenty of resolution
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in contrast on the faces about as much
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as what you would like you will see a
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contrast boost at f2 you will see a
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further Improvement as you can see here
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by f2.8 part of that is because fringing
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is reducing and contrast and detail is
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increasing by the time you get to
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landscape apures it is sharp all across
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the frame good results there you will
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find that as per usual defraction will
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start to set in around f11 and then by
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F16 which is minimum aperture uh their
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defraction is a little bit more obvious
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there and so I typically use kind of f11
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as my upper limit when I'm personally
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shooting the bouquet quality is really
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quite good from this lens uh I in most
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all situations I found that it was
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fairly creamy I liked the look of it uh
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sometimes in some of those transition
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zones a little bit more edging than what
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I would like but that's typical of most
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lenses except for the truly truly
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exceptional ones in that regard I also
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found that flare resistance was fairly
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good mostly good I did get some very
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mining minor ghosting in this shot but
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even when the sun is right out of frame
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and quite intense you can see that
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there's no veiling there's no flare
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artifacts and so for the most part I
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found that the results were really quite
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good my conclusion is this I am just I
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Come Away really Amazed by how good
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budget lenses can be in
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2024 I looked back as I kind of
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contemplated this putting in perspective
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and back in 2016 I reviewed a manual
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everything um Ren and 21 mm F 1.4
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samyang this is back before they did
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autofocus there's no features at all I
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mean forget any of these things no
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weather ceiling nothing it's fully
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manual no electronics manual apture ring
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manual focus ring that's it and that
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lens cost 450 bucks almost $200 more
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than what this lens does this lens that
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is loaded with Fe features has different
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app control function button it's got
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weather ceiling it can do firmware
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updates all of that for less than
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$270 it's pretty much pretty close to a
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a g Master feature set has good AF and
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has a fairly Strong Optical performance
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all for
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$270 and considering how much inflation
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has increased the price of almost
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everything else it's pretty
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extraordinary how good of value a lens
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like this really is and so if you're
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looking for a normal uh nifty50 type
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lens for your apsc camera this is a
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really compelling package it's got a lot
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going on for it and it worked really
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really well I have no problem giving it
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a recommendation if you want more
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information you can check out my full
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text review which is linked in the
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description down below also a linkage
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there to an image gallery and some
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buying links and now if you want a
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deeper dive into the optical performance
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stay tuned with me let's jump into that
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together so we'll start by taking a look
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at vignette and Distortion so as far as
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the Distortion Point as noted there's a
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surprising amount of barrel Distortion
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for a 50 mm style lens uh however as you
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can also see it is quite linear not
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difficult to correct that's a plus n to
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correct for that as far as the vignette
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it is more solid there in the corners as
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you can see but again it corrected
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pretty cleanly I used a plus 57 there in
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the corners you can see here that there
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is some fairly pronounced fringing
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longitudinal style chromatic aberration
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so some magenta style fringing four and
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then a blue green after the plane of
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focus some images didn't do too bad you
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know for example this although there's
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some shiny surfaces yeah you can see a
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little bit of green fringing here and
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there but nothing that is really
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pronounced a tiny bit of on the specular
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highlights here but again not very
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strong in this image however you can see
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the fringing is considerably stronger uh
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you can see that fringing in this
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lettering here and various outlines on
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the SLR and then around the specular
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highlights you can see that green
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fringing there as well now lateral style
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chromatic aberration not a problem there
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is the tiniest little uh hint of them
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there but this is at about 200%
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magnification you're not going to see
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that in the real world at all so not a
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problem so I look at the chart test this
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is at 26 megapixels on Sony which is
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currently the highest level of
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resolution that we've got available this
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is showing these results at 200%
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magnification so we can see in the
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center of the frame good detail that is
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there contrast isn't off the charts good
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and so some of the fine uh textures are
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not quite as resolved is what I would
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like mid-frame result is really quite
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similar not far off there down in this
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Zone we can can see some drop off from
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up here to down here just a little bit
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less contrast there and that's going to
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play out into the corners where again
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there Still Remains a pretty decent
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amount of detail there but contrast
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isn't you know knock your socks off good
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to put this in reward perspective
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however even at f1.4 I feel like that is
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plenty of detail uh for everyone I think
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that no problem there at Portrait
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distances I thought it was actually
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pretty great here's another shot here
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and so you can see again punching into
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100% magnification good detail
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everywhere good contrast a you know
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good-looking result overall if we
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compare f1.4 to f1.8 here in the center
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of the frame we can see that there's
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definitely an uptick in the contrast
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particularly when it comes to the uh
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Shadow areas uh black levels are
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definitely lower and thus giving more
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detail same happens here to where you
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can just see that the contrast is better
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look at this writing along here and then
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compare it over here definitely crisper
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looking and you can see that that result
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it does very very slightly influence
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what we see in the corner of the frame
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as well again for some real world
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perspective you can see kind of the
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tradeoffs here so if we take a look here
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in the center of the frame you can
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definitely see that there is darker Lev
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of contrast thus the detail pops a
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little bit better on this at the same
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time I think that f1.4 looks pretty
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decent and of course the trade-off is if
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you step back you can see that the
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background is just a little bit harsher
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at f1.8 it's not as defocused as we see
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at f1.4 and so specular highlights
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aren't quite as soft so I would say if I
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were doing that tradeoff in most cases I
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would say I can live without that if I
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can get this and then also a softer back
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ground so I don't really have any
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complaints about the overall detail and
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contrast in real world images so there
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is further contrast Improvement at f2
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and then more still at
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f2.8 we can see that as we move towards
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the mid-frame by f2.8 that's really
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starting to look really good a market
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difference from this to that at f2 other
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side of the the frame it's the same
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thing you can see that that looks okay
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but this is looking now really really
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good we can see if we look at a few
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other places that now uh Corner
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performance looking quite good there
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definitely much improved here in this
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lower right corner and then in this
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upper left corner you can see a pretty
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consistent result there some good
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centering now by the time you hit F4 and
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f5.6 you're getting into Peak
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Performance all across the frame you can
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see detail and contrast is really good
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everywhere here's a real world example
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at f5.6 we can see if we look in the
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center of the frame look at all the
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detail I love in these dead trees here
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you can just see really CR details and
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then as we look right off here to the
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very edge of the frame and then the
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shadow area all of that looks really
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really good fantastic as per usual
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you're going to see that detail continue
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through f8 at f11 some slight softening
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due to the effects of defraction by F16
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which is minimum aperture you're going
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to see that the image is considerably
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softer and that's due to the effects of
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defraction now as noted previously our
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maximum magnification is not really very
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exceptional
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0.10 times quite low however you can see
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that the up close detail and contrast is
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really pretty good you can also see that
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we've got a pretty flat plane of focus
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uh holding off right towards the edges
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of the frame I felt that the overall
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blend of sharpness and then bouquet is
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pretty good from this lens again it
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looks good on the subject but the
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background looks nice and soft here in
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this shot here um got frost crystals on
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the grass and you can see that yeah
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there's some kind of Prismatic effect
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there but as it transitions it
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transitions towards creamy really quite
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well this shot here too you got some in
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the transition zone here but it really
21:05
it doesn't look too bad again subject
21:07
looks good overall image I think looks
21:10
pretty fantastic now in the shot I want
21:12
to highlight two things first of all the
21:14
bright Sun is just right there right out
21:17
of this Frame but you can see the
21:18
contrast and detail is held up pretty
21:20
well then in this shot here the sun
21:23
being right here you can see a little
21:24
bit of a ghosting artifact in this Zone
21:26
here overall however the image has held
21:29
up well and so I think that it handles
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flare reasonably well also overall
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outside of some fringing and a bit of
21:36
distortion really not a bad Optical
21:38
package for the money so thanks for
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watching until the very end I hope the
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Deep dive into the Optics has given you
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the full picture and so you can decide
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whether or not the young newo 33mm f1.4
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is a lens for you as always thanks for
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watching have a great day and let the
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light in
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