Thanks for this. Yes it’s a good lens to slow down with 😊

Thank you! I’ve been living in Singapore for 15 years and speak a bit of mandarin so tried my best 😊

Indeed. I do this as well. Unfortunately sometimes without focus peaking I miss at times and others okay. Trial and error, and due to the weight of the lens, it’s a tad more difficult to hold still for a longer period of time

@@btonelli That's strange, i have no problem to eye focus with the ttartisan 90 1.2 xcd, is it the lens?

Indeed. Has that look which I enjoy

I am not familiar with the word sterile related to anything photography related. Can you use a different word to explain your experience

@@Zetaphotography I believe he means clinical. Not much character to the image

@@Zetaphotography Oxford dictionary: lacking in imagination, ideas, or enthusiasm. Aka: kinda boring.

another way to say, yes- clinical. Amazing detail but a bit too clean and lacking character for me.

I don’t remember the lens I have, having this. It’s already sent back to Zy so will need to ask

@@btonelli It does. I have this lens and I was baffled the first time I watched a video with the hood out. You have to unscrew the hood, flip it 180 deg, and then screw it back into the filter threads. It's hilarious. Great review, thank you!

@@kilroy914 okay. This was never relayed to me by ZY Optics, which is unfortunate as I would have included in the video.

Yes there is for XCD Lenses. Not sure if that activates for third party. For me I needed to magnify and move the focusing point etc. was a bit challenging at times but managed.

We all are haha 😂

Thank you!

I don’t have the lens to check, and unfortunately I had no manual with it to know if this is true

@@btonelli There's no manual to tell you this, I learn this from another user. :)

@@DannyChau7 usually when companies send units for review there will be a guide. I didn’t get that

I don’t notice the hexagonal shape for the bokeh on the copy I had.

I didn’t try any lens hood with it unfortunately. I don’t have it with me now to try as well. The bokeh is nice though.

Yes indeed. Especially for the performance

Hi John nice see you here I think Bobby is a nice guy to Come life in AP Studios with Chuck some day .

@@edwardphilipmarianafzger9800 yes Bobby is a great 👍 guy I know him from when he came to visit Malaysia. I love his reviews. Wayne Mattock is here in Malaysia now and we have been hanging out

Thanks Edward. Yes AI can help a bit to fix the mistakes

great review as always! Always tempted to add medium format but I'm reminded to travel light, despite having a Z9

@@KibbitUpIt thank you. Z9 is such a versatile camera it’s hard to give up

Would be nice to see the Otus line in MF, but I’m guessing it might be too niche to make business sense

You need to set to work without shutter or something to that effect

Thank you. Yes I was right at 0.7 for the focusing distance on that.

Photos were edited but I also show non edited in the Lightroom portion. It resolves like a vintage lens which tend to have lower contrast vs new lenses

Could be interesting

You can't use this lens on a Leica S, because the S flange distance is 53mm, so I doubt you will be able to focus more than 50cm at infinity.

Yes no issues

Yes only electronic shutter. This means for still subjects it’s good, but for movement there will be some issues

Yes of course. Same mount

You can use on both but IBIS does help on the X2D

Understand. The lens won’t be for everyone

Make sure you enable photography without lens

Well with the limitation on stock for XCD lenses and curiosity to see what a fast aperture lens does on the sensor some will be interested.

Plenty of GFX 100II users adapt FF lenses. Go run a search. When it comes to artistic expression, it’s not always about performance.

Different rendering mean different images. I shoot 20 dollar lenses on 2000dollar cameras and love them. I've actually sold images for 800dollars shot on 20dollar lenses.

Your comment is so ignorant and insulting many others users who can’t afforded expensive lens . I’m an Leica shooter since 1970s , owned so many Leica gears including many noctilux lenses. Lately I have a try on my friend China made lens the TTartisan 50mm 0.95 and cost 1/20 of the Noctilux 0.95 but the quality and IQ is so good from f2 you hardly see the different . With technology advances today many China lens makers has produce so many good lenses . We are ought to thanks them for bring out more affordable lenses and better quality that benefit many photographers or hobbyists rather than saying your camera is expensive you need to used expensive lens .

The lens doesn’t take away from Hasselblad’s colors. It just has a different rendering.

@sickgamesentertainment Your comment shows clearly how ignorant you are about cameras and glass.

Admit that you’re just being racist

Can’t please everyone. Thanks for watching