I have the 15mm f2 and really enjoy it. Quite a different experience to have that focal length w/o going fisheye. Laoewa glass is astonishing. Even wide open the coma is pretty minimal. I would consider the 35 if my budget wasn't dedicated for a telescope.
@mattlabrecque12652 жыл бұрын
Crazy how this channel only has almost 86k subscribers. Should be wayyyyyy more!!
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt
@barrymak4212 жыл бұрын
Love it when you do gear reviews! There is so much "stuff" on the market, and for us mere mortals who don't have the knowledge to know what we should be looking for in different lenses and kit sets it gives a nice starting point. I may not buy this exact lens, but I now have some numbers to compare if i want to look for a fast lens at 35mm. So this was great! Thank You!
@koolkrazy12 жыл бұрын
Wow.. never thought such lens exists.. I learned something new today! Thanks Nico for the knowledge and amazing job on another awesome #5MinFriday!
@justindame2 жыл бұрын
That's crazy! I didn't think you could get a lens that fast. That is super neat! Thanks Nico!
@brianaddison28282 жыл бұрын
Great review, I want to try some astrophotography with it now! By the way, the lens hood is removable. Just twist it 90 degrees. I did this to re-attach with the logo down. Also you can put it on reverse apparently for storage, etc.
@Jayling2 жыл бұрын
Nice review, Nico. I'm so glad you showed a video with the lens also - that was quite impressive in your Bortle 3 area. Thanks again for testing and putting this together for us. :)
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you thought so! I was a bit hesitant about including the videos as I wasn't sure if anyone other than me would care about such a feature, but that was truly my impetus for wanting to try this lens!
@Jayling2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos Yeah, I mainly shoot videos of the night sky, stars, planets & moon, with various lenses on my Canon R & RA cameras so it was nice to finally see something other than just photos. For some reason even though the cameras are so similar, the RA has better low light than the R does - at least my version does. Thanks again :)
@jveitchmichaelis Жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos It's extremely helpful. There are very few truly low light videos online. Most people walk around a city where you can get away with a relatively low ISO with street lights for illumination. There are a couple of aurora videos floating around on an A7S and some crazy video from a Blackmagic PCC4k with a Leica Noctilux under full moonlight - but even then the moon is so bright that it feels like cheating. You can see stars in some of the shots though. I'd be really interested to see how far you can push this - can the Ra do faster than 12800 for video? I think most of us don't care about noise at this stage, but for the sheer insanity of shooting live video under starlight. I'm thinking about getting one of these manuals for 4/3, but it's unclear whether the Olympus Pro f/1.2 line would be a better choice since you also get top tier A/F, superb optics and it's got the weather sealing. That extra 2/3 of a stop is nothing to sniff at, but maybe you can push the Olympus at a higher ISO. That said, you can pick up 2-3 used lenses for the RRP of the 17/1.2 (for example there is also the Voigtlander 10.5/0.95 which is ridiculous).
@Veptis2 жыл бұрын
LAOWA Argus is interesting, but the FF one isn't APO like the crop one. So hope is the MFT version are APO again. Maybe they get better results again. The only video about fast lenses for astro I found. But I was actually looking for the Voigtländer Super Nokton which is f/0.8, hower it's more like T1.2 and has massive fall off. I got a 150mm f/1 lens (supposedly T1.15) which I am trying to use for doing observations with a thermal camera in 8-12μm.
@vivienrajz7982 жыл бұрын
Based on the small example was shown, I believe my Sigma Art 35mm DG HSM performs better in larger aperture. For 35mm is already in the territory to having a tracker is beneficial.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
That's definitely one I want to compare. I have the Sigma Art 40mm and it's incredible, but quite a bit more expensive than this lens.
@deltahat8802 жыл бұрын
it's nice that a few companies have produced a greater than f1 optic at this point, I'm guessing tracking down a noctilux f0.9 would be too difficult at this point, but it'd be a closer look. might not be as sharp as modern glass though.
@potatofuryy2 жыл бұрын
Laowa make great lenses, bought their 105mm 2.8 and it’s amazing.
@narayanancn88312 жыл бұрын
Five minutes Friday is great
@AgnostosGnostos2 жыл бұрын
The metal lens hood can be removed. According to other reviews it is just very stiff and at the beginning others too didn't use much force to turn the hood.
@ruiner101 Жыл бұрын
Videos of this lens have been following me around all week. I guess I'm gonna have to buy one.
@kethhekel8 ай бұрын
Answered my questions exactly. Thanks!
@humanflightproductions21132 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes. The Kubrick - NASA connection 👀👨🏼🚀🌝
@crisp.63412 жыл бұрын
Damn, Derek beat me to it
@piwko42 жыл бұрын
If budgets didnt exist, Could you run multiple cameras with the same lens and stack the live video to capture a live milkyway?
@southernexposure1232 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, another, interesting and helpful video. I have a Lawoa 7.5mm f2.0 made for Lumix mirrorless. At 200% I see the same star distortions at f2.0 that you showed from your lens at f2.0 and wider. I shot well over 1,000 light subs at ISO 800 10 seconds and a few more darks than lights. I used it just one night Sept 8/9 and wondered if the distortione were from the lens or from poor focus. Also, being relatively inexperienced, I was surprised to see so many stars. That caused me to wonder if some stars were noise - hence why so many darks. Now my questions are enswered. Thanks again. (( - :
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! Yes, it's amazing how many stars a modern camera with a fast lens picks up.
@gabewrsewell2 жыл бұрын
been waiting for this lens for so long! thanks for trying it out in exactly what i want it for!
@hadex6668 ай бұрын
Actually, if you do the math, f0.95 is exactly 1 stop more light than 1.4. At low F, it does not scale linear anymore. Next stop would be at f/0.58 or so.
@harrison00xXx2 жыл бұрын
I was even impressed by a Canon 50mm 1.4 USM i got for cheap. On APS C the vignetting and CA was not as bad as on Full Frame i have to say, but the effective 80mm was also a problem for wide angle photos of the milky way I ended up selling the 1.4 again and now i enjoy a 1.8 RF for the Eos RP, the RF 50mm is also a LOT BETTER (no annoying CA and barely sharpness lost at the corners) Wondering if using APS C Cameras with 0,7x speed booster or using FF directly, which is the better option?
@andrewwellum64722 жыл бұрын
Awesome lens and video, good work Nico, stunning single shot milky-way.
@AstroCloudGenerator2 жыл бұрын
Super interesting Nico. Love the tangential reference to Stanley Kubrick I always learn something unexpected in your videos
@carltanner90652 жыл бұрын
I have a 50mm f0.95 lens (a 7 Artisans lens) I have for my EM-1. Haven't used it for astropics, yet, but I will do.
@PeterSchurte2 жыл бұрын
would also be great for northern lights Videorecording!
@doxfie.2 жыл бұрын
nice product for studying coma n astigmatism.
@astronomylivestream2 жыл бұрын
I’ll check this lens out…! Edit: Just emailed Hunt’s Photo and Video. Can’t wait to try this lens out!
@imadreamer95262 жыл бұрын
I just love your voice..
@Poppinparties2 жыл бұрын
Hello hello, I have the lens and just wanted to mention that the metal hood does come off. Lens has a surprisingly solid all around build. It will come off with just a little extra pressure with your turn. Scary 👻 😱 lol
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I realized after the review that it comes off, and was kicking myself that I got that wrong. How do you like the lens so far?
@Poppinparties2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos I do like it. It's forced me to slow way down to make sure I'm getting things right. Playing around at the 0.95 makes it super easy to miss focus. I also have the Canon rf 85mm 1.2 DS. my goal was to grab somewhat similar bokeh without having to back away 10 miles lol.
@alivia49072 жыл бұрын
Awesome! There's not alot of rf mount glass that does good ASTRO. May be getting this in the future for my r6
@peterlaubscher39892 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this review - would be interesting to see some more results form this lens. Great overview.
@FreeRealEstatepage2 жыл бұрын
Most in depth, educational videos Nico. Thank you so much. I would live to see a video for novices, on what type of filter to use for certain targets(that correspond to what’s visible now). I’m still working on Pac-Man and Deer lick. For some reason DSS won’t read half of my data! I have over 1000 exposures but it would only recognize 400! Gonna be clear tonight so I am gathering more data.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Have you seen the video I did for Patreon only? www.patreon.com/posts/48506949 It doesn't address particular targets, but goes through different types of objects and then talks about filters for each type. With that info + telescopius/astrobin, you can get a pretty good idea about what to shoot and with what. It's not super complicated. Most filters are designed with emission nebulae in mind as those are the only types of object that really respond well to cutting out large swaths of the visible spectrum to block light pollution. Not that I don't appreciate the suggestion (keep them coming), but I have a number of videos half-started so thought I'd see if this video I previously made is up your alley.
@rafiexperimental2 жыл бұрын
please get a a7siii.. A BIG REQUEST
@beastff62392 жыл бұрын
Pls post a video on the top 10 best telescopes for beginners
@kylezeringue56732 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, Nico. It leaves me on the fence. Not sure I'd be happy with milky way shots from it. I guess in order to be sold on the lens I will have to see reviews of the lens in terrestrial tests as well. Interest peaked, but not yet sold.
@pescarull2 жыл бұрын
Sigma 40mm 1.4 still the undisputed king. Thank you for testing this lens.
@derik_niez2 жыл бұрын
Really wishing this lens was coming out in L Mount
@JericTamayo2 жыл бұрын
It was such a deal breaker when you mentioned that the hood is undetachable. A really interesting lens nonetheless
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
I was wrong! I just wasn't twisting hard enough. It is is removable
@JericTamayo2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos okay sweet!
@kalef12342 жыл бұрын
Man,this in an a7s would be amazing
@beastff62392 жыл бұрын
Is the Celestron Astromaster 130eq suitable for deep sky visual astronomy
@Marcos-qq8dz2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Thank you! I have a doub though, to take a photo of, let's say Andromeda, what is better, to use a 200mm at f5.6 or to use the same lens but 85mm at f4?
@horizonastronomiaargentina75932 жыл бұрын
Terrible que apertura tiene 😍
@mattcero12 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on turning off the anti-red eye function on cameras such as my Fuji X-S10? I would guess that would allow more of the hydrogen gas spectrum in from nebula but I'd love to hear your thoughts? Thanks man.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
I usually turn off all those kinds of auto processing functions: Noise reduction, anti-red eye, auto rotate, etc. just in case. Sometimes they only effect the JPEG and not the Raw, but it varies from camera to camera.
@RelaxingDisney2 жыл бұрын
Hey Nico, I had a quick question and I know that your the best one for this. I have a Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ and a Canon T7, the camera that you used in the shootout video. Is there a way to connect the 2 for Astrophotography? That's the only telescope I have and the only camera I have.
@stolguy2 жыл бұрын
RA user here, I am interested in the lens…Did you shoot those examples with the Astronomik L-2 UV-IR Block Clip-Filter EOS R XL? Thanks for your reviews
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I did!
@stolguy2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos thanks… it’s on order, might be time to get that 135mm f2 as well
@nervenerd2 жыл бұрын
Great review. In your comparison at 5:30 of corner stars at 0.9 and 5.6 the number of stars is almost the same. Is that because you used different exposures or ISO?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Different exposure length, I tried to keep the level consistent by looking at the histogram. I find this is a better way to gaugue star distortion.
@therosses52 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's expensive! It would be nice if the government would subsidize lens purchases.
@hondaxl250k02 жыл бұрын
What’s the fastest best lens I can use on a Nikon d3100?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
If money is no concern, I'd go for the Sigma Art 14mm f/1.8, which is available for Nikon F mount and is one of the most impressive wide angle fast primes I've tried
@narayanancn88312 жыл бұрын
According to the quality of your content you should haveore subscribers 👍👍
@StevenSSmith2 жыл бұрын
comment for the algo
@xe1zlgg2 жыл бұрын
This is best 0.95 lens in the world
@damirkvajo2 жыл бұрын
Could you combine this lens with a metabones speedboster to get even more light into it?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
No, at least not with my setup. This is an RF mount, so native glass meaning there is no room for an adapter
@adrianrcarr2 жыл бұрын
For video, would the R6 (or R5) give noticeably better lowlight performance than the Ra?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
From what I've seen on KZfaq, yes. Of course all low-light stuff is hard to judge in KZfaq since it's compression on dark scenes is terrible!
@Spock1052 жыл бұрын
0:14 for Canon or F-mount ? I think Z-mount was correct no ?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
I think you must have misheard? I said 'is is also available for Sony or Nikon mirrorless full frame' I didn't say the mount types, but you are right that for Nikon that would be Z and for Sony E
@Spock1052 жыл бұрын
Then my ears are very bad at 0:12 where I hear " available for Canon or F-mount.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Ah, there I am saying "Canon RF mount" the new Canon mount is "RF" while the camera bodies are "R": Ra, R, RP, R5, R6, etc." not sure why they did it this way, and didn't just call it the "R" mount, but that explains why we are hearing different things
@mobilechaosyt2 жыл бұрын
Would astrophotography work on a Sony ZV1 or Canon M50 with Kit lens? I have both and I suspect many people have cameras similar in price range and would want to know what type of astrophotography photos they could get from them.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Yes, both should work well. If they don't have intervalometer ports or internal interval timers, you may need to use an app to control them, but that's not the end of the world. I'd be interested in trying out both, but I already have too many cameras and lenses as-is. :)
@MILPICS2 жыл бұрын
4:09 Astrocinematography
@DSOImager2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. How would the stars look with a smaller sensor (CS or 4/3)? I'm assuming there's a way to connect an astro camera to this lens?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that would be fun to try. I've looked for RF lens adapters for that purpose and haven't found much yet, but I should look again as this was months ago.
@DSOImager2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos Cool. I'll keep an eye out too. This application is something I'd be interested in. I was considering a rokinon 14mm to use with a spare asi533 or asi1600mm but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.
@tombraley81522 жыл бұрын
@4:43 Really random question: was this shot at Spruce Lodge cabins in Lakeville, Maine?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Nope, private farm
@tombraley81522 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos Figured, but those pine trees really stood out to me :) Cheers from Maine!
@Sheilagene22 жыл бұрын
So I’ve been struggling with this one. I actually shoot with my Dedicated Astro Camera (they are ZWO brand) and I use a Cannon (eos) adapter. If the lense is all manual no connector isn’t the RF and EOS mounting the same?
@Thefuror385002 жыл бұрын
A bit late, but backfocus is not the same. If the adapter is made for EF lenses, it take inot account a 44mm (or 44.5, one is canon EF, one sony A, always mess them up aha) back focus. An RF mount have a 20mm back focus, so it will not work
@nafnaf02 жыл бұрын
For Sony Cameras, you could consider the new Sony A7iv (to be released ~next month). It won't be a good of a camera for video as the A7Siii, but will be better for general purpose at 33MP
@febinjohnson8212 жыл бұрын
Im still watching this without a camera
@SoundGates2 жыл бұрын
is it 35 or 33mm?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
35mm is the new (came out today) full frame version, 33mm is the older APS-C version
@ych83122 жыл бұрын
come on rent out the nikon z 58mm Noct f/.95
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
good idea
@ych83122 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos I haven't seen anyone doing it on the internet :)
@Mara-xd7bg11 ай бұрын
58 is too wide for MilkyWay shots
@ych831211 ай бұрын
@@Mara-xd7bg you're too wide for milkyway shots
@narayanancn88312 жыл бұрын
Hai
@hangerbird2 жыл бұрын
So, this won't work with a Nikon D5600 then.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
No, it won't. It's a mirrorless lens that takes advantage of the shorter flange distance. I'll still mostly review lenses that will work with both DSLRs and mirrorless, but this one was sent to me to check out, and I thought it sounded fun to try
@chrisw5742 Жыл бұрын
"All of the ten copies made by Zeiss for NASA was used by Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landings". There I fixed it for ya. :-)
@biggerandbetterthings72222 жыл бұрын
eww a canon mount, i can see a use for taking pictures of the moon though...
@maggiethrash2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of the Kubrick-NASA connection, you know he faked the moon landing, right? jkjkjkj
@luboinchina30132 жыл бұрын
Yeah. But he faked it on the Moon because he was a perfectionist.😏
@maggiethrash2 жыл бұрын
@@luboinchina3013 lmaoooooo!!
@DougHanchard2 жыл бұрын
The company makes a 33 mm 095 lens for $200.00 less. Hrmmmm
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
It's an APSC lens, this one is full frame
@DougHanchard2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos Right 👍- the price difference is significant between the two. For older DSLRs, with APSC sensors, i.e. a Canon T3 / 1100D, can they take advantage of the newer features?
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, no. The 33mm version is an APSC, but still mirrorless only. Due to flange distance, the theoretical limit for a DSLR is f/1, but the practical limit seems to be f/1.2
@DougHanchard2 жыл бұрын
@@NebulaPhotos what makes me think is the black hole of money you talk about. Hypothetical; a buyer of the Laowa 33mm / .095 can get value use for his/her existing older DSLR and then be able to still get very good results when upgrading to a full frame body. This allows the user to extend the use of their existing body until it's worn out. But the 35mm Laowa lens requires a full frame body right from the start. Thus, I wonder what the performance differences are between the two lenses on a full frame camera, potentially influencing when should a buyer upgrade. Saving a couple hundred bucks (or more, the 33mm lens is available in 🇨🇦, for $400 USD) that can eventually used to buy a full frame body while still getting a .095 f stop performance lens might be appealing.
@eric297072 жыл бұрын
First :)
@AstroNightBR2 жыл бұрын
it would be nice for you to give away this lens to your subscribers and would like to participate....hug 📸
@scottneith12 жыл бұрын
Lol pixel peeper
@RandomYogi0072 жыл бұрын
why the hell would you buy it from an off brand website when you could get it from amazon and get it guaranteed and probably with a warrantee lmao
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Hunt's isn't an off brand website, it is my local camera store. I always would rather support my local camera store than Amazon when I can.
@michaelconnor83192 жыл бұрын
A talking head but no cutaways of product that is being described... dull !
@Paul_85-2 жыл бұрын
Nah really surprised you would recommend this nonsense. Completely over priced and it's not good for astrophotography imo. At f0.9 the centre of the image might be in focus but everything else will be a blurry mess and you know it. Anyone with a fast lens and knows what they are doing knows you need to be at atheist f4 to get a sharp image especially at that focal length. The f0.9 is pointless for astrophotography. Love your work but you k ow you are being intellectually dishonest with this one.
@NebulaPhotos2 жыл бұрын
Nope, I don't feel I'm being intellectually dishonest. We might just have different goals in terms of this kind of astrophotography lens. As I said in the video I'm not a pixel peeper, but I did show the corners at 100% zoom and 400% zoom for those that are. In terms of a 'blurry mess away from center, I disagree. This lens does suffer from astigmatism and lateral chromatic abberation, but the comatic abberation is well controlled. The single 15s. image of the milky way I show in the video and on my instagram instagram.com/p/CTpR7gnLckT/ has nothing done to the stars. I only took the raw file and applied a slight curve and saturation boost, took a few seconds. I'd be happy to share the raw file if interested. f/0.95 is certainly not pointless for astrophotography- I tried to point out all of the useful applications for it in the video: untracked milky way, aurora, meteor showers, video etc. Not sure why you'd disagree with those use cases.
@Mara-xd7bg11 ай бұрын
Link to RAWS pls? I want to see the stars at full screen