It feels incredible to be so in sync with photographic tastes; I really find myself here, especially as I keep rewatching those Zeiss videos :D Have you had a chance to try the f/1.4 version? It seems to be on par with the Planar 50 f/1.4, especially in terms of bokeh and those lovely imperfections. I currently have the 28 f/2, and last year, I tried a 35 f/2 alongside it for a few shoots but couldn’t see any difference in the images. I'm considering adding the 35 f/1.4 to my Zeiss collection, but I'm undecided because it's both large and has a long focus throw.

The Zeiss Planar T 85mm f/1.4 is the Zeiss lens that got me into loving Zeiss lenses. Sadly, a few years after first trying the Planar T, I bought the Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4, which I love but also hate, as it weighs around twice as much as the Planar T. The lesson is, buy the lens which you are able to carry, not the one that maybe optically better but always stays in the bag.

what about minus 2 sharpness in camera?

Is it difficult shooting this without a tripod? I'm considering getting the 100mm Macro to replace my Canon, but my 90D obviously doesn't have ibis, and I can't always bring a tripod with me, so I'm a bit hesistant...

Dunno. For higher than 50 i prefer get autofocus to match the speed of the objects. I experienced in afd 105 macro doing street portrait on z50. Lol. 99% miss focus doing mf.

Thanks for your fantastic reviews, they are really helpful and informative. Yesterday, I bought a used one for $248, went to the park to try it out, and took some photos and videos. I started shooting at f/1.4, switched to a smaller aperture for just a couple of photos, then returned to f/1.4, and stuck with it wide open :) The bokeh at f/1.4 with this lens is incredible, very dreamy. Actually, I've been using the Macro-Planar 50mm f/2 EF for the past 10 years. I haven’t seen a macro lens that can outperform the Macro-Planar f/2, even though I use extension tubes which affects its performance, and it was my favorite for portraits as well. I was doubtful about buying the f/1.4 Planar, wondering if I would need it, but my doubts vanished after the first shoots. The light transmission, compact size, and the artistic photos it produces below f/2 make this lens special.

Nice work! Did you have to crop the vignetting?

Con quale obbiettivo ti sei ripreso nel bosco? Helios?

No, that’s a shit lens. It’s optically no better than a canon 1.4 for hundreds less. it it has horribly jittery background blur when focused up close. Redesigned Milvus 50mm 1.4 is a phenomenal lines.

Thank you, Luca. I've been looking to get into photography as a hobby and this video influenced me into getting this combo!

Hello, thanks for the great video! I have the S5 II X and shoot in 5.8 K prores. Does that work with this monitor?

Great video!! By any chance have you used the Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye Len? I am trying to pick the 7artisans or the Rokinon

Thanks for ghe Video... are the fans loud ?

Nice video. Can you output the 6k raw from the s5 to it?

well sound like shes impossible to buy today

What kind of camera strap is that on the M100?

When I'm trying it, I get a message with "Render did not complete" "Last frame sucessfully rendered: (none)". Can anyone help?

Hey brother. Just sold my xt5 and bought a like new s1. I appreciate the content you're making. Please continue learning and sharing your tips with us. BTW please don't feel the need to correct your speech misspeaks/mistakes. English is weird and we all get what your saying based off of context. Just wanted to throw that out there, You're probably judging yourself harder than nice people watching your content are... Much love brother. God bless

I've been looking to get either of these lenses for the last 6 months, searching for comparisons, of which there are many. But this is perfect, thank you so much. I still can't decide, so I will just have to get both and then compare, for stills portraits. The Zeiss seems sharper as expected, but there does seem to be better rendering and micro contrast with the Leica. And I thought I would like the ninja bokeh, but the Leica is so much nicer. Problem is I've picked up a mint 1970's Nikon 50mm f1.4 and although it is nowhere near as good as these two lenses, it has a wonderful character.

super review. Its not for me, but wow the anamorphic setup is almost 3d! I never seen that before, because of the swirly bokeh you get depth and separation when amplified by the anamorphic stretch.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, very interesting.

I got milvus 50/1.4 but the lens too large for my fm2n and fg especially. I plan on getting zeiss 50/2 and milvus 35/2.

You are absolutely right. This camera lens combination is fantastic! thank you so much for bringing the camera and lens combination to our attention😊

1min 46 ah ah so Italian

Nice video! I just bought this lens, but I can't see lens aperture in my GH5 dispaly. Is that normal?

I just got this today, also my very first Zeiss lens ($575, previous owner literally never used it once!)... I still love my Canon 100mm Macro, but man, this Zeiss is otherwordly 😵‍💫😃

Do you know of a matte box I can use with this? The screws don’t clear the 2 matte boxes I own. Would love to pair this lens with a matte box…

stavo pensando di comprare una GPU usata GIGABITY RTX 3070 8 GB per iniziare ad usare davinci resolve. principalmente FULL HD e qualche volta 4k sicuramente non oltre. è consigliata ?

The Blackmagic video assist can record 5.8k/6k 12bit braw from S1H or GFX100II ?

newbie here. I have M100 and EF-M 28mm f3.5 IS STM. Does this have IS? Is it easy to shoot without IS?

0:57. Out of a movie, Lighing is everything.

learned a lot, thanks!

So sad that Canon has discontinued the M series. I love my M6 with 22mm lens!

I’ve moved onto Leica cameras from Canon. I never sold a single one of my 8- ZE lenses. I’ll probably pick up a SL3 for them when I can get my head around selling my Canon R5 bodies.

Hey Luca, thanks for the vid. I'm getting "Media Offline" in DaVinci Resolve 18.6 for Mac Ventura OS. There's audio but no video. Filmed on a Lumix S5 in 10bit 422 MOV @ 25p. Any advice on how to fix this?

Great Work! What were your Dehancer settings? Truly inspiring!

i9-12900K/RTX3070Ti/RAM64GB/SSD2T is good fof 4k video?

I’ve got a full kit of Zeiss ZE of 7 primes from 15mm to 100. I’ll never sell any, even tho I’ve pretty much abandoned Canon and have the same full focal length kit in M lenses.

I'm considering getting either the 35 or 50 and something that you don't mention here is that they're both some of the cheapest native AF L mount lenses with reasonably large apertures that one can get.

Based on what I've read, it looks like either they or Panasonic have cut AFC support. Which I think is unfortunate because even if it doesn't work well, at least you could try it out. Same as with not being able to use aps-c lenses uncropped. There are plenty of aps-c zoom lenses that would work fine when zoomed in a bit... I'm not sure whether companies preemptively spoil things or whether incapable users whine too much. 😅

Man, I was looking through so many videos for adapters but for some reason, THIS, which is exactly what I was looking for never showed up in the search results, only in recommendations later on... 🤦 Anyway, thanks a bunch! It's weird and good to know that even the native lens can completely lose focus sometimes. Although... I guess it might've been because you fully turned around and so the camera didn't have you as "locked on" any more.

Looks great- wish I could afford one 😢

Nice video! I would like to hear you zalk about the delay as this is the biggest problem with these cameras. Also, I'm wondering about the digital look of the braw. With my testing, picture wise, there isntwo big reasons why using braw. 1. Denoising in camera is brutal. Dark colors get destroyed by it. 2. Look at the hue channel or key a color (sp hue+sat, not a luminance value) and conpare. In camera has huge squares. Braw has so much more detail. Important when colorgrading or greenkey shoots. Somehow not a single youtube review mentions this. This is the difference between 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 (in 6k) and 4:4:4 of braw

Sono indeciso tra Frewell V2 e Nisi Swift System, tu che hai provato entrambi quale consiglieresti? preferirei un sistema magnetico perchè è più immediato e comodo, mentre il Nisi va avvitato e svitato (escludendo le parti ad incastro che gli si montano sopra). Sono un pò combattuto. Punto a quello con la qualità migliore, e su cui poter fare anche combo con un ulteriore filtro, tipo il Black mist, senza averlo integrato con il VND (stile polar pro per intenderci) che mi consigli Lucone? Ps. ho visto il K2, è bestiale ma troppo grosso e ingombrante per il mio utilizzo.

Does still crop in 4k60fps?

Hi Luca. You're right. Please accept my apologies for my previous post.

Talk to me about the R to L adapter you use please

Ciao Luca ! è meglio una M100 o M200?

Thank you Fratello

I use the Helios as well as some other vintage lenses like the Mir-1 with the Aivascope 1.5x on the Komodo-X when im going for a vintage look. I love that setup! I feel like this lens could be a perfect choice for clients and projects when you don’t wanna go for a full vintage artsy look. It’s got the contrast, the punch, the sharpness but most of all (in my opinion) such a beautiful and tasteful focus fall off. If i bought this i don’t think i would use it with a scope that much. It already got all the right character in the right places while still looking somewhat modern. I have a question for you: do you know of some other lenses with similar characteristics that pairs well with this one to make a set? Thanks 🙏