Sony 50mm F1.2 vs DZOFilm Vespid Prime 50mm T2.1

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[zaymax_]

f stops is about the size of the iris in relation to focal length. t stops is the light transmitted through the lens

[rfx]

Although I am a Canon guy, The principles are the same. I have photography lenses that are 1.2 and I have DZO lenses a s well. You def hit it on the head buy use the most accurate auto focus for those run and gun jobs. I recently bought these lenses and I have been very satisfied on the look, feel and more creative nature of these cine lenses. I think because they are manual focus and you can't depend on the auto focus, it forces you to be more creative and how you film what you film. I need a focus ring but I just use my fingers to adjust on what I shooting. I agree about them being more stylized and they keep me wanting more. I am buy the complete set am have a 35 and 50 and a 21 on the way. Anyway, thanks for the video, very nicely explained and great examples. As a filmmaker we sometimes question our tools and I am glad to come across this video to see that I am not the only one enjoying these lenses. Has anything changed in the 2yrs of using them? Thanks.

[CarloTimothy]

I’m rocking GMasters for most things. And I bust out my cine-modded Leica R set when I want to achieve “that look”

[Adam.Hughes]

Love this video and really appreciate your take on the two different use cases. I've been considering a cine lens for a while, alongside renting the 50mm GM a couple of times. The 50mm f1.2 is so good that it's boring and feels like it's easy to be lazy with it. Keep thinking a cine lens will keep me engaged more when doing client work, but your insight makes me think I should actually reserve such things for personal projects.

Food for thought, thank you Kofi! New subscriber here.

[modernmusicstudio]

Very good video!! Showing the differences between certain settings is super helpful!!

[MarcosElMalo]

I like this review/comparison but I think you missed a couple of important things. If you’re doing professional cinematography, you’re using a SET of primes, and those primes have to be matched by the manufacturer to have similar and consistent characteristics. So you can’t really compare a 50mm to a 50mm. You have to compare a matched set to a matched set. And a matched set of primes is bare minimum of three lens up to eight or nine. Maybe even more for special circumstances. Why is this important? Because unmatched lenses can cause extra work and extra headaches in post. They got enough problems. Also, you don’t want them to blame delays on fixing your problems.

If you’re not a pro or just getting started (and not wealthy in either case), you’re stuck with buying one or two lenses at a time. If you’re buying from a store with a physical location, you should do lens tests with chip charts to at least try to match lenses. (And this is why you should buy from brick and mortar venders if you can. They should have a prep area where you can set up your test.)

And if you are going to DP a feature film, be sure to tell the producer or UPM early on that 1) you don’t have a matched set, so they need to rent a set, 2) you have a set you matched yourself, so they might want to rent a matched set, or 3) you have a manufacturers matched set, so they don’t need to rent, but that’s why you’re charging them more for your package rental. 😄

If any of you viewers are not at or near this point, disregard for now. You’re probably making shorts and doing your own post, and you can deal with color issues yourself instead of making it someone else’s problem. Just keep doing what you’re doing. At some point in your career you can trade your piecemeal set of lenses in for a matched prime set (or just keep relying on rental sets—there’s no shame in that, just less income from your kit rental).

Sorry this was so long! I hope the comment is useful and not too out of scope for the audience here.

[accooper]

I think with all their lenses, if you want clean, sharp, and neutral, Sony glass is the way to go. Like you said, G-masters pay the bills.

[moormediashots]

Love the content bro! The videos are clean! Keep it up!

[kladovka_egora]

Good idea to check both of this lens together, thank you bro!

[jt]

A-Roll lighting in the new spot is absolutely MINT

[ilyaminin]

And what do you think about the Samyang VDSLR? I want to buy it, but I don't know how good they are in real use, for example, smooth focus...

[ana-jxtd]

Hello kofi!

I bought the vespid prime 25mm for my camera blackmagic 6k pro,

I have to change mount from PL to EF

I researched and the website says that I have to add
0.02 + 0.02 +0.1 = 0.14 shims

My question is, is this value correct?

the len comes with PL mount installed, do I need to remove shims from the PL mount to add the EF ? or do I remove the PL mount and ADD the 0.14 on top of the other shims ?

I hope you could help me

[kellymerrellfilms]

"...not at a desk with a bunch of RGB lights behind me..."

Shots fired! :D

[samireivinen]

Nice comparison! Can you achieve cine prime / leica R look with Sony glass if you add glimmerglass etc in front of the lens or is it still different?

[markooi]

Have you tried the dzofilm Cattas? As attracted as I am to the vespids, a zoom would be far more appropriate for my purpose (filming my kids who would never wait for me to move about and compose).

[redbeardproductions-kevind]

I either use my Meike full frame cine lenses or my vintage Super-Takumars...

[Colab-Film]

I think 1.2 for video is nice to have but probably would rarely use the aputure fully open. G-Masters are great! Prime looks awsome but yes, usecases are smaller. For everybody who is on small budget and wants a super fast lens dead cheap with character: canon fd 50mm 1.4 it is available. Got mine for less then 100 USD . Def. has vignette but if character is what you want for little money absolutely nice lens for sony with fd adapter

[CaedanMay]

Been enjoying your stuff man! Now I need to figure out how to buy an fx6😂

[alejandrovd]

I recently buy a 50mm dzo but the adapter that I use for my FX6 ( EF to E) crop the image a lot, could you tell me what adapter do you have? thanks man

[LoremIpsumProd]

Hey Kofi, it seems that you have a Sigma 24-70, I wonder if it is possible to shoot commercial stuff with and that forgo the Sony 50 1.2 GM (and go straight to DZO?)