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Review of the ARRI Signature Prime lenses with comparison to Sony G Master lenses.

Review of the ARRI Signature Prime lenses with comparison to Sony G Master lenses.

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Table of Contents:
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0:00 - Intro & Disclosure
1:49 - Build & Ergonomics
3:45 - Focus Breathing
4:21 - Chromatic Aberration
6:07 - Distortion & Vignetting
7:33 - Bokeh
9:09 - Impression Filters
10:54 - Color Quality
13:04 - Close Focusing
13:34 - Flare & Sunstars
14:50 - Sharpness & Resolution

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[impatrickt]

apologies to patrick tomasso we ran out of time

[kylehaggard]

Fun fact about the chromatic aberration on the signature primes vs other lenses: when bending light for out of focus areas in the foreground and background, the usual wavelengths are magenta and green as we know. but, on the signature primes, they designed the optical formula to have the wavelengths of light be blue for background and amber for foreground, which are a lot more natural looking. You can tell this in the testing you did, actually

[seanlefloch]

Thank goodness for this in-depth review. I was on the fence between the signature primes and the G Master, and this just cinched it for me. Thank you, Gerald!

[gregnewland]

Of all the reviews, and all the years I have watched your channel, THIS is hands-down my favorite review. So rare is it for us mortals to really get to see what makes $30+K of ARRI glass so incredibly special. And that projector melted my brain...

[falxonPSN]

I was going to buy this lens, but the lack of image stabilization totally killed it for me.

[kayjaylin]

I quite like this comparison between the ULTIMATE and something premium. It gives a lot of context and perspective to the reviews. I think we get so much into the pixel peeping, spec sheet battling, this vs that battle, that we lose perspective. This gives perspective that we are looking at the wrong things quite often.

[DJmallninja]

4:06 this is the most stable focus rack I have ever seen in my friggin LIFE

[cafarellidigital]

This is a fantastic comparison and analysis, and a great perspective on re-aligning what qualities we should be looking for in a lens. I'd love for you to continue doing a series of this!

[benjhaisch]

So what you’re telling me is that photo lenses have actually just gotten incredibly good.

[smryt]

10:59 This is such a great reference photo I just had to screenshot. Each focal length gives off different vibes. This is great for when you aren’t sure what focal length to use but you know what emotion you want to convey

[ddgarage]

Lens projectors are so cool to use. Back when I used to work at a Nikon, Tamron and Sony repair centre, I used them all the time for calibrating and inspecting lenses and it's really something else.

[vonwolfersdorff]

Great video Gerald and really the first time I did NOT put something into my shopping list after watching your review. Greets from Berlin!

[hudsonhower]

Impression filters are the most exciting things about these lenses to me. It essentially gives you new lenses with each filter. I'm wildly hopeful that another lens manufacturer will implement this kind of filtering, as it's still tough to handle the Signature Prime price tag. Even when considering rentals.

[UXXV]

That into the sun comparison was incredible. Consumer lens and even pro ones losing contrast where the Arri showed why it’s a cine performer !

[DanielsimsSteiner]

This vid is so good. One of my favorites you’ve ever done

[slimmetry]

Great video, Gerald. Cool concept. Glad you're finding ways to keep things fresh for your reviews and still helping folks learn!

[MichaelGAubrey]

It's common for manufacturers pursuing APO quality to go for more purple/blueish than magenta because the blue is less offensive or visible. Arri is clearly following that tradition. And it does make the CA more subtle.

4:40 The cool thing is Arri tuned the Chromatic abberations to be more warm and cold OR Blue And yellow Which is sooo much better looking than green and magenta

[David_Schwarz_DOP]

Thank you so much, Gerald! For someone who just recently started renting cinema lenses for the narrative client projects i shoot, this is really something i´d love to see you doing way more. There are already some really good, affordable (and of course less affordable) cinema lenses on the market. To see them compared to the KING made by Arri would be so cool. For a lot of the newer cine lenses you don't even need a PL mount anymore.. how convenient. 🙂

[Mtw]

I tried this lens from ARRI yesterday and was quite surprised at how smoothly the focus ring moves plus the size - I thought it was bigger - I got that impression from this wonderful YT ❤😊. It was at the same time a bit funny because at the same time I looked at Nisi Athena - which is much smaller, but I have no doubt where they have been inspired in their visual expression and surface treatment. At the same time, they are more within range of something I can afford - plus they don't take up as much space and weight if you're on the go. It's a wild time we live in with all the possibilities. THX for the upload Gerald 👍🏽