The Most Versatile Lens? Sirui Nightwalker 16mm T1.2

All mounts and focal lenghts -

The Sirui Nightwalker 16mm T1.2 might be the most versatile lens in the Nightwalker Lineup. It can easily cover both tight, medium and wide shots while still providing enough subject separation. It's organic look and falloff (wide open) also gives your footage a more organic look than a modern photography lens.

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Chapters:
00:00 Samples
00:22 Versatile Lens
00:35 Separation
01:00 Sharpness
01:20 Mounts & Overview
01:47 Handling
02:12 Build Quality
02:34 Technical specs
02:44 Anamorphic
03:34 The Look
04:00 Flaring
04:35 Matte Box
04:56 Test Charts
06:00 Bokeh!
06:30 Pros & Cons
07:30 Focus Breathing
07:44 The Value
08:01 More Tests?
09:07 Should you?
09:23 Moo!

Thank you @JonSteine and @SIRUIImaging
@JonSteine

[hunterhart]

You did a great job showing sample footage, nice review!

[ViniVelasquez]

This camera and lens combo is killer, been looking into updating my a7III and this is the kit that I have been looking at. This and the 75mm nightwalker lens as well to have some versatility.

[optimistproductions]

I've got the 35mm personally and I can't stress how nice it feels to work with for such a small price tag. Would love to see you review the Adapter!

[filmdudejacob]

Perfect timing dude. Literally looked up nightwalker reviews this morning and your video came out yesterday

[dpjohnjones]

Yes man these lenses are absolute masterpieces. I have the Sniper set and people are so wrong about these lenses. The optical quality is pretty much identical to the Nightwalkers. People say bad things about the Snipers because they compare the optical quality to that of AF photography glass.

These lenses have character, especially wide open. It’s like having a cinema lens with character, but with pretty good AF. The AF is not perfect like G master glass but it is more than useable in 90% of situations with the latest firmware.

Great video man, and I plan to get some of these Nightwalkers with cine housings. And oh yeah I have that same matte box. Great bang for buck.

[MarcoAries]

Impressive! I was expecting it to be soft at wider apertures, but I'm glad I was wrong!

[JonSteine]

Would love to see how it would pair up with the anamorphic adapter!

[josephmedina]

Hi Thomas! Love the colors! Do you by any chance have tutorials in grading or sell luts? Hope to hear from you

[Blohme_official]

I've had one of these for a while now. I may have undervalued the focal length. The 35mm is the one I use a lot more. But they are the only two lenses that I have.

[thomasfransson]

A special thanks to Jon Steine helping me with BTS and B-Roll.

[orchi]

I HAVE ANAMORPHIC adapter, and still didnt find the good squeezz in editing software, please can you give me your demosion of squeeze, mine is 3849x 1600 IS RIGHT ?

[ego]

1:42 What’s the lens cap you have that goes over the lens?

[HappeningPhotos]

Do I have to wear vampire teeth and fishnet stockings when I go out at night with a Nightwalker lens in a ThinkTank Streetwalker bag?

[camstanley]

There is inconsistencies between the set. Only thing putting me off really going off the reviews