Artistic 500mm Tokina Lens Review
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2022
- This 500mm Lens from Tokina has a wonderful ARTISTIC and Vintage look. The unique bokeh will give your images a painterly appearance. This 500mm super tele lens is great for photographing nature, birds, wildlife, macro, scenics and street photography. It is super lightweight and easy to carry in a pocket or bag. Take a look and let us know what you think! #500mmLens #TelephotoLens #LensReview
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Jay P. Morgan has been working as a Commercial Photographer and Film Director in the Los Angeles area for more than 20 years developing an impressive list of clients from Paramount to McDonald's. Jay P.'s experience with elaborate set design and extensive lighting are key to the success of his illustrative work.
The painterly quality really is pleasing to look at. It reminds me of Corel painter effects that they have in there software. The whole " the bokeh balls don't look pleasing thing". That went out the window for me a long time ago. I will say that this is also the reason why I still watch your channel. More diverse content and your opinions as a seasoned pro. Thanks guys.
Thanks for your comment and nice feedback!
Nice comment.I too was very taken by this review and bought the Tokina 500mm F/8 based on what we saw here. Very happy with the lens.The build quality is flawless.I love his enthusiasm and the idea of going against the grain a little by going more artistic.I had gone down the road of sharpness and high tech features for a while but glad to get the slap in the face I needed here. It should be about the art.
Subbed because content- but actually because you pronounce bokeh in the way that I perceive as correct. Also that shirt is fire.
Thanks for subscribing! And thanks for the compliment, that is a very old shirt!
Haha, the shirt sure rocks.I thought the same but subbed because of his no bullshit,enthusiastic style.He comes across are a really cool guy who really knows his subject.
very impressed with the photos with this lens, I've always wondered about getting one of these ......great video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
love the bokeh on the images you provided...so different
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
Cool video and interesting perspective on bokeh.
Thank you! And thanks for your comment!
Another great video, Jay P.! 'Glad to see Tokina is still producing affordable specialty lenses. Good call on going down to Bolsa Chica. It's a wonderful place to try out a long lens. Plus, when you get tired of the critters you can go across PCH and shoot surfers from the Huntington Beach pier. ⛱
We'll have to catch the surfers next time! Thanks for your comment!
Stunning! And I love the donut bokeh. I had seen this effect before, but never knew what makes it so. I just saw other mirror 500mm lens in a local charity shop and going back to buy it tomorrow.
Sounds like fun! Enjoy your purchase!
@@TheSlantedLens Thanks!
Good morning Jay P. Interesting video. I would call it "Old wine in new bottles". I use a Tokina Reflex 500mm since 1980 on my Minolta-DSLR and meanwhile via adapter on my Panasonic Lumix! And always I surprise the viewers of my prints with the bokeh. Reflex lenses will never die and I save hundreds of grams in weight. Go On!
So great to hear. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Glad to hear a recommendation for the older Tokinas. There's a few on ebay going for pennies right now, very tempting.
Cool! :)
Have a good week!
Thanks! You have a great week too!
I love this superb review. It is inspirational because of your infectious positivity, enthusiasm and no nonsense style of presentation. I bought this lens because of your review and especially because of your Tokina 400mm review in which you shot the most amazing portraits. It would be great to see you revisit this 500mm and give it the same style review as you did with the 400mm and using the same model. I love how you put the work in without complaining about the distance from the model even though you used a huge focal length. Other UA-cam reviewers moan about the distance in using only a 135mm. You put the work in and did not one time bitch about the extra work or distance and you got by far the best results. No pain no gain, You ain't lazy. Think about it. You already smashed the portrait mold by going to 400mm and it rocked big time.Imagine how Tokina 500mm portraits would look like from a camera in your hands.
Thank you! I appreciate your compliment!
@@TheSlantedLens You are welcome.Thanks for your superb content.
Got an older Tamron 500 f8 today (for a reasonable $50), had a ton of fun just shooting off my balcony learning how it performs.
I could totally see going out with only this and creatively working with its limitations.
With adjustable iso, this is more useable than it ever was in film
Sounds like you are having some fun. Keep on clickin!
50 is a great deal for this sort of quality. I'm thinking about a old tamron as well
@@marxiewasalittlegirl I took this lens out a few days ago. I live in Monterey Ca, so a friend and I went to Pebble … as long as shutter speed is high, and you really take your time on focus … The results were totally acceptable. Not to mention, it’s light and short. Fits in the same soft case I use for a 100mm Macro and my 28-70 f2.8 … just a normal lens size. If I was to bring only 4 or 5 lenses for a day out … I’d bring this if it’s a day shoot no question
And Bubble Bokeh for big bonus
@@christianjforbes I like bubble bokeh as well
I am considering buying a rear-mounted 6:32 CPL filter which is 30.5mm in diameter, but I can’t find and can’t find and info or tips on how to mount it, can it be a generic filter or only original, etc.
I noticed your lens has f/8.0, if there is another option of f/6.3, which one you will choose?
Which would you choose between this and the 400?
Having just watched your review on the 400, I think it's a bit sharper and more contrasty.
I like the magnification on the 500mm and it did feel like the 400mm was very sharp. Hard decision.
Jay P is the first person I've heard say they like the doughnut Bokeh. and i kind of agree.
It is a very different, almost painterly look and fun for a change!
@@TheSlantedLens Totally agree! Although, your framing skills probably had a lot to do with that. Lol! I don't think too many people can pull that off with that kind of consistency.
Got two vintage mirror lenses, a Russian Rubinar and a Tamron (both said to be among the better examples) both 500/8, and was very impressed with their image quality, absolutely zero chromatic aberration.
Contrast was a bit low, but nowadays you can easily fix that in post. They are much, much lighter than my Tamron 400/4 "normal" lens, and better than any cheap 500mm you can get.
Bokeh can be hit or miss, but as long as you can live with it (or even like it :) ) it's great for wildlife.
If you are patient and buy used, they also can be very inexpensive. I got the Rubinar for 20€ on a flea market and the Tamron for about 80€ on eBay. Both also have decent "macro" capability.
Great to hear about your experience with different vintage lenses!
Having tried both. Due you prefer one over another in terms of image quality. Cuz Rubinar is quite heavy
To my eye both were similar, so much so that I wouldn't prefer any over the other.
@@fricki1997 oo thank you
I have a 500mm F-8 mirror lens I bought at a thrift store for $40.00 it has a T mount that I had to adapt to K mount I have used it at Bolsa Chica along with my 55-300 PLM lens for birds in flight . i had one in the 1980's and used it to capture the Space Shuttle Columbia in flight in 1981 I lost mine and I lucky to find a replacement
That sounds awesome. Glad you have enjoyed the lens!
I would really like to know wether you ever made a photo of the moon with this lense. That would be very interesting to look at. Thanks.
We did not test the lens on shooting the moon but we have seen that other people have done that.
How do you think it compares to the Minolta/Sony reflex lens for A mount (since A mount will work on the modern gen Sony cameras using mirrorless AF, and it appears that the Minolta/Sony reflex autofocuses)?
That is a good question. I haven't tested that one. Let us know how you like it!
@@TheSlantedLens just curious, haven't picked that one up yet but I have been re-collecting some A mount glass now that I can use the LA-EA5 with it on the 7IV
can this Lense be used for o video and still get that artistic dreamy look? specially the bokeh
Absolutely. Let us know how you like it!
How would it be with a camera with in body stabilization say the Fujifilm xh1
The in body stabilization will help a lot with this lens.
@1:01 What bokeh?
@1:47 Is anything in focus here? There is an Impressionist quality to it that probably would come out in a matte paper print, especially if the bird's colors could be brought up a bit.
I used a 500mm catadioptric on my Nikon FE decades ago. I'm not sure of the brand. Nikon made a native one, but mine was an aftermarket with adapter like the ones here. I used it mostly to shoot motorcycle races at Sears Point. I live a few minutes from the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the Palo Alto Baylands Wildlife Refuge. The latter is located next to the Palo Alto general aviation airport. I'm frequently at the Baylands to test ham radio equipment, and the opportunities for wildlife and aircraft spotting (I made a lovely photo of a T-34 Mentor in the landing pattern at sunset on my last trip) tell me I need either the 400mm or the 500mm in my bag.
One thing to know about cat lenses: they're all softer in the center of the frame than they are away from center, the opposite of what we're used to. It's just physics.
I'm with you on modern lenses. Everything's oriented to picking up another couple of lp/mm and eradicating every bit of CA (which actually is the lens rendering depth correctly) for marketing to pixel-peeping keyboard commandos who'd swear you couldn't possibly make a photograph worth looking at with the equipment Ansel Adams used. Consequently, we have these bloated, soulless, heavy, and expensive monstrosities (I'm looking at you, Nikon, and your 12-element, $600, Nifty-Fifty for Z mount). As St. Ansel said: photographs are to be looked at, not looked into. (As an aside, this is the year I make good on a longstanding promise to myself to start doing some large format photography).
Thanks for sharing you thoughts! Enjoy your large format photography!
A lens with a red dot sight, I’m in lol
It works like a scope. The dot is not in the lens but in the sighting scope.
@@TheSlantedLens oh I know lol, just thought it was cool. A lot of telescopes have those sights as well and since the lens is basically a mini telescope it makes sense.
What js the minimum range of it ?
Minimum Focus Distance, 5.6' / 1.7 m
The bokeh looks nice provided there are no highlights in it. Those 'doughnuts' would drive me nuts. I can't knock that price though (but it's funny that the tele-finder costs as much as the lens does).
Yeah, the telefinder is a lens as well, thus the cost.
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Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!
Bookah ?
Bokeh! Thanks for watching!
What is the point in buying this lens when it doesn't have the Autofocus? Looses its value. Not usable in capture the moving object.
It is a specialty lens with an artistic application.
Really..... How on earth would a mirror lens with autofocus work(??)
And if someone can't take in focus pictures with manual focus you should find another talent.
Bokeh is absolutely awful. I had a mirror lens for my Nikon F3, but sold it. No sharpness, and horrible bokeh
We love the look of the bokeh. So unique. So different.
There’s ways to avoid or minimize that donut bokeh if you avoid shooting harsh highlights and have a plain/non busy background.