This combo is a match made in heaven!
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2024
- Amazing combination with the Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm lens and the Nikon ZF
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Due to videos like this, since last Saturday I am the proud owner of a Voigtländer APO Lanthar 35 F2 and a Nikon Zf combo... and boy, is it fun!! I intend to use it as a walk-about go-everywhere system. Just love it....
Some think the 35 APO is even better than the 50. But I do love them both.
Nice, how is image quality from both?
Nikon ZF has the thinnest sensor stack only beat out by Leica themselves. Also the Z mount is around 2mm thinner than any other mirrorless mount so it brings the lens closer to the sensor. That means it will have the best results with adapted lenses compared to pretty much any other mirrorless system.
Well then that makes sense - thank you.
I like your anti-TTL recommendation. Looks fantastic.
Coincidentally, I just bought the Z mount version of this lens earlier this week. After 30 years of photography, it's my very first manual focus lens! It's as if it were made for the Zf.
This is the exact combo I'm most interested in buying right now, thanks for the video!
I'm currently on Sony (and will stay there) but I want a more fun camera than what that system can offer. The ℤ ƒ is absolutely there in terms of design and the Voigtländer 50mm APO-Lanthar is my favorite lens on E-Mount! I basically have it hot-glued to one of my bodies at all times ;) Even on 60MP, it will perform flawlessly, but never mind the performance, it just renders so beautifully, I absolutely love it. This is a circumstance where gear absolutely matters, in the way that it just excites me to go out and use the lens more than I would if I didn't have it.
So refreshing to hear that You (A Pro Photog. , putting out amazing work) Are Using a Nikon Camera!!!!!!!!!
I’ve used Nikon since 1982. Never failed me once. Well, there was one time when my friend borrowed my F100 and then flew into the side of a mountain… he survived - the camera not so much.
Amazing lens and very good technique with flash. This makes me eager to try it. Thx for that.
Excellent video. You know how to use flash and equipment with great results. 👍👍
Thank you. I appreciate you watching and for the comment
Great video
FANTASTIC video, really enjoyed this and informative
Thank you. Really appreciate that.
What a great video 👏🏻 such a refreshing change watching your videos which are both educational and gear related too in an inspiring way rather than the rest of the UA-camrs who are paid to talk crap
Thank you. And thank you for taking the time to watch.
Love the section with handheld flash. Want to try bare flash vs. the collapsible beauty dish I got after seeing your video about it.
I’ve tried using handheld flash with a Rogue FlashBender, and was happy with the results.
Those things are amazing and really useful.
Your model is amazing! She should be a movie star. I love the nifty fifty also. don't leave home without it. great lens, use it all the time :)
She is really special on camera.
The Z mount is the best mount out there for so many reasons - only one of which is what you have discovered: you can adapt anything to it.
-PD
I can definitely agree with that.
I can see the appeal of a handheld flash when using an autofocus lens. However, with the MF 50mm Apo-Lanthar (which I own along with a Zf) I would find holding the camera, focusing the lens, and also holding the flash a challenge to say the least. It would be less of a problem if I had a third arm.
😂 third arm aside, it really isn’t that bad.
Great interesting video... I use my 50mm 1.8z for much of my headshot photography on a Z5. Then I use the 40mm f2z on my Z50 for location work (which is 60mm equiv). I do like this general focal length for much of my model work. Hand holding a flash, nope can't do. Too old and shaky... But I agree the lighter the better!
That 40 and 50 fit the bill for light and compact.
You could even use the Techart PRO Leica M - Nikon Z adapter and then you get a M-lens with autofocus.
I do want to try one of those. But I actually like manual focus.
What would you choose between 40mm F1.2 Nokton vs. 50 F2 Apo on Nikon ZF?
Some say the M mount lens looks better on the M mount camera than it does when its adapted to another mount camera (Z in this case). Do you think that's true? I'm looking at adapting a couple of m mount lenses to my ZF using the same Urth adapter
I got it
Sorry when I say looks better, i mean produce better image files than they do when adapted onto other mounts. Once adapted they produce files of lesser quality?
Many of the M lenses I’ve tried on other cameras are not as good as they are on the Leica.
Do you know if this will work with my old AI Nikkors from the early 80s with an adapter?
I believe so. But I personally haven’t tried it.
It works with all older Nikkor lenses via the FTZ adapter, which is very nice especially with the Zf, but you get a pretty nose-heavy system. The adapter is almost 3cm long. The longest lens I enjoy shooting with the adapter is the Nikkor 85mm f1.4 Ai-s. Lenses for the Leica M-mount such as the Voigtländer only need an adapter about 1 cm thick on the Zf, which feels more natural in the hand. In addition, most M-mount lenses are relatively small and light.
Good morning, can you tell me what kind of flash you use and the type of radio trigger... I'm looking for information and I don't really know how to deal with it, and I also have a Nikon ZF. Thank you, greetings from Poland, Jarek
That was the Profoto A10 with the Profoto Connect remote.
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John - how does it compare with the Z50 1.8s? that lens has been compared with Leica lenses and some say it's almost as good. I have it and it's blazingly sharp - even wide open. I know you have this lens too - has does it compare with the Voigtlander. My eyes are not great, so I need the AF, so that's why I use the Z lenses.
I love the Z 50 1.8 and will continue to use it. But the APO is near perfect.
Yes, I was also wondering if the NIkkor Z 50 f/1.8 S is sharper than the Voigt APO...(I've heard the former compared to the Zeiss Otus!)
So would I be better to find this as a vintage lens or is it available in Zmount. Great video
I really like the adapted lens but I don’t think you can go wrong either way. Not sure if the have a Z mount yet available
What adapter are you using?
I’m using the Urth adapter
@@kaskoPhoto 👍🏼. Great. Appreciate the help
@@drwatsonismine very welcome. It’s a solid adapter
@@kaskoPhoto looking in to it… I appreciate you so much…..
Rented the 50zAPO last weekend. It is “perfect” from f2 and so easy to focus. So good!
I did order the 50z/1.0, though. I’m not looking for “perfect” and hoping to get some “character”.
Is it just me or does your model look a lot like Reese Witherspoon? Fantastic video as always - I've been debating picking up the f2 APO, but 50 is a bit tight for me. Do you have any experience with the 35?
Yes. As a matter of fact, many think the 35 is even better. It is a little longer but the results make the size not an issue.
Are the results with the leica M11 not as good as the Nikon ZF with this lens?
They are perfect with the M11 and just as good with the ZF - just the obvious resolution drop
Great way to use a flashlight 👍👏
Thank you. Love easy and compact.
Just feeding the algorithm
😂😂 thank you
@@kaskoPhoto well someone else mentioned the tech art to z adapter and I had nothing. I have a contax that autofocuses manual lenses. It a fun trick
Every photographer uses what they think works for them and their clients and if an APO lens works for you then all the better, but persoanlly I'd stay a mile away from any APO or ' Macro ' lens so far as ladies portraiture is concerned. I doubt if many female clients want to see every porse or blemish in their skin. I have used my 75mm APO Summicron M on female faces, and even wide open @ F2 it is razor sharp, too sharp and for this reason I'd rather use much older and softer Leitz lenses, they are just more falttering. But as I said you use what you think works for you and your clients.
I like the 50 Summicron and Summilux for client portraits and as I said, the APO is used for my commercial work. Agree with the skin with an APO