Zeiss Touit 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens Review
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- In this Sony Zeiss Touit 50mm f/2.8 Macro Lens Review (bhpho.to/2OBgX58) I will go over everything you need to know using the Sony A6500 and real world photography! Please ask questions and comment below as always, and thanks for watching! Jay
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Great video...hard to find reviews for this lens. Thanks.
Realy nice review
Fantastic i just bought this lens in fuji x mount cant wait to put it to work.
How is it in the fuji system? Does it have the same autofocus misbehaviours as the Sony version? I'm looking for a good light macro lens for Fuji x system
@@BarezBarznji so am I. I want it for Fuji
Thank you this is a stellar review of this lens. Likely it will be a future purchase. I have been shooting for years with the Sony A7 series cameras but have been slowly building up a kit to go with my new A-6600 system as well. I'm missing a portrait and macro lens, too bad about the focus speed but as long as it is accurate for a macro I think it will fit the bill. The bokeh looks terrific to my eye. I tried the FE 90 2.8 Sony since it would be good with my A7 II but it just doesn't feel good with the new A-6600. Again great review, answered all my questions I think.
Thank you Ralph for the kind words ;) It really pumps out some killer shots!
@@Jason_Hermann I like the 75mm view but since it's macro would it work or be appropriate for full body shots and modelling? Or should I get Sony E 50mm f/1.8 OSS Lens instead which isn't macro?
Great Video. I notice the rubber is the only thing I don't like also. I tested the lens at the NY show this year and you right, It's very but very sharp, I tested on on my Fuji system. I may buy now @ B&H since it's 150.00 off. I had the Fuji 80 MM macro but like the Sony 90 MM It's very heavy and uncomfortable on crop cameras.
I just got the lens for the Fuji system and watt a mistake, Lens does a static noise like the speakers zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and is really terrible. Even on single focus or manual as you move the camera will do this and I'm not even press the bottom to pre-focus. Can't use this lens for video. Returning after 10 min of testing. Sorry Zeiss first lens and very upset.
@@vitorazinheira2195 I did say in the review this lens is not good for video specifically because of the noisy and jerky focus. Thank you for the comments!
wow i think this just might be my next purchase
Well I'm very late to this party but you've presented an excellent review and thank you very much. I ordered the lens and should arrive next week. I imagine many macro lens purchasers, like myself are looking for top performance when photographing very small insects and flowers like tiny orchids. The goal in such cases is to have as much of the subject in focus as possible and having half an insect "artfully" out of focus is not desirable for specimen photography. The vast majority of your sample images were of mechanical subjects like pencil points with just a few of insects. Sadly none of the latter appeared to be in good focus on my screen despite your enthusiastic commentary to the contrary. The f stop range illustrated showed macro images at f 2.8 to about f 8 . I would like to have seen some examples at f16 or f22 to get a feel for the depth of field potencial. The illustrated slow focus and focus hunting is discouraging. I hope I can live with it. Overall a very good review though showing the strengths and weaknesses of this lens.
Hi, I see it's been a while... So how do you like the lens?
Hey man! been going back and forth with this and the 90mm G macro lens. Which one should I choose? I have a a6400
Hello ;) If I could only have one it would be the FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro Lens (amzn.to/2OITVZ2) The Zeiss is a fantastic option for sure, but the 90mm has more to offer as far as OSS and the extra distance to subject advantage when used for macro. You can use both lenses for portrait work, but if you have the distance the 90mm would be a better option for maximum background separation capabilities based on my experience. So if I could only have one it would be the FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro Lens.
I often do focus bracketing with the Fuji 80mm f/2.8 macro. Can you do focus bracketing with this Zeiss Touit 50mm Macro?
Hey Bill, yes you can do focus bracketing with any lens as far as I know. The camera controls that on some cameras, but you can use manual focus to do that as well.
Hello I'm a Fuji user I wonder hows this compare to Fujinon 56 F1.2（APD？idk Many people prefer to w/o apd ver）？These two are all aprox. 85mm as full frame therefore it's perfect for portraits... I only afford one of the three above options. Please let me know which is the best at it's value
Hello, those Fuji lenses are not a Macro lenses. They are specifically designed for portrait photography and the APD is a special lens element that helps produce amazing out of focus renderings. Both these lenses would be an excellent choice for portraits in particular. This Zeiss lens is a macro lens, so it can also be used for portraits, but it's specialty is close up macro photography. If portraits are what you are interested in, I would consider the 56mm f/1.2 lens over this Zeiss lens. I hope that helps, Jay
@@Jason_Hermann helps a lot！Thank you so much！
What better for Sony A6500 this Zeiss or Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art?
Sigma is not so sharp in the corner and heavy.
Does this lens have the same problems with manual focus? Noise and stepping?
No
Hey bud if this is a crop sensory lens what does it mean if I wanna use it with a full frame a7r3 thanks .
Hello, it means the lens itself is not large enough to cover the full frame sensor. However, the full frame A7r3 will automatically switch to crop factor mode (aps-c size sensor equivalent, think A6500). If you put the crop factor lens on and use the camera in full frame mode, you will see the edges of the lens in your frame. Here is an example of what . mean using a different lens though: sonyalphalab.com/sigma-e-16mm-f-1-4-dc-dn-lens-on-full-frame-a7r-full-frame-mode-and-clear-image-zoom-testing/
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could this be attached to my a7riii and used in apsc mode?
Yes Artemis, you sure can use this lens on the A7R III in APS-C mode. However, Sony does also make dedicated full frame macro lenses like the awesome FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Lens for example which I reviewed here: www.sonyalphalab.com/my-sony-fe-90mm-f-2-8-macro-g-oss-lens-review/
Очень крутой обзор! Спасибо большое чувааак!
Hi Jay, how does this compare to the Sony 90mm Macro G lens? Thank you! :)
My review for the Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Lens is here: czcams.com/video/04_mHoN6Dgg/video.html As far as how it compares to the Zeiss Touit?? Well that lens lens is really awesome for sure, but way larger and heavier. It has more manual controls and much better autofocus I would say as well. The colors are not quite as good as the Zeiss however, due to the T* coating, but they look very good nonetheless. The biggest advantage the FE 90mm offers is the extra focal length and optical stabilization. This allows for more distance between you and the subject when at 1:1 macro range. Also, due to the further distance, the perspective is often a little better depending on the subject. For the crop factor A6500 style cameras, I would rather have the more compact lens personally. The Touit just fits the camera way better. The FE 90mm is so large, that it's a bit awkward to use on a crop factor camera in comparison. I mean, it's not that big of a deal, but it does make a significant difference when using the combo. On the much larger full frame cameras, the FE 90mm is a better fit, and it does not feel as awkward size wise. I hope that helps?? Jay
90mm is better especially because of its stabilization, but I myself chose the Zeiss as it is so much lighter. I do a lot of flower macro.
Could I use this lens on a Sony A7ii?
Yes, but this is a crop factor lens so the camera will switch to APS-C mode and provide a lot less resolution compared to full frame mode.
Can I use this lens with A7 (full frame camera)
no
you say "ok" soooo much, but good review, kind of wish i had this lens
That "character" in the background is called "bokeh".
Thanks for the review.
Thanks for the info Jason ;)
How many tubes can you put on the touit before problems arise. I have tried it with 26 mm of Kenko's and it still focusses OK.
I shoot rock and mineral for mining work and find the Zeiss color contrast is essential to bring out strange mineralogical features in a rather drab background. I tried the Sony 30mm and the color contrast is not competitive. I sent it back.
I look hard at tiny minerals for cleavage and reflectivity etc. to identify mineral paragenetic associations and drill holes. I use a polarizing filter sometimes on the Touit because I am trying to do optical microscopy on a mass scale that I can't even do with my 220x Dinolite much less with thin section petrography.
I have thousands of boxes of core shot using many cameras over the years so this is an ongoing thing.
I compared rings and no rings on the Touit with some local test samples and I do notice a little loss of contrast with the rings but I can compensate pretty well in photoshop. I posted a bit on BH but I think what I said is confusing. I push imagery and discover minerals using macro cameras that show minerals I can't even see at 20-30x using a hand lens! I pushed the Touit digitally to a real blurr at maybe 50-60x and discovered a green zinc mineral unexpectedly that I posted on in BH reviews. Now I can hunt it down microscopically if necessary. Frankly I missed it with the 220x "Dinolite".
I am now set up to try a Sony 6500 with IBIS for the next photoshoot and I am trying to decide if I want to buy and try out more rings. I can't predict focus performance with the Touit with more than 26mm of rings. I don't understand how autofocus really works. Phase difference or contrast? Huh?
I am hoping for a go at the core with the new A6500 and the Touit macro on rings. Unfortunately my rock is a long way away but if I get the chance...
FYI...last time I got a core photoshoot in Santiago for a few days I used a Sony A-6000 with the ordinary kit lens. It was decent but I could not really do core box mineralogy well enough to catch changes. I tried...by blowing up whole box images digitally. No dice. Macro or else.
Next time I do whole box vertical shots with my Zeiss 12mm on a quadropod with the A6000. I measured things out.
I could have done a detailed comparison between the sony Kit lens and the little Leica 112 closeup but I was too busy doing whole box shots. I accidently put the kit lens to test using close ups and whole box shots against a little Leica C lux type 112. The Leica won.
I used the Leica 112 for one long drillhole and am totally amazed. I gave the Leica to someone totally untrained at geology and cameras at the last minute who just pointed and shot 500-600 hand held low angle macro images...frantically. The Leica images I got were so good it forced me to identify a silicified fossil foraminifer microfossil 1 mm across in altered rock thought to be all volcanic porphyry. The discovery led to other similar lithologic determinations that is revolutionizing assessments there.
Now because of amazing accidental Leica C 112 discoveries I am tempted in several ways. Point and shoot Leica 112 or Sony A6500 with Touit? I have not done the test.
Both make for fast work.
I am tempted to get the bigger Leica C Lux 19130 with a 20mb sensor to get higher magnification but I can't tell. Is it worth the time? Will it be noticibly better than the Touit on an A6500 using 24mb but with rings. Will the Elmar lens on the C 19130 beat the variable summilux on the 112?
I just find the Zeiss stuff amazing. Even my old mini Contax TVS with Zeiss lenses still competes.
OK....should I stick with the little variable summilux on the Leica 112 or go for what...the elmar on the Leica C Lux 19130? Going from 12mb to 20mb is a temptation. I don't really want to have to order test and return all sorts of stuff to improve on a good zeiss setup that has not even been put to the test really.
I am also trying to second guess the Venus Probe lens performance vs the Venus Laowa 23mm. Unfortunately not too many post on these kinds of issues....always with the bugs...
Oh...the little Iphone X with a Moment lens! It is amazing. I can do decent microscopy with it hand held but I still couldn't identify the wormy black stuff that I now believe is crystalline chalcocite. Oh well...
Too many things to consider... Lions and tigers Oh My!
I have no idea how many tubes you can put on the Touit, because I never tried. I would image at least three. The IQ is fantastic and combined with the large APS-C sensor IQ is going to be fantastic. The point and shoots are also really good in the real world, so that is not a bad option, but the larger sensor does usually win out in color/ clarity and low noise most importantly. The options are vast for sure, so it's hard to say what would be best for you. It really depends on how much work you want to do and weight to carry. Point and shoots are light and very easy to use. Larger cameras are heavier, often more expensive, and a little harder to use in some cases depending on the camera and lens combo. I think he Tonight is a great option for the APS-C cameras like the A6500. The Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 G OSS Macro Lens (bhpho.to/3oyLMqR) is also a fantastic option, and can also be used on full frame e-mount cameras if you were to upgrade in the future. I reviewed that 90mm Macro lens here: czcams.com/video/04_mHoN6Dgg/video.html Taking photos of rocks as you do sounds like a lot of fun!! I hope that helps, Jay
This lens would be ideal for me [on Fuji X-H1] bar the terrible AF, better to use a decent MF macro lens and save a bunch really
OK.
Do you really HAVE to use a tripod? I’m not so fan of tripods, especially if I’m walking around nature..
No, but it's hard to hand hold at 1:1 magnification, so it would be easier with a tripod is all at times.