Laowa Ranger Zoom Lenses VS DZO Catta (Full Frame Cinema Lens Comparison + Review)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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This week it's our Full Frame Laowa Ranger Zoom Lenses VS DZO Catta Cinema Lens Comparison! These new cinema zoom lenses offer a great option for filmmakers. Full frame cinema zoom lenses like these used to be out of the price range of many cinematographes, but Laowa and DZO are bringing full frame cinema lenses to the masses.
Make sure to check out our side by side lens comparison to see how the Laowa Ranger Zoom lenses compare to the DZO Catta lenses. This video is both a Laowa Ranger 28-75mm lens review and a Laowa Ranger 75-180mm lens review. So what is the best budget cinema zoom lens - Laowa Ranger or DZO Catta Ace?
If you have any questions on the techniques used in this Laowa Ranger lens review video, please send a note in the comments. Thanks for watching Laowa Ranger Zoom Lenses VS DZO Catta (Cinema Lens Comparison - Full Frame), in our Film Jams series!
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-DZO Catta 35-80mm T2.9 E (Full Frame Zoom Lens) - adorama.rfvk.n...
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This video was exactly what I needed. thank you, bro!
Awesome! Glad to hear that!
Thanks for a great comparison! …and a very cute short! I’m looking for a set of zooms and this was very helpful. :)
You’re very welcome! Glad it was helpful. Think we may have a demo set of these for sale if you’re interested!
Congratulations Zach that’s awesome
The only aspect of the DZO that I preferred out of the gate was that they were slightly warmer. Other than that I preferred the Laowa.
Yes true. I thought the DZO was a little bit too yellow but I agree- lots to like with the Laowa.
I went with the Rangers. They're superior to the Cattas in every way.
I’d have to agree after testing them side by side. The flares and sharpness were the kickers for me. The Catta just have no character to them.
Rented both. Went with the rangers
While Catta zoom seems like a more logical addition to my DZO Vespid set in terms of image character, I find Laowa Ranger more appealing option in terms of widest focal length, close focus and price ($300 less for the midrange zoom).
There was a noticeable difference in exposure in your sharpness test even though it was the same T stop on the two lenses. Did your lighting change in any way or is Catta a half stop brighter or something?
Thanks for checking out the video. I agree that makes sense. Our lighting setup did not change...so one lens is rated higher it seems than the other.
@@FilmJams so much for T stops being an absolute value huh
Great comparisons and reviews - thanks for sharing! 👍👍🫶
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching 🎥😆
Focal range of the Rangers is much closer to the range I like on full frame. Id rather have the 28mm on the wide end than the 35mm. And 70-135 just isnt a lot of lens.
Yeah I agree. I really like the focal range Laowa designed. It’s a more useful range for me…and having a lot extra on the telephoto end I find pushes me to use that focal length which I’m not used to having. It certainly makes for nice separation and cinematic CUs. Anyway thanks for watching!
Do the Rangers have the COUNTER CLOCKWISE ZOOM throw, Unlike the Cattas Which are Clockwise?
I’ll have to check! Thanks for stopping by the channel.
Were these the Catta zooms or Catta Ace? Would there be any optical differences?
In this video are the native E mount Catta Zooms. Don’t think they’re different optically aside from one having a slightly larger image circle. This is what DZO says:
The main differences between Catta Zoom and Catta Ace are:
Larger format, Ace cover a 46.5mm image circle. Catta Zoom covers a 43.5mm image circle.
Catta Ace is a black aluminum alloy on the shell.
Catta Ace is no more than 187.5mm/7.38″, they are more compact.
Catta FF Zoom supplies users E/RF/L/X/Z mounts. Catta Ace are originated in PL mount and packed with additional EF and LPL mount.
Catta Ace will be equipped with a professional Pelican case and customized foam.
DZO's have a much more filmic look to them in my opinion. Softer, less clinical.
Interesting! I didn’t find the Laowa’s clinical. I actually thought they flared more cinematically than the DzO. But the DZO are definitely softer if you like that look.
@@FilmJamsBecause you didn't test their T value. From other videos, I saw that Laowa's T value is fake. It has a non-constant aperture design like a SLR lens, and the maximum aperture is obviously less than T2.9. This is why the Laowa lens Sharper and more compact.
@@pauly8951always enjoy a good bit of discussion on lens tests! Can you clarify what you mean that we didn’t test their T value? And just making sure, you’re saying that the Laowa has a variable aputure and they lied in their marketing? And you’re basing that off some other video you saw on RUclips? You can see clearly in our test both lenses zooming in and out where you would notice a change in stop. And I don’t see a perceptible change - if anything the DZO has a slight exposure shift. But the Laowa looks spot on constant.
Judging from Laowa’s Chinese patent, 28-75 is indeed a non-constant iris design.@@FilmJams
rangers hand down
Thanks for watching. Yeah the DZO didn’t really have any advantages that I saw. Glad I got the rangers!
@@FilmJams I tried different lenses of DZOfilm and the Catta were very soft and like also out of focus,not very well calibrated. Pictor were better. And I see on your video the Catta is very off on focus. Looks like the Rangers are a better choice also for their zoom range.
@@MelnardEdaCinematography123 yeah I tested the DZO Pictor 14-30mm in another video and was disappointed to find it was not color matched to the other Pictors in the same lineup (800 kelvin off), or to the Vespid primes. But yes the Catta seem at least a little better color matched but much softer compared to the Rangers. Laowa is making some great stuff lately.
Speaking to your audience but looking off camera really doesnt work.
It was accident. Filmed this right before vacation and my brain wasn’t turned fully on. 1 out of 200+ videos… we all make mistakes.