Nikon 35mm f1.2 Hands-On Review - it's Finally HERE!
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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Hey everyone! I am very excited to share this review with you today featuring the new Nikon 35mm f1.2. We've been waiting for this lens for a while and it's finally here. I'm going to share my thoughts and unedited, straight out of camera photos for you to see the image quality and performance of this lens at a real world portrait photoshoot. I used the Nikon Z8 for this entire photoshoot. Let me know what you think of the lens in the comments!
Thank you to Nikon Australia for sharing this lens with me early so I can make this review. All thoughts, tests and opinions are completely my own and this video is NOT sponsored. No review video is ever sponsored on my channel :)
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"I think the skintones and overall colors look so great straight out of camera" [1:50] is the best endorsement of Nikon cameras. 👍
That model is incredibly beautiful!
Gorgeous colour. I'm glad to see Nikon have maintained their look. That separation for this 35mm is crazy good. I'm normally a 50mm kind of guy but damn this is nice.
There was a time where I felt Nikon would fade away so it's great to see them come back strong.
Wow! Julia you got this lens early! It looks amazing!!!! I just got the Nikkor 35mm 1.4 Z. So far, I love it! Full of character at 1.4 with vintage vibes and very sharp when stopped down. I’m loving it. Flawed but fabulous and I’m glad I got it over the more clinical 1.8. I can’t wait to see you compare this lens to the other Nikon 35’s! I notice you used your disposable film pack on your review of the Nikkor 1.4 as well! Is that your go to for 35? Ha!! I’ll have to try some of your presents they are gorgeous!
Keep up the great work and keep these Nikon videos coming. Nikon is crushing it. Glad to see them getting their game back!
I'm still waiting to get my hands on the 1.4 for a proper test drive, I only had it for a few minutes and didn't have a chance to shoot in natural light with it but it looks very promising. Also, I need to add that however the 1.8 S-line lenses are great, the 35mm is the weakest of them by far.
@ that’s interesting. Are you saying the 35 1.8 is then weakest S line? I’d heard that and that was part of the reason I got the 1.4.
@@babyboy1971 Out of the NIKKOR Z f/1.8 S primes; the 24mm is the weakest shot wide open, then the 35mm next. Nonetheless, it’s still sharp and when stopped down to f/2.8 it becomes incredibly sharp.
Not to mention all of that is irrelevant in most real world applications when you aren’t pixel peeping
The lens seems amazing, and as always your videos are entertaining and informative. All of the models you use in your videos are beautiful, but she is next level! What an incredible beauty!
i want julia to fight chris niccols over 35mm... lol
Haha. The proof is in her work.
Please no.
🤣🤣
I just came straight from their first look at the lens! Going from Chris HATING this focal length to Julia starting the video saying it's her favourite was a funny moment for me
Chris Niccols isn’t really a photographer
I really like this combo. The quality of this glass is amazing. I love the colours and texturing you have put together ❤️
Nikon is giving its opponent an optical beat down. LOL
Just ordered mine from our local shop. Been waiting for this for years now.
Thank You Yulia! It's pleasure to see your lens reviews. I use this ring for exposure control. It's rather convenient. If I accidentally touch it, it will be visible on the screen. I have Z 50mm f/1.2 S with 3rd ring. It's a premium function. My other Z lenses only have one or two rings, - for focus and zoom.
Like the 50mm f1.2, it looks like this lens is strong all around. I am excited to use this lens alongside the 85mm f1.2.
What a gorgeous photos dear Julia you always chooses beautiful models to work with it
For myself, I get much sharper photos and avoid camera shake when I look through the EVF while bracing my elbows against my body.
Happy with my 1.4 hope they going to come out with 85mm 1.4mm like the 35mm
Nice review-thanks for sharing!
One thing I don’t understand: why would you shoot at ISO400? Nikon Auto ISO works so well, whether you use any of the PSAM modes...
great to see you testing out the new 35
Dream combo!
Thank you so much for the comparison - the Sigma 35 1.2 is so damn close - and you can get it used for 1/3 of the Nikon price
Agreed! I also wouldn't be surprised if Sigma releases a version 2 of their 35 since it's been out for awhile.
Beyond my expectations and my budget! 🤣👍🏾 Awesome video as always!
Well done Julia!; I have had 35mm DX lenses (Nikon) however never really got to understand the usage; I have recently purchased a D780 and eperimenting with the different lenses for full frame; just another amazing part of the "learning" journey !! (BTW, the images you took were quite amazing!)🙂🙂🙂
I can't believe it, I have been waiting for this lens for ages!
I was rewatching your review on the 50 and 85mm 1.2 last night. And now today this!!! Fate
All that colour and contrast is up to the Z8 (or 9)... No post can bring those to the table!
Damn, you perfectly show what this lens is made for. Thanks!
Hi! Thank you for your review. Please tell me the settings of the Nikon camera while shooting a video, interested in the settings of Picture Control?
Excellent review as always, Julia. I agree with you, there’s something special about 35mm!
Excellent video and review of the new Nikon lens. What setup where you using to record the in-camera view of the Nikon Z8?
The 35mm f1.2 seems to be an incredible lens. But yes, I have an A7rV and a Z8 (and the 50mm f1.2 S as well as the 85mm f1.2 S). For me it's obvious that the autofocus of the Sony A7rV for portrait photography is superior. I usually have 100% critically sharp images with the Sony even at 50mm f1.2 (Sony 50mm f1.2 GM) or 85mm f1.4 (Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG DN). Unfortunately I cannot say this about the Z8. Usually I have around 10% pictures that are slightly out of focus or have focus on the wrong (further away) eye even when using tracking (which improves the af of the Z8 considerably). On the other hand I can hold my A7rV somehow in the direction of my model, press the shutter button and get 100% critically sharp images. Also the sensor stabilization of the A7rV is in my opinion clearly superior, which also increases the the "keeper" rate of the A7rV considerably. I have not decided yet, but maybe I'll sell all my Nikon gear and switch back completely to Sony again. It's a pity because I like the ergonomics of the Z8 and don't need a zillion pictures per second, but I need reliable autofocus.
It’s funny for anything moving (think sports, birds) the Z8 is much more reliable with AF. Static portraits the A7R5 is about as accurate as it gets.
I use the optional lens ring for ISO.
Ordered! I use the function ring mostly as eV compensation.
You just reminded me of how much I love the neutral Nikon colours! But the design is very similar to the 50 mm f/1.2 (they only took away that stupid display). When I tested the 50, I had a big issue with the programmable aperture ring and in the end I turned it off. With the current optical performance of lenses we have for pretty much all camera brands, I think it comes down to personal preference. The size and weight definitely don't make it for me. I could only see myself use it during a one hour portrait or family session but definitely not at a wedding or event. Also, in terms of design end ergonomics, there is nothing like Sony GM lenses for me, I just love the clickable/declickable aperture ring and in general Sony's tendency to make the lenses as small and lightweight as possible. But that's just me, the good thing is that there are so many lenses around that everyone can pick what fits them best 🙂
I love the Nikon colors too, so much so that I recently sold my Fuji X-S20 for a Zf.
The weight and size is a real thing. I own the Z Mount 50mm f/1.2 and recently bought the 50mm f/1.8 because I just couldn’t bring myself to carry the 1.2 all the times I wanted a fast 50.
I’m baffled by Nikon’s logic on locking of control features. I’ve disabled the extra ring on the 1.2. And don’t understand why, as an example, the exposure compensation dial on my Zf doesn’t lock. Pulling a body in or out of a bag is always going to result in a percentage of mistaken control settings when they don’t lock.
Will I buy the 35mm f/1.2 and regret the size and weight? Probably. The optical quality is just too tempting. The siren song of a crazy fast aperture will be the death of my wrists.
Problem with Sony now is that their E-Mount is the smallest of the 3. Which means more in camera corrections with wide apertures.
@@Ben_Stewart That's true but as far as I know they already take it into consideration when constructing the lenses and the focal length is after the correction. At least that's what I've heard.
@@adamaufdencamp5080 The control ring is a weird thing in the first place. Even Canon in their recent lenses rediscovered the aperture ring.
Such great lens!
Would you be able to share how you record the viewfinder of the camera?
Hmm. Looks good, but I'm going to have to consider this against the Plena later this year. I've been trying to get more comfortable with 35mm, and currently use the 1.8, so I have to decide if it's a focal length I plan on using a lot.
The lens does look very compelling. Couldn't agree more about the 'easy to knock' aperture ring.
I've only just got out of debt from my Z8... this lens is a real 'pro only' price though sadly 😯
I was just thinking that about 99% of the photographers watching this will probably never get a chance to work with a model like this (is it Devon?). A model who moves instinctively to a new and different pose after each shot, offering loads of options to the photographer - with all but minimal prompting. Most of us can only dream of that. We are more used to a shy, awkward 'friend' that doesn't really like having their pic taken and just stands there and waits for direction... which ads massively to the workload and never gives results anywhere near your pics from this shoot.
Amazing lens!! Gorgeous pictures!!
Great review. I do love the sigma images more though. It definitely has more character and a unique look that Nikon's doesn't have. I've heard some others say it renders images similar to a Leica. At the end of the day, BOTH are hell a good!
I have been waiting for it for a long while
Hello, with what equipment do you record the camera screen?
Buen video de esta lente , parece que tiene muy buena imagen para fotografía y video
I first got the 85 1.2 and loved it so much that I really craved for the rumored 35mm… I caved and purchased the 50 1.2 a couple of months ago so now I have to wait even longer to get this… so much $$$ 😢
I need this
I buyd z8, love this camera. But yes with 35 1.8s i also have sometimes problem with eye autofocus the little miss focusing. Nikon now give nice cameras choice with reasonable price and best lenses choice on the market
Thanks, great review, as always! You really have an eye for colours and geometry. It's nice to see a focus on environmental portraits, too, instead of abstract charts. What a nice lens, overall. I have the same gripe about the eye AF; I really wish Nikon made it a little more robust when the subject is not facing the camera in ideal conditions. So frustrating, sometimes! And I'm always turning the custom ring off, too. As you said, it's too sensitive, and for me it's also too close to the mount, so that's where I like to support the lens when I take a shot. It should ideally be a little stiffer and further away, like at the extremity. Since it's not on all lenses, I prefer to keep the same setting system for all of them anyway, so I wouldn't use it for aperture / shutter speed / ISO.
Those images look amazing! Out of curiosity, which E-to-Z mount adapter are you using to test the Sigma on the Z8?
Amazing rendering, almost, almost like the older Leica M lenses. You seem to like it, so that's all that is important.
Right from the bat, I don't understand why not using the VF if you're holding the camera so close in front of you. It's harder for your arms, it's less stable, it strains your eyes to look so close at a screen. Only downsides. I could onderstand popping out the screen if you're doing a difficult angle or want a shot from a lower angle, but not when you hover the camera in front of your face, close to your nose. It almost looks like you don't know you have a VF with a much clearer screen, without reflections.
You mentioned the sun setting late in the summer and I had to remind myself you are located in Australia😅.
Great review of this stunning lens, as always!
Awesome lens! And great model. What do you use to record the screen of the Z8?
Please please please do another live! I really enjoyed it last time!
Great lens, enjoyed the review thinking of picking one of these up, nice to see a photoshoot in my hometown of Balmain.
What RAW file viewer are you using? This is a great lens. Amazing results.
Since it's stated that she's using her preset packs, it'd have to be Lightroom
Wow! Ty! I thought I saw you today at imageUSA in Dallas? Luv your videos!
Great presentation, gorgeous images and great detail! You cost me money Julia....
Awesome lens! Btw do you plan to review Canon's new VCM primes (24/35/50 1.4)?
I'd love this lens, but which Sony to Nikon z lens adaptor where you using?
Now i am happy with your contrast ❤ you understand me
Amazing lens! After your review (thank you, Julia!), I am thinking of getting one since I do not have a 35mm focal length yet. Btw, does your model, Devon, have an IG account?
I use the ring for ISO which is perfect since i have the 3 parameters of exposure at a wheels turn. Also, I would not complain about sun flare if I used the lens without a sun hood,
Also, could you also please include the Sigma art 1.4 F mount version and the G native 1.4 lens in the test? Thanyou!
At USD2700 and I bet it is going to be around AUD4200, that is a bit too much. I think I will wait for Viltrox to release their 35mm F1.2 this year.
Pupil focus - as you use "recognition AI AF" (rightfully so), have you tried 3D tracking override? Also, when the pupil becomes hard to distinguish, consider that you register too much of the sitter's eye-white. To me that looks weird, so i profile shots, I tend to ask the sitter to not move their head but their eyes more towards the camera so I get less white area. Maybe in these cases, the camera has an easier job to recognise pupils?
I'd take the Sigma any day. Talking about 3D pop is all the rage these days but that's exactly what the Nikkor has less and the Sigma more of, surprisingly or not.
The lens is crazy good pair up with a good photographer.
I'm curious if they can come out with a faster 24mm S line lens.
I love Nikon :))
You didn't talk about how heavy it was or how it was for you to use the lens for a longer time. You do look beautiful though and the summer seems to agree with you Julia
A question regarding printing, how significant is it with the focus being on the eyelashes instead of the pupil?
I guess that depends on the size of the print.
Why don't you use the camera's base ISO, since you got plenty of light?
My guess: Because she’s a Sony shooter and doesn’t know Nikon as well.
@livejames9374 Ahh, I didn't know that. First time here. Came for the lens. Fair enough, I guess.
Linda Evangelista looks like this model. 😍
Great pics!
@JuliaTrotti So beautiful and dreamy... You keep making me fall in love with lenses. As always, you read my mind in your video (before I have even watched it)! I was thinking about the difference in color temperature between the Nikon and the Sigma. 2 seconds later, that's exactly what you talked about. :) I wish Sony would come out with one of these. (I know the Sigma is e-mount, but it's also SO big...).
I think I may have spotted an interesting result in the video that you did *not* mention. Or maybe not. OK, you definitely did *not* mention it, but that may because it wasn't a thing. (Check your messages. I won't mention it in the comments... ;-) )
Someone’s a happy camper 😊
Model and photographer to fall in love with ...
I was hoping for Canon :D But thats a fine piece - props Nikon
Happy to not being a portrait photographer with Nikon. Focus goes 1:00 directly to eyelashes, not eyes.
3:58 exactly.
Wow finally
Great video and this thing makes some incredibly pleasing images. Ugh. My wallet is dreading this.
I want this so bad. Once I pay off my 100-400 and 14-30 f4 I'll get it! It'll complete my 1.2 trilogy
i work at a camera store. i just asked my boss at 10am yesterday (feb 4th). saw this video at 1230am feb 5th!!!!! im so happy. thank you for your videos every time
Is it true the lens weighs 1.06 tonnes?
Headshots with a 35 mm Lens .......😂
And they look greatly ❤
Very cool
A RF 35mm f1.2 has been rumored for years. Yet Nikon has released one first.
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Glad it was worth the "weight!"
Noob question: why is the shutter speed so high?
When you're shooting at f1.2 you're letting a lot of light in. So to even out the brightness of the photo on a bright day you might have to increase your shutter speed to bring the image down to a proper exposure.
@ yes of course! Idk why but I was actually hung up on motion blur for some reason.
@@aclao No worries. The exposure triangle and how each setting affects the image can take some time to get down.
3:43 I wonder if that focussing problem is a problem of the camera and not the lens. I shoot with a Nikon Z7 II (I have two of them actually, and both have that problem) and the focus accuracy is not the best when it comes to focussing on the iris.
That will cost me... . Phenomenal lens.
Whats the cost of this lens in the USA
$2800
@hikertrashfilms yikes!!! Thanks
The Sigma lens has way more 3d pop than the Nikon. @7:10
Look at the size of that thing! Jeez!
Nikon 1.2S lenses top notch.. camera eye auto focus..meh its ok for now..better that na 1st and 2nd gen Z6/Z7
That model is going places. Sheeeeesh.
I turn off the aperture ring and the control ring. Too easy to bump them.
Looks so similar to the Sigma...
Non è corretto dire che il problema dell'iride fuori fuoco è un problema legato all'autofocus della fotocamera, perché questo obiettivo si comporta con un tele, quando lo si usa a tutta apertura e cosi, quando si usa qualsiasi tele, la messa a fuoco automatica è sempre molto insidiosa perché la distanza di messa a fuoco si riduce tantissimo
Chromatic aberration = 3D pop!
Who's gonna carry this shit lol wasn't the larger Z mount supposed to offer more compact lenses lol what happened to that talking point against the older E-mount? lol
That was never a talking point. Only Sony talked about mirrorless = smaller, which is why it took them 10 years to finally release a camera large enough where your knuckles don’t rub on lens.
I don't get the point of a 1.2 aperture on a 35mm lens. You don't need the bokeh for portraits because the whole point to using a 35mm lens in portraits if you do so is to include the background, not to blur it. You wouldn't get in close for compression because of the distortion. It's too heavy & bulky for a run & gun street photography role, & as a landscape lens...it's not worth an extra $2K over the NIkkor 35mm f/1.8. Weddings? Naw...group shots don't need that kind of bokeh either. I suppose astro-photography might be a usage but I'd much rather have the much wider 20mm f.8 or even the 14-24mm f/2.8. The 85mm f/1.2 is the only true portrait lens with that aperture & it makes a lot of sense for head shots. Paying the same price for this would not interest me. I would much rather get a 135mm Plenna for that kind of money.
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as long as it fits in a telephoto body, it doesn't make any sense to use it
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