SIRUI Sniper 23mm Autofocus lens, F1.2 Wide Angle APS-C
SIRUI Sniper 23mm Autofocus lens, F1.2 Wide Angle APS-C Camera Lens for A5 A6 A7 FX A9 ZV-E series (E mount, white)
SIRUI 35MM 1.6x Full-Frame Anamorphic Lens
T2.9-T16 Aperture
0.9m-∞ Shooting Distance | M82×0.75 Filter Spec
E/RF/L/Z-Mount
£1,280.90
SIRUI 35MM 1.33x APS-C Anamorphic Lens
APS-C/S35 Support Frame | F1.8-F16 Aperture
0.85m-∞ Shooting Distance | M67X0.75 Filter Spec
MFT/L/RF Mount
£ 555.00
Capture Your Imagination | SIRUI Cine Lenses
| Size: | 23mm |
| Dimensions: | 12 x 8 x 8 centimetres |
| Brand: | Sirui |
| Part: | 23AS12E-W |
| Colour: | White |
| Dimensions: | 12 x 8 x 8 centimetres |
| Reference: | 23AS12E-W |
| Size: | 23mm |
I like the color. I bought it because of the color and the price. I do photography and videography, and the color of the lens allows me to notice it instantly and grab it. The lens does exactly what it is meant to do. It’s nice and sharp, and the autofocus is just as great as any Sony lens I have for videography. It’s lightweight, too!
It’s nice. I use it with a sony camera and gimbal. Seems okay.
Not very sharp though. in fact it’s VERY soft wide open at 1.2
but I don’t really mind. As long as I can shoot in the dark.
Sharpness will start to come back around f/4 or f/5.6
The photos I listed are all in 1.2f. have a few lenses and by far this is the best one I have got. The autofocus is pretty decent and is very good for someone just shooting anything, also the image stabilization works great. The lens is not super sharp obviously at 1.2f, but it creates this very beautiful dreamy scene with chromatic aberration around what it is focus, it is very subtle but gives a beautiful scene. Once you crank it up to 2.8f and forward you get extremely sharp images that any lens over $600 would look like. Overall, this is a fantastic lens for anyone who does not want to have any gear and just a point and shoot cine lens.
It’s a f1.2 lens for cheap with autofocus. What else do we say.
Pro: great in low light, awesome blur on apsc, nice white color, very light Lens good for gimble
Cons: slightly slower autofocus but very smooth and quiet, some chromatic aberration and is soft at f1.2
Edit: used it for 2 months now. The difference on the f1.2 vs 2.8 is crazy. For cheaper camera bodies like zve10 and fx30 the low light performance is gamechanging. I could keep iso levels low at 6400 in low light max and get great shots in darker lighting. On the other hand I got a variable ND filter as a must for daylight as although we can increase the aperture if I wanted to use f1.2 for blur I needed to use the ND.
Takeaways: the is chromatic aberration on the 23mm(the one I got) it’s greenish mostly but I dint find it bad. It’s kind of vintage looking at f1.2 I belive it goes away at f2.0 as to what i saw.
Autofocus: it’s slower than Tamron or native but doesn’t hunt on sony and is smooth to transition. The focusing distance is like 30cm or something but still ok for selfies at 23mm (35mm full frame equivelent)
This vs other choices: 23mm one or sigma 16mm f1.4 (I have both) … I like the Sirui more because it’s lighter but it’s also a bit tighter of a shot. I prefer for more light of the f1.2 but can’t go wrong with either. 16mm is not wide enough for selfie either I feel like so both would not work great for vlogging. For that go with 11mm or so because active stabilization punches in a bunch and then catalyst browse also crops more…
Me parece increble tener una ptica as por este precio. Bajsima profundidad de campo y enfoque perfecto y continuo. En apertura 1.2 puede seguir sujetos que caminan hacia cmara sin perder foco. Me da pena no haber tenido dinero para comprarme el pack de 3.
Lo uso con una FX 30
Lens is not super sharp at f1.2 BUT it creates a gorgeous chromatic aberration around the edges of what’s in focus. The bokeh is super smooth and very soft. Once you crank the f stop to around f2.8 or f4 it becomes insanely sharp! Very content with this lens. Great job Sirui! Found out after the fact that it’s Sirui’s first autofocus lens. And I didn’t know but to have an f1.2 with autofocus at the size it comes in, was apparently impossible. But clearly, Sirui did it first! Super35 or apsc lens. Great lens!