Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Hello Yoshi - it must be in the middle of the night for you - can you not sleep?

I am about to send you a forum message...

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Hi Ian, I had a garden BBQ this evening and took a bit much beers etc and off to bed quite early so it's now morning for me.

yoshi

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Thanks for the link, Yoshi. Nikon is supposed to start shipping it on the 13th.
Bob

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Mmmmm... I'm not terribly impressed by the sample image portrait of a lady. Or am I being too harsh?

Ian

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

By the way, f/1.2 is equivalent to the depth of field of a lens of comparable field of view of a full frame lens at f/3.3. So the 32mm f/1.2 @ f/1.2 will have the same depth of field as a full frame 87mm @ f/3.3. The Oly 45mm f/1.8 is equivalent to a full frame 90mm f/3.6. The difference in effective DOF for these lenses is marginal.

Ian

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Mmmmm... I'm not terribly impressed by the sample image portrait of a lady. Or am I being too harsh?

Ian

Hi Ian,
There are two portraits with the first wide open at +1.7 EV, which for me is overexposed and detail suffers. The second one is at f/2 and 0EV and reveals more detail, as it would anyway. My experience shows me that the extra fast lenses tend to have split personalities .....or you get two lenses in one (for the price of three times what one might cost)
The out of focus gradient doesn't look to bad for a 32mm FL.
The portraits might have been taken at the portrait settings which are softer and I think are quite nice.
Bob

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

I got harangued by some for being disrespectful to the model in this shot (taken with the 45mm f/1.8 @f/2.2) on Four Thirds User:

http://fourthirds-user.com/sample_images/365/OMD60731.jpg

..it shows up very minute details on her skin! By the way the shot has been resized to 1600x1200 pixels.

Ian

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

OOOOh texture! Given the current resolution/pixel densities complextions captured could be ones that only a dermatologist could appreciate......in turn, I do appreciate my dermatologist....she is very pretty.....LOL
Bob

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

The new firmware upgrades for the N1 cams include support for the 32/1.2....I'm upgraded....
Does that mean I'm ready to get one?
Bob

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Haha! We're all in suspense

Ian

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

OOOOh texture! Given the current resolution/pixel densities complextions captured could be ones that only a dermatologist could appreciate......in turn, I do appreciate my dermatologist....she is very pretty.....LOL
Bob

Resolution is king - you can get rid if detail if you don't want it but you can't add detail when it wasn't there to start with

Ian

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Resolution is king - you can get rid if detail if you don't want it but you can't add detail when it wasn't there to start with

Ian

Ian, there are certain subject-age related limitations to the nobility of Resolution ........if ignore you can be rudely reminded of them by those to whom we should be showing our respect ....the term "character" wears out quickly
Bob

[Bob Ross]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Here is a little evidence that the subject of this thread has arrived....

I hope the picture shows up. I couldn't use the insert image for the one in my pbase gallery. The lens on the right is a CV 50mm f/1.1 M mount and the one on the left is the 18.5mm f/1.8 Nikor. The 32mm on the camera is made in Thailand and not in the Chinese factory the Ian visited.
Nice lens this 32.
Bob

[Ian]

Re: Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 ultra-bright portrait lens announced

Thanks for that Bob - do let us know how you get on with it

Ian