[Music] Hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today To give you my review of the Siri sniper 75mm F1.2 now sirai sniper series of lenses Is their series of autofocusing fast Aperture f1.2 prime lenses that was Released starting in 2023 and reviewed The initial series of the 23 33 and then 56 mm f1.2 lenses in 2023 but they are Back in 2024 with the 16mm f1.2 that I Just reviewed and then the 75mm F1.2 these two new lenses are definitely Superior in my opinion to the initial Series of lenses and have kind of raised The bar in terms of the optical Performance here and that's particularly True of the 75 mm f1.2 now there is Already of course an exceptional 75mm F1.2 available for multiple mounts like This lens and that's the vrox proa 75mm F1.2 as we're going to see however the Siri is a fairly good alternative in Some ways because it is smaller lighter And cheaper and at about $349 offers up a pretty strong value Even though the vrox is a little bit More featur Rich so we'll dive into all Of that in today's review So 75 mm is a full frame equivalent of 112.5 mm so the least conventional focal Length we have essentially the full Frame equivalent of 24 35 50 and 85 mm In the first four lenses and so this
Falls somewhere in between you know 100 And 135 mm so not necessarily a Conventional focal length but while it Maybe isn't as flexible as some of the Other focal links it does produce really Stunning images and I actually quite Like the focal length on Apsc and of course this is an apsc only Specific lens and so you can get it on Fuji X Mount which I'm testing here also On Nikon Z and Sony E mounts as well as With all of the sniper series there are Three different finish options and so There's a black a white and a silver Finish and all of these have a unique Design element as a part of it the black That I'm reviewing here has a carbon Fiber element the silver Series has some Aluminum alloy in the frame and then the White Series has a a ceramic kind of Paint section in there and so all of Them have some unique design qualities To them and they are quite attractive Lenses with very distinct looks from Everything else that's basically on the Market so considering how many lenses Are on the market at this point I do Give sir kudos for their design Philosophies it isn't just copying what Everyone else is doing at this point so This lens is very slightly the largest Of the series most of these have kept a Very similar profile and and as in terms Of length they're all within a
Millimeter of each other but this is a Little bit wider to accommodate those Bigger glass elements but still for a 75mm f1.2 it is small and lightweight 75 Mm in diameter so just a few millimeters Wider um and it is 94 mm in length so That's 2.95 in X 3.7 in it weighs in at 466 G or right over 16 o right over a Pound it um has a slightly larger front Filter thread again because you have to Accommodate bigger glass elements all The rest of the series has been 58 mm up Front this is 67 mm still a very very Common uh you know filter size that is Going to be shared with a lot of other Lenses just unfortunately not the rest Of the sniper series as noted this is Smaller and lighter than the vro lens I Noted this is 75x 94 mm the vrox is 87 Considerably wider by 101 mm Considerably longer the vro weighs in at 670 G so this is 205 G lighter and so if That happens to be a priority for you And you just find the VTR just a little Bit too large this is a great Alternative because it is smaller and Considerably lighter now there is no as With all of these lenses there is no Extra switches or features on here they Do have really good Style Elements as I've mentioned here including a diamond Pattern uh grip surface that's a little Bit different than the typical ribs you Find on most manual focus Rings manual
Focus ring works good here about 360 Degrees of rotation I prefer a very Slightly heavier damping but it doesn't Feel bad at all it has some decent feel To it I do find as kind of a a Fuji Quirk is if you want to get all the way To minimum Focus distance it's not just 360° you have to rotate just a little Bit more to get it to uh get there so Anyway just something to consider all of These sniper lenses do have a USBC port In the lens mount that does allow for Firmware updates which is always good Because it leaves room for improvements To autofocus performance make sure that They're going to be future proof in Terms of compatibility so a very Important feature to Have we do have an included lens Hood The hoods are not quite as nice as the Lenses they're a little bit more Plasticy feeling the only thing that Concession to uh something good is the Fact that there is a rib section kind of Like what Sigma does that allows you to Grip it better it um does ban it into Place tightly however it feels kind of Like you're jamming it there at the end Rather than a nice lock and so uh There's Precision in the bayonet on any Of these lens hoods leaves a little bit To be desired in my experience at this Point one thing that I do love is that Inside we have 11 rounded aperture
Blades and as you can see this creates a Beautiful looking aperture Iris so much Glass here and so you can look in and See that the apture iris looks fantastic And on the Practical side as you can see Even though it's closed all the way down It's still maintaining a nicely circular Shape none of these sniper lenses have Been great when it comes to minimum Focus distance and maximum magnification This 75 mm is ever so slightly better Than the rest of the series most of them Have leveled off at a magnification very Low of around 0.10 times this is a Little bit higher I estimated at about 0.1 two times you can focus as close as 70 CM this is an area that is improved Over the vro by the way the VTR I think It's only about 85 CM you can focus and So you get a lower magnification level So as you can see it does give you a Reasonable amount and of course with That huge maximum aperture you can get Close enough to obliterate backgrounds And so I still find it useful even Though the magnification isn't super High so overall a fairly nice build but Not a lot in terms terms of features Unfortunately no aperture ring here on Fuji which we're accustomed to having For just about every lens now on the Autofocus side of things this has not Been a huge area of strength for the Sniper series lenses on Fuji but then
Again everything's a little bit worse on Fuji when it comes to autofocus Unfortunately so it's it's a little bit Hard for me has as I've reviewed all of These on Fuji to kind of differentiate The lens performance versus the you know The camera system liabilities but I'll Just have to report on what I see here Just note that what I see may be a Little bit better on some other Platforms where focus is better so Autofocus speed here via the STM Focus Motor is it's about average it's not bad Really for Stills you can see a visible Step in the process but it gets there Quick enough it feels like there's a Little bit more thrust in this Focus Motor to accommodate for the bigger Elements and so autofocus speed if Anything is actually probably better Than some of the other lens is in the Series so that is progress in the right Direction the actual motor itself is Relatively quiet you can hear some light Worring and clicking if you put it right Next to your ear but unfortunately there Is a fair amount of noise when it comes To the actual Focus process and it has To do with the fact that the way that Fuji's autofocus works is that the Aperture blades close to like a middle Position you know f2.8 F you know 3.5 Somewhere in that range and so they Either open up or close down depending
On what your preset aperture is but it Goes back to that other state in between Every time you if I have to press it it Takes me to my preset aperture if I take It back off it you know either opens or Closes back down with the aperture Blades what that ends up doing is Because these aperture the aperture Blade mechanism is not particularly Quiet you will hear just a little bit of A clacking sound as it opens and closes So it does make the autofocus process a Little bit noisier than what it it would Otherwise be now I did find that my Focus accuracy even at f1.2 was actually Quite useful so uh that's great um and I Found that you know I was able to Pinpoint accuracy with a variety of Shots uh if my target was basically Moving slowly or not moving I did find That for example with shots of Nala if She was coming progressively towards the Camera I just found a consistent back Focus it wasn't nailing at the iris it Was a little behind and uh and so it's It's not great for tracking action but Outside of that things worked pretty Well now when it comes to video AF you Can really see that this is a stepping Motor you can see in these Focus pools That I counted there's about four Different steps that you can just count Either going or coming in any one of Those Focus pools so obviously it's not
That nice seamless you know movement Back and forth It's not cinematic it's a Little bit Steppy and so I don't love That regard obviously I also found that For my hand test that the the lens was Just really bulky too it didn't want to Focus on either my hand or my face it Just didn't want to start Focus period And when I finally you know got its Attention and started focusing it's Still not reactive and so i' move my Hand out of the way may or may not start Focus and it would be slow enough that By the time I moved my hand back and Hadn't really lock focus on my eye and So uh really not great for for video Work unfortunately I do know that a big Chunk of this is due to the Fuji Platform everything else that I test is Just much better in these uh video Related audio autofocus test than on any Of the other platforms doesn't seem to Matter what lens I'm testing and so you Know unfortunately that's part and Parcel of the Fuji experience so know That you will probably get a little bit Better results on Sony or Nikon I will also say that there is some Noticeable Focus breathing there and so If that's going to be an issue for you Maybe not the best lens for you in that Regard so conclusion is the autofocus For Stills actually worked fine for me As long as I wasn't trying to shoot
Action I had good Precision Focus was Quiet enough I didn't really notice it And fast enough that it didn't get in my Way at all so that was fine but I Wouldn't con advise this lens for either Action or for video work if that's your Top Priority so finally let's talk about Image quality and I will follow this up At the end of the video with a deep dive Breakdown but I'll give you the overview Here Optical formula and this is 13 Elements and nine groups this is the Standout of the sniper series optically A lot of these you know lenses that I I've looked at them and I've tried to Find the strengths amongst some pretty Obvious weaknesses but in this case I'm Kind of unequivocal I really really do Like the optical performance here it Starts you know with some great metrics You can see that when it comes to Distortion I found nothing to correct For it is Distortion free as far as ven Yet even at f1.2 I only found that I Needed a plus 45 to correct in the Corners and so that is just about a you Know a little over a stop about a stop And a quarter that's not bad at all and So uh great there I also found that Unlike the 56 mm had atrocious amounts Of longitudal chromatic aberration Fringing before and after the plan of Focus this is not quite entirely neutral
But has so minimal fringing that it just Wasn't an issue in any of my real world Shots or my test shots so I was very Happy with it in that regard I saw Minimal amounts of lateral chromatic Ibration near the corners with the lens Stop down but only at very high Magnifications and only if I was looking For it specifically it didn't actually Pop up in real world shots so very good Control of fringing as well the contrast And resolution wide open is actually Good even on this super demanding 40 Megapixel uh you know Fuji XTR this is The most demanding platform I test on And it held up actually quite well a Very usable amount of contrast in the Center and even the corners were Actually quite decent and so I found That I could shoot shots where it was Composed towards the corners even at F1.2 they looked fine and so that is Great there it's it's not like the vro Level uh vro in the center of the frame Is just amazingly sharp and high Contrast even at f1.2 it's not quite That level but it does find a really Nice balance between sharpness and then Really softness of the bouquet in that Sense I feel like it has a a flavor That's similar to the Fuji 33mm f1.4 or 1.4 WRR lens a lens that I really liked The balance from and I think that this Is a really nicely balanced lens you'll
Find that that contrast will Dramatically improve as you stop it on Down gets better still by F2 it's Excellent Corners are super sharp by F4 You'll find that at landscape aperture You're getting really crisp highly Detailed results I'm very pleased with That defraction is going to start to Show up by f11 on the high resolution Body by F-16 it is more noticeable F-16 Being minimum aperture here the standout Here to me is the overall rendering in The bouquet this produces gorgeous Bouquet very soft very creamy it's very Easy to get nice bouh and I shot on a Variety of conditions and I really never Saw anything that I thought wasn't good Looking I thought that the bouqu really Held up well in a variety of situations Really really gorgeous so that's a stand Out here flare resistance it's not Perfect but it's not bad for a you know Very large aperture telephoto lens I get A little bit of ghosting artifacts but Nothing that ever becomes image Destructive in my opinion and so I think Overall it's it's quite good I even shot Coma because I happen to be testing the 16 mm it's so it's like going out I'm Going to shoot it at night might as well Throw on the 75 mm as well and the Results were fine uh it's not Necessarily a focal length that I always Reach for for shooting Astro but uh star
Points are nice and clean there's a Little bit of of kind of coma deoration Towards the corner but actually lower Level of coma than what I saw on the 16 Mm and so and of course there's low Vignette huge maximum aperture that can Suck in light yeah there's a lot to Recommend even for shooting the night Sky with this lens so in conclusion this Is my favorite lens of the series it's Not the most versatile in terms of the Focal length but I love the optical Performance it's not maybe as as great As the Buro Pro AF 75mm f1.2 in some Metrics certainly not as feature Rich or As wellmade but it is a beautiful Optical performance in what is a lighter Cheaper lens and I think that that Obviously has its own attraction there The autofocus as pointed out is not Overly sophisticated But it's good enough to work for most People and if you're looking at one of These other platforms I think that You'll like it better still on either Nikon or Sony at the end of the day what Helps this lens a lot is that it is very Competitively priced and as I've said It Reminds me optically of a lens like that Fuji 33mm F1.4 though obviously at something that Is close to a third of the price the Fact that it has such a nice Nuance Performance even on the demanding 40
Megapixel s sensor is impressive to me So this is of of all the series if You're just looking saying I really Would love a 75 mm lens or you know a Longer bright telephoto lens this is one That is certainly worth considering now If you want more information you can Look in my uh written review which is Linked to in the description down below There's also an image gallery link there Buying links and beyond that if you want A deeper dive into the Optics stay tuned With me right now we'll jump into it so We'll start by taking a look at vignette And distortion as you saw previously There is no Distortion to correct here So on the right it's the exact same I Haven't done anything there the vignette I used a plus 45 to correct for really a Very clean result for being such a large Maximum aperture we can see from this Result that while there is the tiniest Amount of fringing before and after the Plane of focus you can see a little bit Of magenta there little bit of a green Blue there for the most part though this Is very very minimal and it didn't Really show up in real world shots you Take for example this shot of this is Actually raspberry blossoms that are Coming and you can see as you look at The flowers here you know this is high Transition high contrast stuff you can See though that fringing is just really
Well controlled and so that allows there To be better contrast and not that Bleeding around the edges that we saw With the 56 mm now here at an extreme Level of magnification more than 200% You can see there is the tiniest bit of Lateral chromatic aberration here at the Very edge of the frame but it's so Minimal that it's not going to be a real Factor I didn't see it in real world Images at all so a good control of these Aspects so let's take a look at Resolution and contrast this is f1.2 and You're going to see these results at 200% magnification on a 40 megapixel uh Xh2 sensor so in the center of the frame Good detail good contrast a nice strong Result mid-frame also looks pretty good Here as we pan down we can see holding Up well here as we get to the corners I'm actually pretty impressed we can see If anything it's actually almost better Here than it is here and so there's a Little bit of a rebound there now to put This in context I've got the vro 75mm f1.2 here on the right both of them At f1.2 so we can see looking in the Middle of the frame that the vro is just Really really pops like I said it's got A whole extra level of contrast and Detail mid-frame also is a clear win However as we look towards the corners Uh while the vro I would say is a winner It is by the very smallest of margins it
Has a little bit more contrast but you Can see as far as the detail and all the Various textures it is very very close Here on the sniper lens now if we stop The sniper down to f1.4 we can see that Contrast does boost a bit that's true Also here in the mid-frame where you can Just see the darks are darker the whites Are brighter and and down into the Corner it is very moderate Improvement Here but a bit of improvement you'll see A more notable Improvement in the Corners from f1.4 to F2 as shown here we Look over here in the mid-frame you can See that it's now super sharp at f2 very Strong result Penning over a little bit Further we can see a again a significant Improvement there at f2 looking in the Upper left corner it's looking Considerably better there as well and Finally the right corner much improved And so we can see a fairly decent Centering here as well now at f2.8 and Then at F4 we can see that the center Looks fantastic we can see that the Mid-frame particularly here at F4 Mid-frame is just sparkling and down Into the corner we can see the corner is Starting to look really strong here by F4 and better still by F5.6 we see that same strong performance Through f8 with a mild drop off due to Defraction at at f11 but you can see by F16 minimum apture here the image is
Dramatically softened due to defraction Probably want to avoid there now if the Sniper lens can't quite match the Overall contrast and detail of the vrs It certainly can match it when it comes To the bouqu and probably even exceeded A bit this is really some of the nicer Bouqu that I have seen it's really good At creating that overall just creamy Effect where backgrounds just completely Disappear and you can see here at close Focus distances everything before and After the plane of focus will just Vanish on you I went a little further Back and I find that the combination of Contrast and detail there's enough of it There that it looks great and then the Background also looks beautiful and its Defocus again here at about 6et 2 m away You can see the background is Beautifully blurred away get a little Bit closer and that blur starts to Increase and if you get really close Minimum Focus distance here you know in The midst of other Blades of grass it is Just completely disappeared beautifully Blurred out this is probably the worst Result that I could get as far as the Flare performance you can see there's a Little bit more of a ghosting pattern But for the most part I actually saw Quite good results here's another shot Where I'm shooting through the slats and You can see that really the amount of
Flare is fine here in this shot where I've got the sun right in the frame There's a little bit of a ghosting Pattern here but contrast is held up It's certainly not falling apart then Finally going back to coma for a moment Let's look at the night sky here you can See around these really bright point Star points or you know galaxies you can See that there really is not much there In terms of fringing so that is Impressive if we go towards the very Corner you can see that the star points Are no longer perfectly round but Neither are they growing wings or Anything so it looks fine then of course That very bright maximum apture means That it helps a lot I shot at f 1.2 here And I shot at only ISO 1600 which allows Me to get cleaner in results because the Lens can suck in so much light so Overall while it's not as contrasty as The vro lens I do think that this lens Finds a really nice blend between Sharpness contrast but then also the Very creamy bouquet and just nice Rendering in general so thank you for Hanging around till the end and I hope That the optical breakdown has given you A better sense of the overall Performance of this lens and can help You to make an informed decision as to Whether or not it's a lens for you Thanks for watching have a great day and
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