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About to dive in: Is X-E3 + 35mm f1.4 a good 'single prime' camera choice?

Started Mar 21, 2018 | Discussions thread
georgehudetz Veteran Member • Posts: 6,299
Re: Mitakon for me, but perhaps not for you

Tom Schum wrote:

Just Shoot Me wrote

I have read several customer reviews of this lens, people that have actually bought and tested this lens, and although the lens barrel aperture ring is marked 0.95 most feel that at best it is 1/4 stop faster than the Fuji f/1.4 and not one stop faster.

I read several raving reviews of the Mitakon (that is, they liked it) and I don't recall any of them saying that the lens isn't much faster than the Fuji 35mm F1.4.

I had a similar experience.  When I compared the shutter speeds of the Mitakon wide open vs the Fuji 35/1.4, again wide open, I was surprised how close they were.  I never did a detailed comparison, and I have since sold the 1.4 so I can't do a comparison now, but I do recall reading other reports stating something similar to my findings.

I seem to recall it had something to do with how Fuji measures/characterizes maximum aperture.

Can you provide a link to this?

Here are a few of the reviews I've read:

http://www.photobyrichard.com/reviewbyrichard/zhongyi-mitakon-speedmaster-35mm-f0-95-mark-ii-review/

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/zhongyi_mitakon_speedmaster_35mm_f_0.95_mark_ii/

https://lensvid.com/gear/mitakon-35mm-f0-95-mark-ii-lens-review/

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