Mister Anders0n

Great. Images look like they could've come from any modern APS-C camera, DSLR or MILC.

They're right. It's not. For everyone else, there are cell phones.

I've tried to go beyond 1:1 before, and what I saw was, in most cases, I could get sharper images by simply cropping my 1:1 image. Maybe I'm not going to get as much mag, but it's much easier that...

The Canon lens is probably better. Still, I wouldn't pay a grand for that, either. I'm not paying 500 for some no-name, Chinese, MF lens.

I've trialed each recent version of C1, and always went back to LR. I like the work flow better, and there's a lot of little things I like, such as the overlay that shows what I'm...

It does change a bit as focus is adjusted (I guess that's focus breathing). I like that I can tweak the focus with the ring, though. I imagine this ZY lens would be a little tricky to use at such...

My Tamron macro lens has a focus ring that lets me adjust focus without moving the entire lens or subject.

Buying this outright would get me 2.5 years of LR at $10/mo. Subscribing would be 50% more than LR.

Did they add a simple masking overlay that shows what's being adjusted? For example, in LR, I hold down ALT while sharpening, and can see what's being affected.

No, it's not.

Yeah, so marketing gimmick. Got it.

Also, this lens appears to be fixed focus? I see in the video review on their site that the focus ring actually just controls magnification (1:1, 2:1, etc). So once it's set to your goal, say...

Nice images. Not sure about 500 bucks for a totally manual lens. Sharpness looks pretty good, but not amazing.

v20? Wasn't the last one 12?

LOL, I like the Matrix metering, too

@mountain
Good luck and enjoy it. I totally understand wanting lighter gear. Love my D850, but it is a beast to carry around.

LOL, if you say so. It's not really about the body; it's about the lenses. Most ML lens aren't much (if any) smaller than their DSLR counterparts.

Maybe. However, Nikon is making most of their stuff in China, too, but you'd never know it by the prices they charge. They still want the made-in-Japan premium for stuff they're mass producing in...

Coulda got a D750 for $1000.

I like Nikon, and that's what I shoot, but most of their gear since the D850 has been garbage. They deserve to be in 3rd place.