Nikon introduces a hawg of a lens

[rcjordan]

https://petapixel.com/2018/08/23/this-is-the-nikon-z-58mm-f-0-95-noct-ultimate-lens/

[Brad]

That is kind of the monster truck of lenses. 

[ergophobe]

That is kind of the monster truck of lenses.

It has an 82mm opening, so not really that big. But it's attached to a relatively small mirrorless body, so it makes it look huge.

This is the monster truck of SLR lenses - 35 pounds
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/551435-REG/Sigma_597101_200_500mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html

This thing is huge too -
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/732109-USA/Canon_4412B002_EF_400mm_f_2_8L_IS.html

I can't figure out what the opening diameter is because Canon uses drop-in filters (they go in the back, which is 52mm). But the overall diameter is 163mm, almost double the Nikon.

What's amazing about the Nikon is the f-stop - I don't know as a full-frame SLR lens has ever been made with an f-stop below 1. That's really low.

The thing is, even with a 1.2, it's hard to use at the bottom end of the range for anything other than landscape. Your depth of field is going to be incredibly narrow at 0.95. With a 58mm lens, I'm guessing that it will be impossible to have both the nose and the ears in focus for a portrait. If you get close and fill the frame with someone's face, I wonder whether you can get the nose and eyes in focus. For flower photography, down at 1.2 you already struggle to get the stamens and petals in focus in the same image.

[Travoli]

> impossible to have both the nose and the ears in focus

And manual focus. Better bring your A game and steady hands.

I am excited for the smaller, lighter Z7.

[ergophobe]

And manual focus. Better bring your A game and steady hands.

The manual focus makes sense, since this is designed for low light, and the auto focus is usually not very good in the dark. As for steady hands, again, this is for low light, so I would guess they assume you'll have it on a tripod.