Just came back after a couple of weeks to say that your video swung it for me. My Nightwalkers came today and I can’t wait to put them on my FX30. Thanks for an awesome, comprehensive video!
@@Glorfindel95 Thank you! It helped me a lot. I was hesitating, but at the end, I went for the Tamron 28-75 2.8. I think the bigger range and autofocus worth more than a "little cine look". I already have a tamron 17-28 2.8 a sony 70-200f4 and a samyang 85mm 1.4 lens so I think with the tamron 28-75 I totall covered everything I need (both in video and photography)
I got me the 16 mm and 75 mm. I thought those two were the best ones compared to the set of 3. I still plan on getting them, but i went with the set of two as my first set of Nightwalkers. 🙏 Thank you for this video.
I have paired both sets of my Nightwalkers with a Nero 1.5x anamorphic adapter (Blazar) and the results are great, if you favor anamorphic characteristics such as pronounced barrel distortion, soft corners, elongated bokeh etc. I have two sets of NW: one for my FX30 (E mount) and one for my Komodo 6K (RF mount) and the Nero adapter turns them into high character anamorphics. Just be aware that if you do this, your Nightwalkers become a maximum 2.8 aperture.
Thanks Kofi for sharing all this amazing information, really i appreciate this amazing content ❤ and inspiring me so much , would like ask you ? I read about. 7 Artisian lens , are the best for Sony fx30 ? What you think?
Kofi Yeboah, thanks for the review. As always, aerobatics. I have a dilemma - to leave my sony E 16-55 F 2.8, which has all 3 focal lengths, or to sell and buy a set from SIRUI for my FX30). What do you think about this?)
You have great content which has helped me up my game. As I’m now getting more into video shooting - I purchased a SIRUI 24mm. Nightwalker RF version lens for my R6. I’m getting extreme black vignetting so wondering- what settings will I need to change for this to go away?? Thanks. Still learning
Hi there. If I wanted to experiment with a manual cinema lens (a budget one), I guess a 35mm would be good focal length for my FX30. This Sirui lenses look nice for sure...are these better than the 7artisans 35mm T1.05 or the older Rokinon 35mm T1.5 DS? I don't want to spend too much money since I already own the Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 and the SIgma trio 16/30/56mm f1/.4 but I would like to do some personal /low budget projects with a manual cinema lens-they look cool for sure...which one would you choose to go with my FX30 (I got the smallrig Mini matte pro...yep I'm out of control here!). Thanks for your videos!
Hey Kofi. I have the Sirui 35mm lens mounted on the fx 30. However, I'm seeing f-- on the display and im not completely sure why. Any advice on this? Is it because it doesn't read f stops? Im confused.
I know the focal lengths/apertures aren’t exactly the same, but how do these compare with the Sigma series of f/1.4 APS-C lenses? Would you recommend these over Sigma?
What’s holding me back is that I can get vintage lenses with similar focal lengths and similar performances (fringing, chrom. abb., and even size and weight) for a lot less than the nightwalkers. So is the ergonomics (focus rings, weight, and identical size) really worth it over a set of Canon FD lenses?
From an ergo feel, love these except the focus ring is real smooth on the 24, I only have sample copies , so if they can fix the dampening, it’s great, then again these won’t look like the FDs optically
Stupidly long comment incoming but if youre interested in some arguments read through. I apologise in advance for the lenghty comment I'm about to have them delivered in the next few days and test them out so I can only speak from a theoretical point of view. I've been working as a DP for the last 3 years and had a dedicated AC on set that rigs and pulls focus. The FD lenses are great but we often ran into issues with play in the adapter mount (yes, even on metabones regardless if it was a speedbooster or dead mount). That resulted in messed up takes and that can and will become expensive and stressful especially when there's an AD or producer breathing down our necks. The Sirui offered us native mount, fast aperture and consistency across the range in size and weight (amazing for gimbal and steadycam work). I'm aware of the chromatic aberration and we'll be working around that but for the price we can't complain. Plus the 270° focus throw is making my AC very very happy since there's less room for over turning. If you prefer the FD, by all means, I'm not bashing on them, they're amazing, but let's not forget the fact that some are stupidly expensive too and the Siruis are T1.2 including on the 24mm (and become incredible performers past T2). I may be out of touch but from what I know, theres no 24mm FD wider than f2.8 and in some cases the chromatic aberration is visible even at 5.6.
Nice review, I appreciated your side by side comparison with 2 to 4 times more expensive lenses. It helps put things in perspective. True the 24 seems a bit off in colors. Is that avoidable when shooting a video chart each scene and each lens change?
At 9:30 and around, the caption reads SIRIU, not SIRUI😉Siriu is actually a village in Romania... Kofi, you can always count on us eagle eyed viewers 😁That's me being petty 😋Besides that, great video, AS ALWAYS!!!
@@KofiYeboah Yeah, I alway think about that when watch your videos, but I didn't really considered it as your accent was purely American, so when I hear you say "a" minstead of "er" , I laugh 😂 and confirm "yeah he is form my mother's home"
@@JeanBaptisteChabi aha my parents are, I was born in Canada actually ( I’m from Toronto) but got raised on plantain and beans and jollof just the same 😂
Just came back after a couple of weeks to say that your video swung it for me. My Nightwalkers came today and I can’t wait to put them on my FX30. Thanks for an awesome, comprehensive video!
Man thats unreal to see, glad you're enjoying them man!
@user-nc5lo4mt7i you literally stole my comment lol
Hi, can you tell me pelase what do you think about these lenses after a year?
@@999slawter They are superb. But if you are interested in buying now, I'd look for autofocus
@@Glorfindel95 Thank you! It helped me a lot. I was hesitating, but at the end, I went for the Tamron 28-75 2.8.
I think the bigger range and autofocus worth more than a "little cine look". I already have a tamron 17-28 2.8 a sony 70-200f4 and a samyang 85mm 1.4 lens so I think with the tamron 28-75 I totall covered everything I need (both in video and photography)
as some one perusing film school to film race teams and documentaries this may be a huge lifesaver for when i upgrade to the FX30!
And for a great price right now! Enjoy 😊
These shots all look so clean even the ones at night!
They came out great 🤌🏾
Great job on the video Kofi! Thanks for making it. I'm always happy to see an unwatched video from you about something I'm researching.
Thank you 🙏🏾☺️
Dude’s the got best footage variety!! 🔥🔥 the roof shot though
Thank you homie 😁😁🤌🏾
The golden hour rooftop shots though 👌
Thanks homie !
The "shut up!" got me lmao
We call it “uncles silence” 😂
"Sirui what's up with that?" 😂
I’m just trying to ask why they can’t respect our Panafrican brothers and sisters 👀
That one guy dancing seems cool. 💃
Lol dance battle next video ? 👀
@@KofiYeboah I'd subscribe
Great video. Gotta love when an embargo gets lifted. Lol one day I hope to be a part of a lifted embargo video drop.
It’s like watching a TV show but from different characters ahah
dope footage dude! love these lenses!
Thanks !!
I got me the 16 mm and 75 mm. I thought those two were the best ones compared to the set of 3. I still plan on getting them, but i went with the set of two as my first set of Nightwalkers. 🙏 Thank you for this video.
Thanks for watching and man hope you enjoy !
Thanks for the review, great content as always, Bro 👍🏾🏆
Great video man… I past on someone’s else’s video since it showed you did a review on these lenses 😂 I was like I gotta see my bro 💯💪🏾😂👌🏾
Ahahah I appreciate the love man!
Excellent work sir. Lovely and informative video, I love Sony cams. I’m STILL using my FS700R and F55.
glad I can help !
thank you for the detailed review, it came out just right on time! :) the quality of lenses are very good
They’re really nice !
The Siriu looks cool
Hey would you recommend we get these paired with the anamorphic adapter or get the anamorphic lens itself ?
I haven’t tried it yet!
I have paired both sets of my Nightwalkers with a Nero 1.5x anamorphic adapter (Blazar) and the results are great, if you favor anamorphic characteristics such as pronounced barrel distortion, soft corners, elongated bokeh etc.
I have two sets of NW: one for my FX30 (E mount) and one for my Komodo 6K (RF mount) and the Nero adapter turns them into high character anamorphics. Just be aware that if you do this, your Nightwalkers become a maximum 2.8 aperture.
Still can't decide if i can shoot manual focus, but we'll see
hey man i love your videos very informative stay well !
Thanks !! 😁😁😁
“What’s up with that?” 😂 💀 👏🏼
Ahah😂
How do you handle the crop? I have the 75 and it's not cropping enough and I have black bars on the outside andit's ruining my shots
Are you using S35 or full frame ?
@@KofiYeboah I have a Sony a7iii so I believe full frame
@@Attikusthefilmguy that’s why , these are super35 lenses
Fire content as all ways. Thanks g
Thanks homie !
You mentioned corrmatic if Im spelling it right. If you shooting on s log 3 can a colorist fix that in post??
You can fix some of that in post, yes 🙌🏾
"Shut up!!!" 🤣 Woke my a** right up.
😂😂
Thanks Kofi for sharing all this amazing information, really i appreciate this amazing content ❤ and inspiring me so much , would like ask you ? I read about. 7 Artisian lens , are the best for Sony fx30 ? What you think?
I haven’t used 7artisans so I actually don’t know
Kofi Yeboah, thanks for the review. As always, aerobatics. I have a dilemma - to leave my sony E 16-55 F 2.8, which has all 3 focal lengths, or to sell and buy a set from SIRUI for my FX30). What do you think about this?)
lmao I was wondering why you sounded and looked just like Will's videographer and I saw your name 😂 love the video my guy 👍🏽🔥
I’m actually the twin ( my parents weren’t original with names)
Lol jk, thanks !
You have great content which has helped me up my game. As I’m now getting more into video shooting - I purchased a SIRUI 24mm. Nightwalker RF version lens for my R6. I’m getting extreme black vignetting so wondering- what settings will I need to change for this to go away?? Thanks. Still learning
Unfortunately, you have s35 lenses on a full frame sensor !
I’m curious to see how comparable the nightwalker is to the surui sniper
Jason Morris has that video 👍🏾
These lenses on the Sony A74 and Panasonic Gh5s would be great
I would love it if they allowed for user interchangeable mounts.
That might be above the $300 pay grade ahah
I am missing those red arrows in the thumbnail
Keep ‘em on they toes
I just bought one and video just dropped, damn i hope i choosed the right one lol
Ahah that’s what’s up !
As soon as i heard the African dad nightwalker intro i pressed paused , chuckled for a good 5 minutes then pressed like
🤣🤣🤣 thanks my g
Well done Kofi. These lenses are decent looking. Impressed with how small they are. One question though...is it C-Ray? Soo-Ray? Suh-Ray? Siri?
Thanks man!
I heard it’s Sew-Ray
Hi there. If I wanted to experiment with a manual cinema lens (a budget one), I guess a 35mm would be good focal length for my FX30. This Sirui lenses look nice for sure...are these better than the 7artisans 35mm T1.05 or the older Rokinon 35mm T1.5 DS? I don't want to spend too much money since I already own the Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 and the SIgma trio 16/30/56mm f1/.4 but I would like to do some personal /low budget projects with a manual cinema lens-they look cool for sure...which one would you choose to go with my FX30 (I got the smallrig Mini matte pro...yep I'm out of control here!). Thanks for your videos!
Not sure. But there’s a few comparisson videos out there 😁😁
What was your favorite focal length? I'd be using it mostly with the FX30
I’d cop a 24!
@@KofiYeboah Thanks, I appreciate the content you share and your reviews.
Hey Kofi. I have the Sirui 35mm lens mounted on the fx 30. However, I'm seeing f-- on the display and im not completely sure why. Any advice on this? Is it because it doesn't read f stops? Im confused.
It’s a all manual lenses, doesn’t have electronic contacts and all adjustments are done on the lens itself.
Thanku! 😊
Np!
love united boxing! lol
Same !!
I know the focal lengths/apertures aren’t exactly the same, but how do these compare with the Sigma series of f/1.4 APS-C lenses? Would you recommend these over Sigma?
If you don’t mind a manual lens, sure! Check the section comparing to the Sony G Master lenses
What’s holding me back is that I can get vintage lenses with similar focal lengths and similar performances (fringing, chrom. abb., and even size and weight) for a lot less than the nightwalkers. So is the ergonomics (focus rings, weight, and identical size) really worth it over a set of Canon FD lenses?
From an ergo feel, love these except the focus ring is real smooth on the 24, I only have sample copies , so if they can fix the dampening, it’s great, then again these won’t look like the FDs optically
Stupidly long comment incoming but if youre interested in some arguments read through. I apologise in advance for the lenghty comment
I'm about to have them delivered in the next few days and test them out so I can only speak from a theoretical point of view.
I've been working as a DP for the last 3 years and had a dedicated AC on set that rigs and pulls focus. The FD lenses are great but we often ran into issues with play in the adapter mount (yes, even on metabones regardless if it was a speedbooster or dead mount). That resulted in messed up takes and that can and will become expensive and stressful especially when there's an AD or producer breathing down our necks.
The Sirui offered us native mount, fast aperture and consistency across the range in size and weight (amazing for gimbal and steadycam work). I'm aware of the chromatic aberration and we'll be working around that but for the price we can't complain. Plus the 270° focus throw is making my AC very very happy since there's less room for over turning.
If you prefer the FD, by all means, I'm not bashing on them, they're amazing, but let's not forget the fact that some are stupidly expensive too and the Siruis are T1.2 including on the 24mm (and become incredible performers past T2). I may be out of touch but from what I know, theres no 24mm FD wider than f2.8 and in some cases the chromatic aberration is visible even at 5.6.
✨shut Uup✨
That’s how I navigate life
7:46 yooo whaaaat.... 💀
😂😂😂
i just need to get more money for said lenses then its wraps🤞🏻
You got time !
Nice review, I appreciated your side by side comparison with 2 to 4 times more expensive lenses. It helps put things in perspective.
True the 24 seems a bit off in colors. Is that avoidable when shooting a video chart each scene and each lens change?
You can fix it in post pretty easy ! But I guess you could go that route too
@@KofiYeboah thanks for the answer.
Crop factor?? I thought these were designed for aps-c cameras
Yes , a 24ff and 24apsc has a 36mm field of view regardless on a super 35 sensor
@@KofiYeboahwhaaat 🤯
So would these work with the bmpcc6k?
@@KBFilms2 no, there’s no ef mount
The 4K it does !
@@KofiYeboah couldn’t I just get a adapter?
At 9:30 and around, the caption reads SIRIU, not SIRUI😉Siriu is actually a village in Romania... Kofi, you can always count on us eagle eyed viewers 😁That's me being petty 😋Besides that, great video, AS ALWAYS!!!
@@cristiat is that where they keep
Andrew Tate ? 👀
@@KofiYeboah Nah, they're free to roam the land now. But the dungeon where they used to keep them, the Central Booking, was close by 😆
These are „Cine” look alike lenses at best optically.
Idk what that means 😅
Ghanaian? ❤
My names a give away 😅
@@KofiYeboah Yeah, I alway think about that when watch your videos, but I didn't really considered it as your accent was purely American, so when I hear you say "a" minstead of "er" , I laugh 😂 and confirm "yeah he is form my mother's home"
@@JeanBaptisteChabi aha my parents are, I was born in Canada actually ( I’m from Toronto) but got raised on plantain and beans and jollof just the same 😂
@@KofiYeboah Woo, cool 😎
Shut upppp 😭🤣 you the best anyways
😂😂respects broski