How to Control De-Focus (with a Nikon 105mm f/2 DC)

Kai has a roundabout way of beating around the bush.

i love your show

Nice one Kai should I add this to list!!!!!!!!

I love this lens great Bokeh

If you didn't mumble and had a mic. near your face we would've understood more… Otherwise, just tell us, do you like the lens or not?

i think this lens are great for bokeh fx…

I own this lens; and it's amazing. How old is this video if Alamby just came onboard?? It's an awesome awesome lens, it is sharp but makes everything else look like butter. And yes, I come here just to hear Kai say "Bokeh!"

Hi mate, I like your reviews in general but you are totally unfair in this one.You are totally using the lens wrong.Just because you do not understand how it works it doesnt mean its worthless.It is actually one of the best,if not the best, portrait lenses ever made.Reason I got into Nikon actually…First your distance from the subjects is wrong.You can get the best results at least at waist level crop, I use it mostly on face shots…..

Hi kai. Can you tell me wich lens use the cameraman please???? Thank you so much

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM

Kai, I like DigitalRev videos, but this one is crap. You don't have any idea about how to use this lens and you're speaking shit about it… very bad review.

You don't know to use the lens

Yu don't know to use the English

Yu don't know to use the English

I want this lens so badly.

So if the "f" half of the rotation looks less favorable than the "r" half, is it safe to assume that the "f" control is better for making things in front of your subject look better when out of focus?

this is awesome

Always 80% of bullshit.

The Problem here is, Kay has NO IDEA how to use this lense. You choose an aperture and this exactly what you have to set on the defocus control ring(when you will use this feature) not more or less. Then you get the best result. This and the 135mm version is one of the sharpest lense which nikon ever build. And the images quality is second to non.

Hello 
Which is better in terms of performance in the filming of the people
nikon 50 mm f 1.4G v 50 mm f 1.8 G v 85 mm f 1.8 G 

I like these videos, but he kind of missed the point. The F side is only for when there is virtually no background (Like someone holding a flower in front of their face and you focusing on the face) so you should be using R 90% of the time. Also, he didn't show what it does at different apertures; it changes behavior as you go to smaller apertures. He also missed the fact that it's a sharp f/2. BAM. Faster than the professional "super fast" 70-200mm zoom. 

I don't blame him, though, it's just a really complex lens that is very subtle and subjective. It's the most sensitive lens I have in terms of focus accuracy, and if you miss (as is easy because the AF is slow as he mentioned) then you're going to have a bad day. 

for anyone wanting to use this, Set aperture f/4 and DC F4. That's the sweetspot for outdoor portraits. 

hey man. im a brit living in HK too. lol….alot of weirdos eh? thing is with this lens….you need to get closer. im talking actors headshots kind of closer. i used to take headshots for actors and i tried this lens. its awesome…but you cant see its effect at such a distance. get super close to the subject.

Alamby!!!

Wondered how it worked…and now I need wonder no longer.

I love watching the digital rev videos. I think on this occasion though, you didn't explain how to use DC properly… The beauty of this lens is that you can set the aperture for optimum sharpness AND have an incredibly blurred background e.g. if you are a street portrait shooter (in good light), you would set the aperture to F/5.6 and set the DC to 5.6 (R). The result is that you will have incredibly sharp images (for the in focus parts) and still maintain that creamy bokeh (for the out of focus parts). in order to get good bokeh in other lenses, you need to have the camera wide open, which generally means the lens is a little soft… With DC, you get the best of both worlds!
Hope that helps…

Complete waste of money imo.

i bought it couple of days ago 135 F2 DC, and if i can use the DC ring not more then the aperture i am using, it works just perfectly well. Im totally in love with this lens

alamby!!!

alamby

I normally find your reviews very helpful, but in this one, the lens offers benefits that are not demonstrated..  
Suggestion for demonstrating use of Nikon DC portrait lenses:
a. Shoot portraits half body or less, with background some distance away.
b. Be wary of the rules for using the DC ring (that is, use the DC ring only up to the actual aperture that you are shooting at)..
c. Also experiment with fstops that don't traditionally produce blurred background to see what effect the DC has. For example, can you use it at f/8 to create more of a blurred background than one would normally see at f/8.

As things stand the video is misleading because the lens was not used in a manner that demonstrates it benefits.

There are other commentators making a similar point on this video, offering a bit less detail.

Nikon 135mm f/2 DC or Nikon 105mm f/2 DC ? 🙂

Hunchback made squirt juice out of my nose ><

3:56 Does anyone think that those people look like Rita and Warren?!

It's a learning lens and a beauty with bokeh for very sharp portraits. It's is the Prince of Bokeh. The King is the Nikon AF DC 135mm f/2D.

what lapel mic are you using for this shoot.

You're a trip !
:o)

?????????????????Tokina 100mm 2.8 macro vs the Nikon 105 DC??????????????????

Cant believe there is a shop at 0.35 called wanko…..lol Oh grow up lol

This is a very special lens for people who know how to used it.