Review: While it has some confusing quirks, when it comes to APS-C or Super 35 shooting, the AstrHori 18mm f/8 probe is the one you want.
AstrHori sell a few probe lenses, but I recently evaluatedmade specifically for APS-C sized sensors. Before we collectively disregard the lens as APS-C only, consider that there are many capable video cameras with cropped sensors.
The lens also has a locking ring to facilitate removal of the lens assembly, which will perhaps allow for a 90-degree orientated lens in the future. The lens itself is fully waterproof up to the USB port, which is very important for a lens that can probe the depths of whatever your latest video shoot entails.
However, using the AstrHori 18mm I was happily surprised by how much better the image quality is by comparison to that past experience. Even wide open at f/8, the detail is excellent and only gets better stopping down the aperture a bit. The lens is sharp right across the frame, too. Corners are nice and clear even when focused in the center of the frame. The AstrHori also focuses closer than the Laowa with slightly more magnification; a nice touch for a lens that does it’s best work up close.
Even though the AstrHori is made for a smaller APS-C sized sensor its fast f/8 aperture more than makes up for it.When we use a probe lens to create immersive shots, we are trying to pass the lens through our subjects or pass just over them. The closer, the more dramatic.
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