Name: Watch Before Buying ANY Lenses | Freewell Sherpa & iPhone 15 Pro Max
Uploaded: 2024-06-23T14:18:14.000Z
Duration: 8 min 53 s
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I did a video fairly recently looking at the new Freewell Sherpa lenses and when I made that video they didn't have a case for the 15 Pro or Pro Max and so I used my 14 Pro Max and the lenses worked well.

So now I have a 15 Pro Max and I want to see how the lenses work on this phone because a lot of other brands are having trouble.

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Every lens brand has had to update their lenses because of the larger sensors and larger camera bumps in the later generation phones.

And that really started with the 13, the 12 a little bit, but really the 13 and then the 14 and 15 in particular.

To be honest I kind of feel sorry for these lens makers because with the iPhone changing so much their lenses have to be updated and it's got to be costly and it's irritating for not only them but then us as customers as well because then we have to update our gear and it gets expensive.

Well pretty much every brand has updated for the 14 and they all worked really well with the 14 and that includes ShiftCam, Bscript, recently Moment and their T-Series and then Freewell just released these Sherpa lenses.

Well the other brands are having trouble with the 15 series phones.

In particular their Anamorphic and their Telephoto.

So I recently got a 15 Pro Max case from Freewell and so now I want to test out the Sherpa lenses today.

So I'm really just looking at the edge to edge sharpness, the clarity of the lens, whether there's chromatic aberration and just how sharp it is overall.

And by the way you may notice I'm actually shooting all the other lenses that have tested recently.

ShiftCam, Moment, Bscript and then of course the Sherpa is in there as well.

I'm not seeing anything really noticeable in this interior location.

Now we'll hop outside and look at the footage in a brighter situation and sometimes that will show more imperfections.

If you pixel peep on the right edge you will see just a little bit of what I would almost call smearing.

It's very minimal and so I don't think it's a big deal at all.

And if it bothers you, you could just push in and post-production and reframe it.

And now back in the studio, this is the same shot but I'm using the virtual lens, the 2x 48mm.

So the anamorphic is on the main camera still but I'm pushing in two times.

That way if there is any edge softness at all that you don't like, you can push past it.

Or the main reason people use this is to get more of a telephoto look and then get rid of the anamorphic distortion.

Now I've had trouble with this lens with this lens is of course a little wider than the 1.33 and it has more distortion.

But like its predecessor, it looks pretty good.

I don't see any real issues in this interior shot.

It's a sharp lens and I like the overall look of it.

Now we'll jump outside and do the same test as we did with the other lens.

The far right side there might just be just some ever so slight softness but you really can't even see it.

And again if you didn't like it you could push in just ever so slightly in post-production.

We'll jump back in the studio and do the same thing.

So we're zoomed in in the iPhone using the same main camera.

You're now getting more or less a telephoto shot using the anamorphic.

Overall the image looks good and of course you've lost all that distortion which some people like and some people don't like.

And with other brands they have been fine.

Both Moment and Shift Cam and of course B-Script, their lenses work fine with the 14 Pro or the 15 Pro.

And the Freewell 18mm looks to be the same.

Does have a little more distortion I think than some of the other brands.

That can look kind of cool depending on what you're doing.

And I'm not seeing any issues out here at all.

Again, really solid lens here from Freewell.

And just because I can, I shot this lens with the 2x, the 48mm virtual lens on the iPhone.

You probably wouldn't ever do this but in case you did want to lose the distortion and get a tighter shot using the 18mm, this is how it looks.

And wow, this is a really big chunk of glass.

In my original video I talked about how big it is, how heavy.

But it is a really high quality piece of glass.

Like for a music video or almost a GoPro kind of look.

And so if you want this fisheye look, this is a good option with the 15 Pro Max.

Outside I'm not seeing any issues whatsoever.

So minus the little bit of soft edge on the 1.33x anamorphic, these lenses are great across the board.

And I can't say that with the other brands.

And so if you are looking for lenses and you have a 15 Pro or a Pro Max, then Freewell probably jumps to the top of the list for consistency across the line.

Now I have a big video I'm working on that will be comparing all brands that I have access to.

And that would include Sandmarc and Reflex.

But if you're interested in lenses right away, this is a good option with the 15 Pro Max.

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