Ryan Patrick O'Hara
Veteran
Anyone interested, the new Fujinon Cabrio is a great all-in-one lens, but when in normal mode, it's close focus is actually really good on the long end, but is pretty weak on the wide end, when compared to high end cinema primes, such as Cookes.
Example: My 100mm Cooke Mini S4 is 36" CF. The 90mm Cabrio is 34" in normal mode. However, my Cooke 50mm is 20" CF, and the Cabrio is still 34". The Cooke 25mm is 10"! Cabrio is still 34". But the cabrio has a macro focus mode, if you ever find yourself below 34".
My test concluded that:
90mm is 30"____(saves 4")
80mm is 29"____(saves 5")
70mm is 28.5"___(saves 5.5")
60mm is 26.75"__(saves 7.25")
50mm is 25"____(saves 9")
40mm is 22"____(saves 12")
35mm is 20.25"__(saves 13.75")
30mm is 18.5"___(saves 15.5")
25mm is 16.75"__(saves 17.25")
22mm is 15.5"___(saves 18.5")
19mm is 14.5"___(saves 19.5")
Should I note the lens front is 11.5" from the sensor, so at 19mm, that is only a 3" gap from lens front to focus plane. The Cookes likely have a bit of an advantage as they are not nearly as long, being around half as long.
For reference, the Cookes are:
18mm is 10"
25mm is 10"
32mm is 12"
50mm is 20"
75mm is 30"
100mm is 36"
135mm is 39"
Verdict: The cabrio is a killer lens, but the CF distance is a little bad on the wide end of the range. However, if in macro mode, the Cabrio gets very good close focus, although still not beating the Cookes. The Cabrio only beats the Cookes at close focus at over 50mm. At 50mm and below, the Cookes still focus more closely. But again, the cookes are about half the length of the cabrio and have what I consider really good CF ability. But it's not the type of macro we typically think of. Just getting the lens into normal really CF territory.
Anyone else want to test and compare results?
