Great review as ever Dustin. Thanks for sharing.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great review Dustin! Thanks a lot!

@DustinAbbottTWI

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Great video: analytical, thorough and warm - as allways

@DustinAbbottTWI

8 ай бұрын

Thank you.

The pricepoint to performance ratio is certainly something to be excited about!

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

Nice review, Thank you!

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure.

Very nice review Dustin! I have this lens on my Sony a6000, basically, it’s permanently mounted on it since the day I bought it! I really love this lens. There’s nothing negative about it, especially for the price. Wide open has a lot of character (in my eyes is second only to the legendary Meyer Trioplan 35mm f2.8 and easily on par with the Voigtlander 35 f1.4 classic) while from f5.6 to f8 is razor sharp. I found it a better performer than my Zeiss Planar 1.4/50 on the f1.4-f2 range, especially in the center (despite the difference in focal length). Performance wise, this lens outperforms most of the true vintage lenses in sharpness while shares some of their charm, like the bokeh, the color rendition and the field curvature (annoying for some people, for me is a creative tool). Build quality is pretty much great. The focus ring has the right resistance though I would like a little more clickyness on the aperture ring. Anyway, I can easily recommend this lens to any photographer that love manual vintage lenses. On apsc market is a very rare example a manual 23mm f1.4 lens… most are 25 f0.95 but those lenses are huge! P.S. Dustin, if you have the chance, please, do a review of the new Trioplan 35mm f2.8 II. I want to buy it but I don’t know how it performs on apsc cameras… there are only a few reviews on the web and are made for full frame. Thank you 🙏🏻.

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the lens.

For a tight budget, TT Artisans and 7 Artisans lenses are really great and for those who love manual, they are ideal for the price, with whatever characteristics they bring. I have two 0.95 lenses, 35mm and 50mm and I might get an 85mm, but theyre for APSC so I use them on Canon EOS M and even though the other camera I have is also an old 60D, im bored of cropped and want to get a full frame next, so I can have varied looks for sensor and lenses

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

I agree. TTArtisan in particular has often pleasantly surprised me with the optics of some of their lenses.

Excellent video 😊

@DustinAbbottTWI

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Nice review!

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great review! Thank you, Dustin! Going to buy this lens for my Canon R10

@DustinAbbottTWI

7 ай бұрын

Enjoy

Love the TTArtisan lenses !

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I've been pretty impressed with TTArtisan as well. Good value and performance.

Super detailed and unbiased video! IMO it is unbeatable for the price and can outperform most vintage lenses if a "vintage" image and manual focusing is what is pursued.

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

Thanks again for honest review. I think this lens would be great and good enough for street photography. I find that the new Fuji 23mm 1.4 WR LM is very expensive and not necessary for my purpose. Also it is much bigger.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@marcpilon4585

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinAbbottTWI one more question how does it compare with fuji 27mm for street photography

Thank you for the great and detailed review. I would like to hear your thoughts about this lens compared to the Pergear 25mm 1.8 (which you reviewed about 2 years ago). Which one do you recommend? Is there a big difference in IQ in equiv. apertures? Thank you.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

This is definitely the stronger lens in both build and image quality.

Maybe that would be a fun video: Vintage replacements with modern lenses?

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Could be, for sure.

Great close focus photos. Arizona is awesome. Looks like a copy of Zeiss Jena 35 mm? I have the other 3 TTartisans in series, 17, 35, 50, which all have swirly background. wondering how this fares vs the 17 mm F1.4, maybe do a TTartisans series when run out of ideas for videos

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure where the optical designs are coming from, but it seems to me that TTArtisan is punching above its weight optically.

As a curiosity, I'd be interested to see the a7iv focus map utilized in manual focus lens reviews.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be doing an a7IV review starting this week, so I'll take a look at that.

Hi Dustin. I love that Lens onto my Fuji X-E1/E2 series. The haptics are extraordinary, and optically, it does have less field curvative vs. the older, usually 50-90% more expensive Zonlai 22mm F1.8 (and slower, too) i own both lenses for X-Mount. The only thing which is sad, there's not a silver-only version, to match with my silver X-E's. Or for a silver Z-Mount version onto the Nikon Zfc, for these DX users. /edit I'd love to have the Lens & focus markings being laser-etched, not just being printed, and a bigger, thicker aperture ring. That's all. For

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the lens, Marc.

@marcp.1752

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinAbbottTWI Yes, it's great for

Thank you for this very helpful review! It seems to be much more reliable than a comparable APS-C lens from 7Artisans or Pergear. How large is the focus throw on this lens? Would it be reasonable to put a focus tab on this for street photography zone focusing? Thanks again!

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

I can't recall off the top of my head what the focus throw distance is. It wasn't huge. And yes, in general I do find TTArtisan lenses slightly superior to alternatives from those companies, though obviously there's some variance lens to lens.

Thank you very much for this very comprehensive review. The quality/price ratio of this lens seems really excellent. Practicing a lot of street photography (X100F), particularly at night, it could really interest me, because of its 1.4 aperture, on a Fuji X-E4. Thank you again and all my greetings from Paris.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I think this would be a fun street lens, and an inexpensive way to practice your manual focus skills.

What are your thoughts comparing this lens to the zonlai 22mm 1.8 ,the performance and specs seem very similar.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the TTArtisan lens is better executed. Better centering, better build, better peformance (larger maximum aperture, too)

Hi Dustin, thanks for the review! How would you say it compares with the Samyang 21mm 1.4 (price aside)?

@DustinAbbottTWI

4 ай бұрын

I would say the Samyang is sharper.

Could you say that the corner problems would largely disappear on micro 4/3?

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

I can't say that with confidence as I haven't tested it there.

What's the mini table tripod?

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Oben Tabletop Tripod shown in video: bhpho.to/3vL8YWy

It's got the looks of my old Pentacon

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

Id love to use this for video, is this a good lens for this sir?

@DustinAbbottTWI

10 ай бұрын

It will work fine.

@kuramafox1290

10 ай бұрын

​@@DustinAbbottTWIis there a focus breathing issue? How was your experience with this aspect?

6:21 "I feel that the real world performance exceeds chart test." No truer words. There've been so many times I've read a review and heard the problems with this and that. Take the actual lens into the field and decided to keep it. There are things to keep in mind, but a lens has a way of capturing a certain essence that chart tests can't.

@DustinAbbottTWI

Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Hi, I currently have a Pen-F and Sigma 30mm 1,4 and am very happy but unfortunately too big. I am interested in a bright compact lens mainly for street photography and I am undecided between the two TTartisan lenses 23mm 1,4 (plus compactness) and the 17mm (plus focal but less compact) what do you recommend? I would have doubts about their sharpness, to be picky, the potential that the two lenses have in post-production both with open and closed aperture.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've tested the 17mm, but I do think this 23mm has a lot of bang for the buck and might be a better street option.

Zve10 + this = bargain? Though 20mm would be more appreciated. Or 16mm..

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there - it probably would be a bargain. I'm not quite sure what to make of your comment about focal length, however. This is a lens designed to give the classic 35mm angle of view - changing that focal length to something wide would be a completely different lens. Perhaps you would prefer a different focal length, but that's an odd comment to make on a lens designed to be this particular focal length.

@Donbros

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinAbbottTWI thanks and indeed my comment was not very informative. By writting, I kinda wanted to know, could this be all arounder lens for cheap b camera setup (zve10 + this lens)? Or it would be very lacking combining with zve10 or just good enough? Main usage photos, streaming. But for streaming I guess this lens with that camera would be main because I doubt I would leave zve10 with 1k ff lenses just sitting there - i like to have all ff lenses in my ff camera setup/bag. I have now only one ff gm lens and maybe will buy second one in meantime so I wouldn't have ton of ff lenses but enough for one to be not in use and used with zve 10 for photos session outside. But when zve10 goea back to home for streams I would use its apsc lens for streaming.

Anything can take a picture worth that $99 USD already, and this lens far exceeded what $99 lens should do.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

No F 11? I use that a lot for street photography. It’s almost a dealbreaker. I’d have to think about that.

@DustinAbbottTWI

10 ай бұрын

You can use F11; I definitely don't recommend anything smaller than F11 under most circumstances.

@KazzyJr

8 ай бұрын

Even though it is clicked at 8 and 16, you can sort of rest it in between so you get sort of f11-13. Just have to be careful not to move it while focusing.

Thank you for the review. MF lenses are a no go for me when these mirrorless camera companies boast all day long on how sophisticated and perfect their AF systems are. I get it for video. I’m old school so I’d buy a camcorder for video if I wanted to shoot it. I like a camera to take pictures. 👍🏻

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Fair enough.

I was moved when I saw the 100 drachmas bill.

@DustinAbbottTWI

2 жыл бұрын

Many people in EU countries love seeing their native currency.

@Stadtkind32

2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinAbbottTWI it used to be, 20 years ago. Now it's all euro. That's what impressed me the most.