TTArtisan 50mm F0.95 Camera Lens Full Fame Manual Focus Lens Compatible with Leica M Mount Camera Leica M-M M240 M3 M6 M7 M8 M9 M9p M10 (Black version)

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Having a digital Leica M the calibration should have been a doddle, and this is where reality and expectation diverged. Quite considerably.

Free YouTube Search Tool– Keep up to date with the monthly Newsletterand receive a free copy of my YouTube video search tool. Search my 200+ videos by lens manufacturer, lens mount, focal length, film format and other filters. In the end we are in a similar situation here as we were with the TTArtisan 21mm 1.5. At this price point there is no alternative with the same specs available, but there are clearly some compromises you should be aware of, which I tried to outline in this review. To shoot at f/0.95 in direct sunlight you may need a neutral-density filter. I use my Made-in-USA Tiffen 0.9 (8x or 3-stop) neutral-density filter. Not only are Tiffens among the least expensive ND filters, they are the best because they are the most neutral and made of glass. Too many other brands cost more, are made overseas, are made of plastic and add color casts.When we buy cheap item, we dont only something of low value, we buy something which kills our economy!!! Which return we have from this big bully? Just bully. There is a lot of spherochromatism and other aberrations, which are different aberrations in different dimensions. What also aids in focusing is the technology we have in most mirrorless cameras these days. For instance, I was using focus peaking, and the magnification features in my X-T3. I either used both features together or separately depending on my situation, and type of subject. I’ll admit it, focusing the 50mm f0.95 still isn’t as fast as autofocus, and I did get some out of focus shots but overall, this lens isn’t as difficult to focus as some might think, especially with practice. 7artisans Photoelectric 50mm f0.95 Lens Image Quality: Another thing I appreciate: the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 infinity stop is well calibrated! Or at least, my M6 rangefinder seems to be in agreement with the mechanical infinity stop of the lens. This is a first for a TTArtisan lens (at least for me).

I haven’t included the onion ring bokeh in the cons because almost every aspherical lens has it and it wouldn’t be fair putting it as a con. The heavy vignetting wide open is to be expected from such an extreme design, although is should clear up closing down. The streak across the balls - the bokeh balls! - is a sample variation, so it’s a con but it’s only this specific sample. The TTartisan 50mm f/1.2 exhibits some barrel distortion a close distances. Nothing heavy, but it is there. I didn’t feel the need to correct it in post, but it can easily be done since it’s very minute, so the need to crop while correcting is a non issue. Conclusion and Sample Gallery The TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 protrudes into the 50mm viewfinder frame-lines. I personally haven’t been bothered that much by this. But this could seriously be annoying to you if you don’t like seeing too much of your lens in the viewfinder. But hey, what did you expect from such a big lens… A very cool thing is that this amazing build quality from the M-mount lens line has been carried across to this 50mm f/1.2 lens. It really is built to a very high standard.

TTArtisan 50mm F0.95 Build, Handling, and Features

At half-body portrait distance the differences are not that big. But if you focus on something farther away the Zhong Yi pulls ahead when it comes to sharpness and bokeh. The focusing ring is also very smooth and has about 120 degree focus throw from 0.5m to infinity. Very fast to focus, yet precise as the closest distances. The grip on the focus ring is not rubber, it’s ribbed etched metal. It feels perfectly smooth with nice dampened stops at each end of the spectrum. I want to thank Foto Vision (retailer) for sending me a review copy of this lens. As always, this is a completely independent review. The opinions here are completely my own. *The tests and most of the photos that I share as a part of my review cycle have been done with the Sony a6400 along with the Sony Alpha 1 which will serve as my benchmark camera for the foreseeable future ( my review here). TTArtisan 50mm F0.95 Build, Handling, and Features I have often explained that I dont want to buy things from a bully which does not respect human rights.

So the first trial I did was just that, loaded some HP5 and went for a walk at night in my small city, shoot the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 wide open and relied on your rangefinder. I should point out that I did not try to calibrate my lens before this. Leica M6, Ilford HP5 @400iso, TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 @f/0.95 Leica M6, Ilford HP5 @400iso, TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95 @f/0.95 I have never used this lens personally, mainly due to it being roughly 12 grand. I have seen some comparisons online between this Leica lens and the TTArtisan 50mm 0.95 though, where the TTArtisan looked indeed better. I would still expect the Leica lens to do better in certain scenarios but I cannot compare these lenses personally due to reasons mentioned above. For portraiture it isn’t so important how flat the field is, it is more interesting to see what the sharpness is like when focused at different parts of the frame to take field curvature out of the equation. positions of crops in the frame I hear what you are saying, but I don't look for character in my lenses: the content of the picture has to be the point of interest, not the rendering. The lens has to give me a reliable good performance and disappear from my thought process when shooting. If I have to compensate for lens issues or rely on the lens character to add to the picture I am not fully concentrating on getting the best framing and content to my picture, and that is the most important thing. I have never heard anybody comment "aaah, look at that lens rendering!", it's usually something about the content or visual appeal that draws the viewer's eye. The viewer doesn't care if it's a Leica or a Jupiter lens, as long as the image is not degraded. And usually character to me means degradation of the image. Which us geeks might like or not. I don't, but that is just my own personal opinion. As a consequence of your camera nerdery, you may have acquired a fetish for so called “ultra-fast” prime lenses, such as the Canon “Dream” lens, or one of the most widely lusted after and expensive examples, the Leica Noctilux 50mm 0.95Your pictures Niks look like one of the World Press Photo 2021 for which I have made a google translation “A Buddhist temple occupies one half of a mountain, while the other was carved by the mining industry, in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar, July 15, 2020. – HKUN LAT, MYANMAR The big focus ring is very damped and takes two fingers to turn. It takes a lot of turning; it's precise but not fast.