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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The optical-, as well as the build quality of the lenses from both companies are amazing. It’s getting better and better. 7artisans makes incredibly well built lenses, of which I currently own the M-mount 75mm f/1.25 as well as the new X-mount 35mm f/0.95 (review here). So, I am not sure this lens is so good, because we have for what we pay, there we see a 50mm on a M8 which becomes a 65mm, but it is not possible to make a F.0,95 lens at this price, somewhere it must have a quality bug, … … this is the second reason I do not buy things for China, quality was never good, but it is afordable, but I never keep something, do not worry, at this price they will give you a new one, … Shot wide open at f/1.2. Uncropped frame. Cornersharpness is decent even at long ranges. (open image in new tab for full size) Wide open there is strong light falloff of roughly 3.7 EV in the extreme corners, stopped down to f/1.4 this improves to 3.0 EV, stopped down to f/2.8 it is 2.8 EV and further improves to 2.5 EV at f/8.0.

At the end no straight answer came from TTArtisan, notwithstanding that Michelle was really trying, but I don’t think the technicians and designers understood my plight.

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This Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 is a special-purpose bokeh lens for LEICA M or any mirrrorless camera. It is an inexpensive copy of the LEICA NOCTILUX-M 50mm f/0.95. They do cut some corners perhaps. There have been some quality control issues reported online (see the Focus Shift blog linked in the article), they don’t calibrate their lenses, and the focusing mechanism is not the most precise (or expensive). Aside from that I see no reason to question its quality. The very best protective filter is the Hoya multicoated HD3 67mm UV which uses hardened glass and repels dirt and fingerprints. Nevertheless, I would not recommend to rely on the rangefinder when using this lens at wider apertures, the depth of field is too shallow to consistently get decent results.

Bokeh, the feel, character or quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to how far out of focus they are, is very good. That's the whole point of this lens. I have often explained that I dont want to buy things from a bully which does not respect human rights. IMO, as far as I can remember (I sold the Noctilux half a year ago and I have to admit that I never liked it), the current Noctilux 50 also has several flaws which you point out for TTArtisan one: spherical aberration, LoCA, astigmatism, extreme corner sharpness, non-disappearing vignetting. The 0.95 lenses are not about optical perfection. They are more about DoF, bokeh and characters. I could fairly trade these weaknesses for DoF and bokeh at f/0.95, but the Noctilux bokeh is swirly and nervous as well. Whats more, the field curvature is very prominent on Noctilux which leads to unpleasant bokeh. The 1 metre closest focusing distance on Noctilux is another deal breaker for me.This is a review of the TTArtisan 50mm f/0.95, both on film and digital. Those interested in affordable alternatives to German brands probably already know about TTArtisan. This brand is quite new in the industry and already offers not less than five M mount lenses. I already reviewed two of them in the past (the 35mm f1.4 and the 21mm f1.5) and I have to admit these lenses don’t disappoint for one big reason: they offer some of the best price / performance ratio ever seen on Leica M mount. By comparison the Zhong Yi 50mm 0.95 III designed for E-mount shows similarly bad corners but the midframe looks quite a bit better from f/2.0 onwards. infinity (24mp Leica M10)

The red mounting-index ball is visible in low light, and easy to feel in total darkness. Every lens should be be like this, but too many others hide the index marks and don't make them feelable, as if they're deliberately trying to hide these very important marks.I was hoping for some improvements as compared to the Mitakon, certainly in the areas where I had some doubts, but it seems that hope was mainly in vain. Maybe the biggest improvement is the build quality, which always seemed to be the Achilles heel of the Mitakon (for that amount, one would expect a lens that doesn’t easily fall apart). I think in the end, I am going to take the smart route, and go for the Voightlander. 0.95 sounds so good (and one cannot discount the bragging rights :)), but seems to limit the versatility of a lens too much. Whereas the 35mm is light, compact, and ergonomically superior, the 50mm f/0.95 is a beastly, viewfinder crowding, carpal-tunnel-inducing tank of a lens. Voigtlander lenses compared: Left to Right – Skopar 2.5, Ultron f2, Nokton 1.4, Nokton 1.2 v3, Nokton 1.2 v2

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). My instinct tells me that you will like Leica's Apo-Summicron-SL lenses, very sharp from corner to corner across all apertures. If you like mirrorless shooting style, they are definitely worth looking into. These lenses produce clean, transparent looks which even dwarf Apo M50/2. Adding this up, it comes down to the feature set and what you may prioritize in a lens. If you are on a budget and do not mind manual focusing a lens such as the TTArtisan may come into play.

Pros And Cons:

For most portrait applications this will not be a problem though. Bokeh Sony A7rII | TTArtisan 50mm 0.95 | f/0.95 As for corner sharpness, if you’re shooting a portrait at wide open aperture, chances are, you’re trying to isolate the subject anyway, so I don’t think a little softness in the corners will be a problem. Of course, this is just my opinion :). Yes, it might even be somewhat of a distraction to have something ultra sharp. Plus, most lenses at large open aperture have some vignetting, which helps further isolate the subject. Like many classic LEICA rangefinder lenses it cannot focus closely. It only can focus as close as 3.3 feet or 1 meter.