For precise focusing i should always press the magnification button, and while i’m focusing i miss the whole frame 🙂 Then i’m going back to full view, framing again, then press the magnification, focusing, full view again, …. My first SL related review is of the 90mm Summicron-SL, which I actually just finished typing right now. For sharpness we have a lot of catching up to do with MFT, where those same 2 "superstars" lie outside the top 1000. That particular image isn’t a straight-out-of-camera JPEG, although some others in this article are.

You can definitely get some great shots with this lens, and there were times when I was completely content with the sharpness, and I never felt like I needed anything sharper like say the XF 23mm f2. and the bit I am often to busy to do properly - wait for the light to optimise as clouds move, the sun to change position. Not because it’s cheap, but it definitely doesn’t feel cheap with the all-metal lens barrel and nice weight. If you are looking for a lens with focal length of around 28mm on your XT30, and you’re also into vintage lenses, looking for character, for instance owning a Meike 35mm but also a Takumar 55 (and some old russian lenses), reading your review above but also your review of the Tak 28mm, what are your thoughts on a Tak28 vs this 7Artisan25 other then that build quality is a big difference?But in normal shooting situations, I don’t know if you would even see the vignetting much once you start stopping down. It has 1 body, the Lumix 14-42mm and the 35-100mm and a minox-design pocket tripod; that gives me a 28-200 equivalent range. Once we take a step back, both lenses are pretty identical when it comes to center sharpness : that's to say extremely sharp, even wide open.

lens is definitely soft in the corners, and while sharpness throughout the image does improve as you stop the lens down, there is still slight softness in the corners at f8. I then ran it through RNI Films app, applying a 50% opacity “Afgacolor 40’s” with some custom adjustments.

Wilson Wong is a self taught photographer whose works are featured in Nikon Club Editor's Choice Selection, NTUC Youth Calendar, Eye the City Exhibition/Books and was featured in Magazines. is a compact manual focus prime for Fujifilm X, Sony E, Micro Four Thirds and Canon EF-M mount lenses. I don’t know why but among the various cameras I’ve owned, the Fuji are the ones that offer the less magnification for shooting AND reviewing images.

IS small and its focus ring is not free wheeling but floats with a bit of resistance whenever I need to get focus from near to far and vice versa. What really made me give up on this lens is the fact that both lenses I got cannot focus to infinity. lens is a wide angle, and for the most part, it’s not as difficult to focus as a fast standard or telephoto lens. Be sure to thoroughly inspect your lens after receiving it as you may need to exchange your lens for another copy.It ticks a lot of boxes for me, compact, manual focus with short focus throw, good looking and have a bit of character in terms of image quality. As one of the founders of 7Artisans is an avid Leica collector, it is not tough to see some of the design fundamentals of the German made lenses found its way into the 7Artisan lenses. To me the combination of focal length and depth of field is perfect for street photography as it allows a lot of light to hit the sensor and wide enough to do environmental portraiture. When adjusting focus, an element moves inside the lens, which creates a pressure difference or vacuum on one side of that element.

The focus ring is very smooth with just the right amount of resistance to help with precise focusing. Full Metal Lens Design】: 7artisans lens uses aviation-grade materials to create a surface anodized process, which is beautiful and durable. may not quite match more expensive lenses in these areas, the quality is much better than I expected from a 35mm equivalent f1. If you are on the market for a cheap manual prime lens, it is certainly an amazing lens if it works. The results from this small lens is so good that it is now a semi-permanent fixture on the Fuji X-E1 and my go to camera set up when I need to bring the camera out for some street shooting.However, for the times when I am shooting wide open, I found focus peaking isn’t enough; so I’ll magnify the image in the viewfinder, and use it with focus peaking. It can be used on full-frame cameras like the Sony A7r III, but it will only have a circle of projection large enough to cover the APS-C portion of the sensor and you would need to put the camera in Super 35mm crop mode. If you’re looking for a superbly compact lens for your small mirrorless body, this is the perfect companion. I heard that X-T1 and X-T2 has split screen mode in viewfinder, which displays the full view in the left of the viewfinder, and split the the view with vertical line, in the right it displays the 10x magnified center of the image.