Tag: 7artisans
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TTArtisan 500mm F6.3 Review
Following on from my previous blog post about my experience using the samyang 500mm f8 lens that I had picked up for just £40, I developed the upgrade itch, I wanted more but I did not want to pay 20x more than I paid for the samyang.Enter the TTArtisan 500mm F6.3, a manual focus telephoto…
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7Artisans 35mm F1.2 Mk2 thoughts and impressions
Earlier this year I saw a used copy of the 7artisans 35mm f1.2 mark 2 for Fujifilm X mount. It only cost £70 and so curiosity won the battle over my wallet that day.I have previously tried their f1.4 35mm lens that retails at roughly half the price of this one and while I was…
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Meike 35mm f1.7 lens review
Performance beyond its price Meike are a Chinese company that are pumping out cheap manual focus primes for mirror less systems.I am currently unsure if they design and manufacture their own lenses or just rebrand third party OEM lenses, I say this because i have seen company’s such as Neweer selling identical lenses under their…
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7artisans 55mm f1.4 review
Sharper, faster and stronger than vintage 7artisans are a Chinese brand known for making a plethora of fast budget prime lenses for crop mirrorless camera systems. I recently picked up their 55mm f1.4 lens for my Fuji x system, it set me back a total of £75 from amazon UK which makes this little lens…
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Kamlan 50mm f1.1 review
Its fast, its soft and its cheap. As I am writing we are in black “Friday” week 2019 and as you may have just guessed that means that I very recently picked up the Kamlan 50mm rather cheap. We will however gloss over the fact that I was under the impression that I was purchasing…
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