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The past several years have seen the rise of a number of new Chinese lens makers, many of which follow a fairly typical blueprint of lens design. Metal construction, full manual focus and aperture control, and no electronics. Many of those early lenses had nice construction in terms of materials, but there were some [Read more...]
I had my first experience with a 7Artisans lens not quite a year ago when I reviewed the 55mm F1.4 from them. I had seen 7Artisans mentioned a number of times because they fill an important niche in the market. They design affordable wide aperture manual focus lenses in a variety of mounts, giving both […] [Read more...]
Photography is expensive, so a lot of the gear that I end up reviewing is often outside the budget of many people. Fortunately there has been a rise in the past 3-4 years of what I classify as “boutique third party brands”. These are smaller startup lensmakers who don’t have a widely established rep [Read more...]
