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TTArtisan has continued to surprise me with lenses that in some way exceed my expectations. Whether it was a surprisingly sharp full frame fisheye lens, a shockingly competent macro lens that cost right over $100, or tiny little prime lenses like the 23mm F1.4 that are surprisingly competent…and cheap. The most [Read more...]
TTArtisan has started to emerge from the pack of the many newer lens makers who produce inexpensive lenses in my mind. I’ve seen a consistent theme in the lenses that I’ve tested where their optical performance has exceeded my expectations. In times past I would often resort to adapting vintage lenses to fill thi [Read more...]
Macro seems to be the new thing among the smaller, boutique brands coming out of China. The TTArtisan 40mm F2.8 1:1 Macro (which we’ll call the TTArtisan 40M for brevity) is the second such 1:1 macro lens that has come across my desk in the past month. Like all of the TTArtisan lenses to this […] [Read more...]
My first experience with a fisheye was actually with another TTArtisans lens, in this case the TTArtisans 11mm F2.8 Fisheye I reviewed in 2020. Fisheye lenses are unique and far from traditional, as typically we are looking for minimal distortion while the fisheye effect is really all about distortion. That does provide a [Read more...]
The TTArtisan 21mm F1.5 ASPH is the second lens I’ve reviewed from Chinese lensmaker TTArtisan. The first was an 11mm F2.8 Fisheye lens, which is hardly a conventional lens. That lens was good enough, however, that I was open to testing another TTArtisan lens. A 21mm F1.5 lens is slightly more conventiona [Read more...]
The TTArtisan 21mm F1.5 ASPH is the second lens I’ve reviewed from Chinese lensmaker TTArtisan. The first was an 11mm F2.8 Fisheye lens, which is hardly a conventional lens. That lens was good enough, however, that I was open to testing another TTArtisan lens. A 21mm F1.5 lens is slightly more conventiona [Read more...]
Fisheye lenses are out on the extremes of photography. Whereas often I’m evaluating lenses and critiquing if they have distortion, fisheye lenses are really all about embracing the distortion and using it in creative ways. It’s not for beginners, and certainly can be used poorly, but there are also a lot [Read more...]
