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Kettering, Ohio, 2022

            Lens test: TTartisans 23mm f/1.4

I got a cheap manual focus, manual aperture lens for my Fujifilm X-E3 today. This lens, the TTartisan 23mm f/1.4, offers a classic 35mm focal length on crop sensors and costs around $110 brand new in the box, with free shipping, to boot! This is one of the first shots I took with it. Here it is around f/2. It looks plenty good to me!

These days, with focus peaking and other manual focus aids, we have many more options, some ridiculously cheap and very good, than we have ever had before. In fact, it is now possible to build a set of fast lenses including an ultra wide 18mm equivalent, a 25mm equivalent, a 35mm equivalent, a 50mm equivalent, a 75mm equivalent, and a 135mm equivalent on APS-C sensors for less than $750. Throw in a 90mm macro equivalent and you are still under $1,000. Every professional review that I have seen has sung the praises of these lenses from china and Korea: Rokinon, TTartisans, 7artisans, Meike, and the slightly more expensive Kipon.

Want autofocus? Take a look at what Viltrox has to offer. Viltrox's lenses are good, but they are more expensive.

Yes, one could be a snob and quite accurately say that the native brands from one's camera's maker produce higher quality, but these cheap ones seem to have loads more character in an old-school kind of way that I am excited about. The sharpness is quite high and the colors are nice, too!

I have also ordered the TTartisans 17mm f/1.4 and the 35mm f/1.4, which are supposed to arrive tomorrow. I am sure there will be plenty of photos here from all of these lenses. I hope they are as good as this one seems to be so far.

Taken on: March 1, 2022

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Camera: Fujifilm X-E3, f/undef, 1/250 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm X-E3
Lens:	50.0 mm
Aperture:	f/undef
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.0 (Macintosh)
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