G'day Greg, Thank you for a practical & straight forward review. I bought this lens together with TT Artisan stick on focus tab. I like the built quality and decent image. None of your pictures have vignetting. I experienced vignetting at F2 and F2.8... much less at F5.6 and very little at F8. I suppose I must have got a unit that's not properly calibrated. Overall, I am eased with the lens. Great value, I must say. Cheers
Nice review Greg - many thanks! I have the TTArtisans 35mm f1.4 but I want something more compact. Despite this lens being $100 I still feel I need to justify it - if only for the sake of being a minimalist. You're certainly helping to tilt the scales in favour of getting this little beauty.
I came for a lens review but stayed for your mostly excellent shots: first time on your channel and you do "street" better than so many vloggers who's images just have nothing to them. Great results dont require "great" gear.
Great photos. I’m seriously considering one. I already got the Sigma 30mm and 56mm f1.4 for my a6400. This one is 25mm (~35mm fullframe) and it’s manual which could be great for zone/range focusing (street photography).
What a refreshingly different presentation. I loved it. And I thought ALL your photos were very good indeed. I particularly liked the one with the three girls in their cosplay outfits as Hatsune Miku. Great to see young people just enjoying themselves and simply 'BEING' young people. I already have several TTArtisan lenses but will probably add this 25mm to the range. Thanks for a fun presentation Greg, and Greetings and a Happy New Year from London.
I'm also based in Melbourne and was thinking of picking up this lens. Loved the photos of the reflections of people walking off the wet tiles - a very Melbourne photo! Thanks for the review.
Love my ttartisan lenses. The 25mm f2 was my first. I also own the 35mm f1.4 and 50mm 1.2. Have my eye on the 17mm f1.4. I know not everyone is into manual focus but I’m having a great time. Having a Fujifilm with exposure triangle and other features at my fingertips (X-T1 & X-T2) with manual lenses is like driving a sports car instead of a luxury car. Not for everyone I’m sure but great experience.
I'm STILL making money with my cameras (39 years and counting!) and almost exclusively with my (MUCH more costly) XF glass, but this little 25/2 is a LOT of fun when I'm not shooting for dollars (and it only cost me $65!) We live in blessed times for affordable photography.
I was thinking today of getting this for my X-M1, but that body doesn't have the easiest to see focus assist like the high red most of us use on later models. An advantage on the X-M1 one in video, is being manual, it won't hunt for focus like it the camera does in auto. It's not a video camera in auto. Switch to manual focus no matter what in video mode. You think some teflon spray would quiet the lens cap?
4:13 Great photo - the contrast with the modesty of the burqa vs the little left to the imagination of the bikini. There’s also the contrast between soggy Melbourne with mandatory umbrella vs some sun drenched paradise. Brilliant.
According to you is it possible to take close up portraits, or the focus distance does not allow you to do so? Consider using an aps-c. Thanks for help
Very interesting review, has prompted me to try one of these. Found a mint condition used one on that big auction site for much cheapness. Initial impressions very favourable, really enjoying the user experience and am delighted with the results. Thanks for providing the inspiration to try this lens, it's opened up a whole new way of doing photography for me. Rules will be broken..... 😁👍
G'day Greg, Thank you for a practical & straight forward review. I bought this lens together with TT Artisan stick on focus tab. I like the built quality and decent image. None of your pictures have vignetting. I experienced vignetting at F2 and F2.8... much less at F5.6 and very little at F8. I suppose I must have got a unit that's not properly calibrated. Overall, I am eased with the lens. Great value, I must say. Cheers
Nice review Greg - many thanks! I have the TTArtisans 35mm f1.4 but I want something more compact. Despite this lens being $100 I still feel I need to justify it - if only for the sake of being a minimalist. You're certainly helping to tilt the scales in favour of getting this little beauty.
I came for a lens review but stayed for your mostly excellent shots: first time on your channel and you do "street" better than so many vloggers who's images just have nothing to them. Great results dont require "great" gear.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm still experimenting with what I like, so it's noce to hear some encouragement. Cheers
Great photos. I’m seriously considering one. I already got the Sigma 30mm and 56mm f1.4 for my a6400. This one is 25mm (~35mm fullframe) and it’s manual which could be great for zone/range focusing (street photography).
What a refreshingly different presentation. I loved it. And I thought ALL your photos were very good indeed. I particularly liked the one with the three girls in their cosplay outfits as Hatsune Miku. Great to see young people just enjoying themselves and simply 'BEING' young people. I already have several TTArtisan lenses but will probably add this 25mm to the range. Thanks for a fun presentation Greg, and Greetings and a Happy New Year from London.
I'm also based in Melbourne and was thinking of picking up this lens. Loved the photos of the reflections of people walking off the wet tiles - a very Melbourne photo! Thanks for the review.
Love my ttartisan lenses. The 25mm f2 was my first. I also own the 35mm f1.4 and 50mm 1.2. Have my eye on the 17mm f1.4. I know not everyone is into manual focus but I’m having a great time. Having a Fujifilm with exposure triangle and other features at my fingertips (X-T1 & X-T2) with manual lenses is like driving a sports car instead of a luxury car. Not for everyone I’m sure but great experience.
I'm STILL making money with my cameras (39 years and counting!) and almost exclusively with my (MUCH more costly) XF glass, but this little 25/2 is a LOT of fun when I'm not shooting for dollars (and it only cost me $65!) We live in blessed times for affordable photography.
I’ve been tracking this lens. It seems to like B&W as I do. Yes, shoot manual! #zonefocus Thanks mate✌️🇦🇺
thank you Rob Halford, see you on tour
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Great shots!
Thanks :)
Beautiful shots.
nice shots! Subscribed!
I was thinking today of getting this for my X-M1, but that body doesn't have the easiest to see focus assist like the high red most of us use on later models. An advantage on the X-M1 one in video, is being manual, it won't hunt for focus like it the camera does in auto. It's not a video camera in auto. Switch to manual focus no matter what in video mode. You think some teflon spray would quiet the lens cap?
I'd instead find a clip on lens cap.
4:13 Great photo - the contrast with the modesty of the burqa vs the little left to the imagination of the bikini. There’s also the contrast between soggy Melbourne with mandatory umbrella vs some sun drenched paradise. Brilliant.
One of those times I had to point and snap, no time for adjusting dials or fine tuning exposure... zone focus rulez.
According to you is it possible to take close up portraits, or the focus distance does not allow you to do so?
Consider using an aps-c.
Thanks for help
Close focus is 25cm, so more than close enough.
Very interesting review, has prompted me to try one of these.
Found a mint condition used one on that big auction site for much cheapness.
Initial impressions very favourable, really enjoying the user experience and am delighted with the results.
Thanks for providing the inspiration to try this lens, it's opened up a whole new way of doing photography for me.
Rules will be broken.....
😁👍
Cool, enjoy the creativity
Nobody have a problem with the bayonett ? My lens don’t lock well
Great images - but I'm too lazy to go back to Manual lenses for street photography ... 🦘