Love your reviews Gary. Finally, a review from you of one of the cheap alternative lenses. What are your thoughts on the Kamlan lenses the 21mm f1.8 or the 28mm f1.4?
Thank you! I haven't got a chance to try either Kamlan lens, but I imagine they would perform similarly to the TTArtisan lenses. You might want to stop the aperture down a bit to get maximum sharpness and contrast.
You're very welcome! For M43 it's performing really well and I love to use it for portraits nowadays. I imagine for Fuji there will be slightly more vignette, and optimum sharpness can be achieved at f2 or f2.8.
It is a bit heavy for my GX9 but I do like this lens. I also have the TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 (the cone shaped one). It is very small, light and also very nice image quality. TTArtisan make some fun lenses 🙂
I was interested in the TT Artisan lens, but I am afraid of manual focusing. On my E-M10 I have focus peaking, but on my Pen E-PL6 (I have two, one of which is an every day carry...) I do not have focus peeking. How difficult is manual focussing??
At this focal length, as long as you can punch in when manual focus, you can get critical focus rather easily. It takes a bit of time but not difficult at all. If you use longer focal lengths, then it will be more difficult.
Thank you Roderick, we have some really nice weather these past few days, we've been exploring some locations nearby and take many pictures. That portrait is one of those pictures.
Love your reviews Gary. Finally, a review from you of one of the cheap alternative lenses. What are your thoughts on the Kamlan lenses the 21mm f1.8 or the 28mm f1.4?
Thank you! I haven't got a chance to try either Kamlan lens, but I imagine they would perform similarly to the TTArtisan lenses. You might want to stop the aperture down a bit to get maximum sharpness and contrast.
I really like your reviews. They are very informative.
Glad you like them! Thank you for the kind words 😊
Nice for portrait subject separation
Really interested in this lens for apsc Fujifilm sensor, thanks fort the review 👍
I use this lens on my XE4 and XT2..... and its great, on f1,4 a little bit soft.... but I love it!
You're very welcome! For M43 it's performing really well and I love to use it for portraits nowadays. I imagine for Fuji there will be slightly more vignette, and optimum sharpness can be achieved at f2 or f2.8.
It is a bit heavy for my GX9 but I do like this lens. I also have the TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 (the cone shaped one). It is very small, light and also very nice image quality. TTArtisan make some fun lenses 🙂
Hi Gerry Will you also interest with the fastest variant 50mm f0.95 ?... awaiting your review if you will
If I have a chance to try that lens, I will definitely try it and share my thoughts. Cheers!
I was interested in the TT Artisan lens, but I am afraid of manual focusing. On my E-M10 I have focus peaking, but on my Pen E-PL6 (I have two, one of which is an every day carry...) I do not have focus peeking. How difficult is manual focussing??
At this focal length, as long as you can punch in when manual focus, you can get critical focus rather easily. It takes a bit of time but not difficult at all. If you use longer focal lengths, then it will be more difficult.
I really like the picture of your wife at the nine minute mark.
Thank you Roderick, we have some really nice weather these past few days, we've been exploring some locations nearby and take many pictures. That portrait is one of those pictures.
I am sorry but WHY. WHY WOULD YOU USE AN OSMO POCKET AS A STUDIO CAMERA?!?!?!?!??! MY 250$ GH4 IS A BETTER STUDIO CAMERA