I've got that one too for my Olympus cameras (EM10 MKII & EM1 MKII). I only bought it recently but I've tried it out for some rudimentary astrophotography and it's great.
On MFT cameras the field of view is reduced to 150°. The intention of the lenscap ring left on the lens is to achieve a circular field of view on full-frame sensors.
@@zenography7923 I think he means it forms a circle on full frame, instead of a rectangle. I prefer fish eyes that make a circular image, and my Belomo fisheye for full frame was 8mm
You need to look at the 7.5mm 7artisans lens for APSC. I've had a lot of fun with mine on my Fuji bodies. The angle of view is even greater than this one, but oh the wonderful distortion. Makes you think.
This lens is great for architectural and astrophotography. I set the focus to infinity and then duct tape the focus ring for the rest of the day. Everything from a meter away to infinity is in focus.. Thanks for good review!
I’ve just purchased one and look forward to shooting it on my. Olympus EM1 MK 1 in London on Sunday. I like the fact it’s more of an ultra wide angle than a true fisheye, which allows the lens more scope for use rather than being too niche.
A superb review as always Nigel. The way that you used this lens, and your advice about achieving multiple points of interests in wide angle pictures, shown in the gallery, has inspired me to use the 20mm Jena Flektogon again, albeit with a 93 degree angle of view, (with 35mm film).
A fisheye lens certsinly brings a new perspective, as you makes perfectly clare in this inspiring video. Great work. They're not everyones cup of tea, though. I have the Canon FD 15mm 2.8 fisheye lens, a great combination with a Canon analogue slr. Using that one for crop sensors would be missing the point though.
Good review, but I think you missed the point of the screw-off section of the lens cover... Shoot with it like that to introduce a black ring around a spherical shaped image. Very fun... try it. Again, great review.
I just ordered one. I am a total noob, just trying to learn, but I'll let you know how it holds up. Thanks for the guidance and cool/informative videos.
Nice review. I love shooting with fisheye lenses. I'm really impressed with how small that one is for what it does. I have a Meike 8mm F3.5 that I bought a while back for my Canon 70D and it takes wonderful pictures. It's very sharp and has color that could rival a Carl Zeiss lens. It was designed for APS-C but being manual, it works very well with my Olympus E-M5. But it's a very large all metal 3 pound lens so it's rather unwieldly on the little Olympus.
great as usual, but can't work out how they claim 180 degree field of view as those fragments of lens hood must be higher than the edges of the glass and surely block light coming perpendicular to the axis of the lens? Or is the 180 degrees just at the corners where the hood is down to zero, so generally across the picture the field of view is less than 180??? Maybe?
180 degrees is across from corner to corner. This lens however is only 180 degrees on APSc sensors. On mft it's 150 degrees. The only mft lens that reaches 180 is the Samyang 7.5mm and maybe the Olympus 8mm (but don't quote me on it)
This is one of the best videos you have made, Nigel, in my opinion. Your enthusiasm shines through, and I suspect you had a lot of fun shooting the pictures and making it. I wonder why this lens is only available in MFT? is it because of the image circle size? I know that it is difficult to get ultra wide lenses, because of the front element size, in 35mm format. Possibly if they dropped the maximum aperture a bit they could engineer an APS-C size too? I bought a Sigma 10mm-20mm when I was shooting Nikon (film and digital) and now use it on my Fuji x's and it's the shortest focal length I've shot. I really struggle, apart from interiors (churches, museums, country hoeses etc), to use it. Your images and compositional advice have given me some ideas for shots. Thank you George
The complexity of biological systems is constantly astonishing, and the eye is one of the most complex organs there is. I could go into a full blown lecture here - but best not! Thanks for your interesting point.
Certainly has great scope for streetscapes, your gallery was excellent (and well done clearing most of the city :-). As you warn, probably some scope for self biological vignetting when out for 'street' portraits, too..
On MFT it was perfect, Was not looking for a 180, Just wanted a wider lens for the GH5 It distorts but Davinci resolve and fixes it with one click and I can leave it when I want the fisheye look. Notable: The one I got only included 1 ND filter included
It’s a shame that this Chinese made lens fall short on too short a protective hood, loose lens cap and printed calibrations - for a little extra price that could get it right Otherwise it would be so nice especially for the money
I think these attributes are fairly minor at this price, it’s the optical and mechanical performance I would concentrate on. For the price , I’d put up with these minor issues.
@@zenography7923 great, thanks. Im eyeing this Ttartisan fisheye lens, since i love using the Oly body cap fisheye lens, it is a fun lens, but somehow hard to tame, because it loves to add my fingers to the frame LOL. And the Ttartisan f2 could also tempted me to try some astrophotography. Thanks for the useful insight.
I have a Canon 6D and an M50. Will this lens work with either of these cameras and still give me 180° FOV? I don't see it being sold with a Canon mount.
Bonjour Monsieur Il est temps pour moi d'acheter un nouvel appareil photo pour utiliser mes objectifs vintages.Voys avez une grande expérience de la question.J'hesite entre le Sony A7rii et le fuji xt3 en occasion car je ne veux pas dépasser 1000 euros.. conseillez vous .Merci .Sony A7RII or Fujifilm xt3 what is for you thé better caméra for Vintages lenses.thanks for your advices.
Bonjour mon ami, et je m'excuse, mon Francais n'est pas bien, donc je ecrive en Anglais! The 'best' camera depends on what you want. I very much like the Fuji cameras and they shoot vintage lenses very nicely, but to experience the whole character of a vintage lens, you'll need to shoot full frame. The A7 mark 1 is very affordable at the moment, and for vintage lenses, I find, there's nothing quite like it! In your position, I'd buy an A7 mark 1.
They are niche lenses. They are great for expansive landscapes when defished with software. However, that defeats the point really. I find semi fisheye lenses really make you think compositionally, ideally you want symmetry and straight parallel lines to exploit the distortion, but not always.
I have the 7Artisans 7.5mm f2.8.
It a great little lens.
Great vid, thanks.
I've got that one too for my Olympus cameras (EM10 MKII & EM1 MKII). I only bought it recently but I've tried it out for some rudimentary astrophotography and it's great.
@@derekjones2657 I have an Olympus EM5 MKII. Just a beginner at the moment with the 7a 7.5 and the 14-150. I like the 7.5 for moody funky angles.
you always have a video ready for us in time of need! Thank you
On MFT cameras the
field of view is reduced to 150°. The intention of the lenscap ring left on the lens is to achieve a circular field of view on full-frame sensors.
I'm not sure this one would cover the full frame sensor...
@@zenography7923 I think he means it forms a circle on full frame, instead of a rectangle. I prefer fish eyes that make a circular image, and my Belomo fisheye for full frame was 8mm
Good review as always. Had me all calm and relaxed by the end too.
You need to look at the 7.5mm 7artisans lens for APSC. I've had a lot of fun with mine on my Fuji bodies. The angle of view is even greater than this one, but oh the wonderful distortion. Makes you think.
I'd certainly like to try that one!
I have that one for MFT
This lens is great for architectural and astrophotography. I set the focus to infinity and then duct tape the focus ring for the rest of the day. Everything from a meter away to infinity is in focus.. Thanks for good review!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve just purchased one and look forward to shooting it on my. Olympus EM1 MK 1 in London on Sunday. I like the fact it’s more of an ultra wide angle than a true fisheye, which allows the lens more scope for use rather than being too niche.
I hope you're enjoying that lens!
That is the reason i choose this over 7Artisans
Great review m8. Nice to see so much antique USSR lenses on your table. I use Jupiter-8 daily on APS-C Nex-5.
The Jupiter 8 is one of my favourite lenses - a beautiful 1930s f2 Sonnar - a very fine optic, as are many if the FSU lenses. Thanks for looking in!
Just ordered one. Your pointer on the multiple points of interest sold me. Something I would not have processed, but what fun!
Fun indeed - there are few lenses with a higher fin factor than this one!
This IS the most remarkable street lens... This week took 1200+ street images.. unbelievable..😮❤
A superb review as always Nigel. The way that you used this lens, and your advice about achieving multiple points of interests in wide angle pictures, shown in the gallery, has inspired me to use the 20mm Jena Flektogon again, albeit with a 93 degree angle of view, (with 35mm film).
Thanks Peter, glad you found it useful! And that 20mm Flek sounds very interesting indeed!
A fisheye lens certsinly brings a new perspective, as you makes perfectly clare in this inspiring video. Great work. They're not everyones cup of tea, though. I have the Canon FD 15mm 2.8 fisheye lens, a great combination with a Canon analogue slr. Using that one for crop sensors would be missing the point though.
Agreed - it would be a shame to shoot that lens on a crop sensor body - it sounds like quite an optic - enjoy!
Good review, but I think you missed the point of the screw-off section of the lens cover... Shoot with it like that to introduce a black ring around a spherical shaped image. Very fun... try it. Again, great review.
I just ordered one. I am a total noob, just trying to learn, but I'll let you know how it holds up. Thanks for the guidance and cool/informative videos.
Another great review. I have neither a M4/3 camera nor an interest in fisheye lenses but I very much enjoyed hearing your thoughts as always.
Thanks Barry, much appreciated!
Nice review. I love shooting with fisheye lenses. I'm really impressed with how small that one is for what it does. I have a Meike 8mm F3.5 that I bought a while back for my Canon 70D and it takes wonderful pictures. It's very sharp and has color that could rival a Carl Zeiss lens. It was designed for APS-C but being manual, it works very well with my Olympus E-M5. But it's a very large all metal 3 pound lens so it's rather unwieldly on the little Olympus.
great as usual, but can't work out how they claim 180 degree field of view as those fragments of lens hood must be higher than the edges of the glass and surely block light coming perpendicular to the axis of the lens? Or is the 180 degrees just at the corners where the hood is down to zero, so generally across the picture the field of view is less than 180??? Maybe?
180 degrees is across from corner to corner. This lens however is only 180 degrees on APSc sensors. On mft it's 150 degrees. The only mft lens that reaches 180 is the Samyang 7.5mm and maybe the Olympus 8mm (but don't quote me on it)
I think the truth must be that it's less than 180 degrees, but probably not by too much.
This is one of the best videos you have made, Nigel, in my opinion.
Your enthusiasm shines through, and I suspect you had a lot of fun shooting the pictures and making it.
I wonder why this lens is only available in MFT? is it because of the image circle size? I know that it is difficult to get ultra wide lenses, because of the front element size, in 35mm format. Possibly if they dropped the maximum aperture a bit they could engineer an APS-C size too?
I bought a Sigma 10mm-20mm when I was shooting Nikon (film and digital) and now use it on my Fuji x's and it's the shortest focal length I've shot.
I really struggle, apart from interiors (churches, museums, country hoeses etc), to use it. Your images and compositional advice have given me some ideas for shots.
Thank you
George
7 Artisans do a 7.5mm f2.8 for APSC that has an even wider angle of view. It's slightly smaller than this TT Artisans lens, but performs well.
Thanks George, glad you enjoyed it!
@@sixlegged thanks for that info 6legs, I may look one out
This lens review got me thinking about how amazing the human eyeball with its accoutrements is.
The complexity of biological systems is constantly astonishing, and the eye is one of the most complex organs there is. I could go into a full blown lecture here - but best not! Thanks for your interesting point.
I think you are missing something about the lenscap . With the cap screwed off can’t you use the remaining part to attach filters to the lens?
Indeed you can - sorry, I ought to have mentioned that!
I was wondering about that, what size filters does to cap take?
This lens was released for fuji x mount also :) also with the rear ND filter that can be inserted
That must be the filter I wasn't sure what to do with! Couldn't find any place to attach it though!
Certainly has great scope for streetscapes, your gallery was excellent (and well done clearing most of the city :-). As you warn, probably some scope for self biological vignetting when out for 'street' portraits, too..
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the gallery!
Very nice pics, buildings seem to bend in order to fit into the frame. When there are near and far points of interest the pics work particularly well.
Indeed - that technique works very well for super-wides!
On MFT it was perfect, Was not looking for a 180, Just wanted a wider lens for the GH5
It distorts but Davinci resolve and fixes it with one click and I can leave it when I want the fisheye look.
Notable: The one I got only included 1 ND filter included
This is a great little lens - glad you're enjoying it!
It’s a shame that this Chinese made lens fall short on too short a protective hood, loose lens cap and printed calibrations - for a little extra price that could get it right
Otherwise it would be so nice especially for the money
To be fair, I found those to be only minor gripes - it's very nicely made with great optics, and makes very nice images!
I think these attributes are fairly minor at this price, it’s the optical and mechanical performance I would concentrate on. For the price , I’d put up with these minor issues.
Nikon 10-20mm vs 7Artisans 7.5mm which one should I choose for RUclips videos
I'd say the Nikon would be better - 7.5mm is far too wide, at least it would be on full frame. Which camera are you shooting on?
@@zenography7923 Fujifilm XT200
a nice alternative of cine lens haha
I think this lens would work very nicely on a video shoot!
@@zenography7923 I’ll definitely order the 50mm .
I wish there was a 9-12mm rectilinear TTartisan lens… really like their 17/35/50 manual focus lenses.
Now that would be nice!
Can you tell me that Bach variation you use at the end please ?
thanks for this sir, very useful. Did it come with ND filter in the package?
Indeed it did!
@@zenography7923 great, thanks. Im eyeing this Ttartisan fisheye lens, since i love using the Oly body cap fisheye lens, it is a fun lens, but somehow hard to tame, because it loves to add my fingers to the frame LOL. And the Ttartisan f2 could also tempted me to try some astrophotography. Thanks for the useful insight.
I have the 2.8 version ....it is good for video.
I have a Canon 6D and an M50. Will this lens work with either of these cameras and still give me 180° FOV? I don't see it being sold with a Canon mount.
It's just for micro four thirds mount I'm afraid, it won't fit your Canons.
Great video. Can curvature be corrected in post?
It certainly can!
Bonjour Monsieur
Il est temps pour moi d'acheter un nouvel appareil photo pour utiliser mes objectifs vintages.Voys avez une grande expérience de la question.J'hesite entre le Sony A7rii et le fuji xt3 en occasion car je ne veux pas dépasser 1000 euros.. conseillez vous .Merci .Sony A7RII or Fujifilm xt3 what is for you thé better caméra for Vintages lenses.thanks for your advices.
Bonjour mon ami, et je m'excuse, mon Francais n'est pas bien, donc je ecrive en Anglais! The 'best' camera depends on what you want. I very much like the Fuji cameras and they shoot vintage lenses very nicely, but to experience the whole character of a vintage lens, you'll need to shoot full frame. The A7 mark 1 is very affordable at the moment, and for vintage lenses, I find, there's nothing quite like it! In your position, I'd buy an A7 mark 1.
Merci beaucoup pour vos conseils et encore bravo pour vos vidéos toutes pationnantes..thank You very much for your advices and bravo for your vidéos.
Anyone know if this be any good at photographing 35mm negatives that are backlight?
I think there might be a bit too much distortion with this one - unless that's the look you're going for?
@@zenography7923 Apologies. I meant to leave the comment on your Ttartisan 40 2.8 Macro video.
The TTArtisans 40mm f2.8 would be perfect for copying negs!
@@zenography7923 Excellent! Thank you.
Not my focal length with the curved lines.
Not everyone's cup of tea I don't suppose!
They are niche lenses. They are great for expansive landscapes when defished with software. However, that defeats the point really. I find semi fisheye lenses really make you think compositionally, ideally you want symmetry and straight parallel lines to exploit the distortion, but not always.
I think the word you want is dissance.
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