The appeal is that it's cheap. At twice the price, people would prefer the various Voigtlander lenses for character. At three times the price of the 7 Artisans, it's better to get the Zeiss 50mm Sonnar. You raise a very good point about whether lense designers should consider making lenses that don't go beyond f5.6. If they know they're going to make a speciality lens, why not go for it!
Yeah, but it's a 7 Artisans. What else did you expect? The purple ghosting isn't so desirable. I'd be more pleased with just plain old sun flares. I do love the 106 aperture blades, though. I wish more lens manufacturers would incorporate multiple blades into their designs. The round, rather than angular, bokeh is much more desirable and pleasing to the eye (just my personal opinion).
I absolutely agree about the aperture design. And, to the credit of many of the third-party lenses in this bracket, the apertures are fantastic (if not entirely precisely calculated.) This lens tier's designers do spend a lot of effort to create images with pleasant out of focus areas for the intended aperture range.
The appeal is that it's cheap.
At twice the price, people would prefer the various Voigtlander lenses for character. At three times the price of the 7 Artisans, it's better to get the Zeiss 50mm Sonnar.
You raise a very good point about whether lense designers should consider making lenses that don't go beyond f5.6. If they know they're going to make a speciality lens, why not go for it!
Thank you and that makes sense. For the spec, very inexpensive.
Yeah, but it's a 7 Artisans. What else did you expect?
The purple ghosting isn't so desirable. I'd be more pleased with just plain old sun flares. I do love the 106 aperture blades, though. I wish more lens manufacturers would incorporate multiple blades into their designs. The round, rather than angular, bokeh is much more desirable and pleasing to the eye (just my personal opinion).
I absolutely agree about the aperture design. And, to the credit of many of the third-party lenses in this bracket, the apertures are fantastic (if not entirely precisely calculated.) This lens tier's designers do spend a lot of effort to create images with pleasant out of focus areas for the intended aperture range.
While I like your color images I see this as a great, moody B&W lens in the right settings.
Thank you and, yes, this lens is really nice for black and white work.
Your doggy looks so sweet and lovely
Thank you! As long as I have treats, he's very cute. :D
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