Yeah, it's definitely fun to have one. But these are weighty lenses so I might switch to the Pergear 10mm f8 or Rockstar 10mm f8 if I can find a comparison. The 7Artisans is a legit, proper lens. The amount of heft/glass is impressive considering the price, whereas the bodycap 10mm lenses have purple fringing and don't look anywhere near as sharp.
Very good review, Damian. Not everybody needs a 7.5mm fisheye but if you need it, this lens delivers very good quality and usability. I recently bought one just to make a POV video with it but I corrected the distortion in all the images, I am not a fan of the fisheye look 😅
Fisheye are normally very expensive while you probably won't use it very often, in fact I never really missed it So this cheap fisheye is a great solution and for me better addition to my collection then say a 400 mm tele. And I like the pictures sharpness- and color-wise. Also great that it fits the Fuji XT20 mount as well as the Canon M50 mount. Thanks for the review!
This is a great lens for those of us who work in extremely tight places with no ability to move to a roomier location. I am picking up the new "II" version after a few years of beating the crap out of the original version of the lens, shooting inside structure fires, on board fire trucks and around medevacs. Is it the sharpest lens? Nope. Is it the most durable? Nope. Can it fit almost anywhere when attached to an XPro1 body? Yep, pretty much, and make it look nice and wide. I often use Luminar to defish the lens a bit. I think I originally found 7Artisans through your videos.
you say "local tourism" like that is a bad thing to those of us who don't live in the UK anything local is a way to travel to your hometown. I would love to hear more about the places you are and what they are, for instance, I often see the stadium in the background but not sure what it and who plays there. and what is that big house at the start of the video and when did you move there :)
Oh no, not a bad thing no! I think it's something most of us take for granted. You are quite right. Not really my house of course, Aston Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean house from the 17th century! The stadium that most "features" on my channel is Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa Football Club who I follow. It's one of the founder members of the football league and the statue that I often photograph for test shots is that of William McGregor who invented the league system that went on to be the basis of leagues in different sports across the planet.
Nice video Damien, thanks for keeping them coming. The lens looks fun... given the choice between this and the Pergear 7.5 you reviewed a few months ago, which would you opt for?
Good question. I don't have the other one now to put it side by side but I think they're similar. Maybe this is a tad sharper overall, bit better iq overall.. maybe!
Great review!!! How would you say this lens compares to the Pergear that has similar specs or the Meike that is even a bit wider? Thanks again for the video :)
Great video! How do you do with setting the focal length? I can't seem to set the exact focal length, and it seems to mess with the shutterspeed. Have you had any problems with that?
Thanks for another of your excellent reviews. For my part, 12mm is about as wide as I go. Whilst I like wider shots and landscapes, fish eye effects seem to take a little- too much!- mastering for me to obtain maximum potential. Perhaps simply my lack of skill and would benefit from some guidance? With cheap and good quality lens like the Artisan, may dip my toe in the water. Not how sure how widely available this brand is in Australia? Thanks again.
I think it's something you can have a bit of fun with but isn't entirely necessary. Some people really hate the distortion. it's definitely a case of either going wild and getting some extreme looking shots or trying to line up the horizon and get something a little less odd. You've hit the nail on the head though, at the low price point, might be worth a play!
On my mark 1 the distance markings are wrong. Also, I regularly move the aperture by mistake so had to add a rubber focus lever. Any comparison with the Pergear 10mm f8?
@@DamianBrown I am hoping the new Pergear 10mm f5.6 will be decent. Please review and compare if you get it. Could be a nice street lens for my pocket when using the 27mm. It's almost a pancake except for the little in-built hood. Just 120g. The 7.5mm is great for street as you can get so close, but it's a touch heavy on bigger bodies and fisheye often isn't suitable, so it gets limited use. But I can't get over the f8's shortcomings.
Hi , just bought one of these for my x-t2 after watching this. Question if I may , do I need to change the Mount adapter settings to use this ? Thanks Simon
Set the camera to shoot without lens and if you want the focal length to appear in the exif data set the focal length in the settings too. That also goes for bodies with IBIS.
Looks like improved glass more than anything. According to their website: Single glass with a higher refractive index is used in the front glass group to replace the first generation cemented glass. The rear group of optical glass is added with the HOYA ED glass, which effectively improves the chromatic aberration. The image quality of the lens has been improved accordingly. Under the premise of correcting various aberrations, the field of view angle has also been improved a lot; the polishing process of the glass is more precise and complicated than the previous generation. The optical structure of the entire lens still consists of 11 lenses, but the total optical length is shortened, making the lens more compact than the previous generation.
Fisheye is definitely a fun type of lens. Nice video!
Mr Burling, thanks for stopping by good sir!!!
Yeah, it's definitely fun to have one. But these are weighty lenses so I might switch to the Pergear 10mm f8 or Rockstar 10mm f8 if I can find a comparison.
The 7Artisans is a legit, proper lens. The amount of heft/glass is impressive considering the price, whereas the bodycap 10mm lenses have purple fringing and don't look anywhere near as sharp.
Very good review, Damian. Not everybody needs a 7.5mm fisheye but if you need it, this lens delivers very good quality and usability. I recently bought one just to make a POV video with it but I corrected the distortion in all the images, I am not a fan of the fisheye look 😅
Thanks for this message Ramón! Good to hear from somebody else that has it. Buen día!
I like fisheyes, they take really interesting portraits too. I have the Meike 6.5mm but do intend to play with the 7artisans at some point.
I had that lens some time back, it was fun!
7Artisan is proving to be a good brand for Fuji.
I agree!
Looks like fun, always tempted by any lens with good close focus
Exactly!
Love these affordable options for Fuji. As always thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.
Thanks Paul!
Damian, another great video. I have the 7artisans 12mm and really enjoy it. This makes me want a fisheye!
Worth a punt! Let me know how you get on with it when you try it!
lmfao i dont know if because i drank a few beers but the lips movement is intense
Sounds like interesting beer :D
@@DamianBrown lmfao i'm sober now, i just can't look away from your mouth movement hahahaha
Fisheye are normally very expensive while you probably won't use it very often, in fact I never really missed it
So this cheap fisheye is a great solution and for me better addition to my collection then say a 400 mm tele.
And I like the pictures sharpness- and color-wise.
Also great that it fits the Fuji XT20 mount as well as the Canon M50 mount.
Thanks for the review!
Thanks Marcel!!
This is a great lens for those of us who work in extremely tight places with no ability to move to a roomier location. I am picking up the new "II" version after a few years of beating the crap out of the original version of the lens, shooting inside structure fires, on board fire trucks and around medevacs. Is it the sharpest lens? Nope. Is it the most durable? Nope. Can it fit almost anywhere when attached to an XPro1 body? Yep, pretty much, and make it look nice and wide. I often use Luminar to defish the lens a bit. I think I originally found 7Artisans through your videos.
Great comments! Thanks for sharing.
When 'defishing', do you still get an angle of view wider than a 12mm rectilinear?
@@tomsgmail8180 You lose a bit on the edges, but not much. It is still considerably a wider field of view than a 12mm, which I also carry.
you say "local tourism" like that is a bad thing to those of us who don't live in the UK anything local is a way to travel to your hometown. I would love to hear more about the places you are and what they are, for instance, I often see the stadium in the background but not sure what it and who plays there. and what is that big house at the start of the video and when did you move there :)
Oh no, not a bad thing no! I think it's something most of us take for granted. You are quite right.
Not really my house of course, Aston Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean house from the 17th century! The stadium that most "features" on my channel is Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa Football Club who I follow. It's one of the founder members of the football league and the statue that I often photograph for test shots is that of William McGregor who invented the league system that went on to be the basis of leagues in different sports across the planet.
Nice video Damien, thanks for keeping them coming. The lens looks fun... given the choice between this and the Pergear 7.5 you reviewed a few months ago, which would you opt for?
Good question. I don't have the other one now to put it side by side but I think they're similar. Maybe this is a tad sharper overall, bit better iq overall.. maybe!
great video. Thanks Damian
Very welcome
Nice, never actually used a fish eye len, will add it to the list
Bit of fun, you gotta try one at least once :D
Great review!!! How would you say this lens compares to the Pergear that has similar specs or the Meike that is even a bit wider? Thanks again for the video :)
There's not too much in it really, this one a tad sharper. Another good one to check out is the TTArtisan 7.5
Great video! How do you do with setting the focal length? I can't seem to set the exact focal length, and it seems to mess with the shutterspeed. Have you had any problems with that?
I just go with 7 or 8 and haven't had any issues. I believe it only really affects Ibis but interesting to hear your experience!
@@DamianBrown might be a faulty copy perhaps. Anyhow, thanks for the answer sir!
Great review thank you.
I just realise you and me live in same town👍👍👍
You can vouch for Aston Hall being my house then? :D
Thanks for another of your excellent reviews.
For my part, 12mm is about as wide as I go.
Whilst I like wider shots and landscapes, fish eye effects seem to take a little- too much!- mastering for me to obtain maximum potential.
Perhaps simply my lack of skill and would benefit from some guidance?
With cheap and good quality lens like the Artisan, may dip my toe in the water.
Not how sure how widely available this brand is in Australia?
Thanks again.
I think it's something you can have a bit of fun with but isn't entirely necessary. Some people really hate the distortion. it's definitely a case of either going wild and getting some extreme looking shots or trying to line up the horizon and get something a little less odd. You've hit the nail on the head though, at the low price point, might be worth a play!
On my mark 1 the distance markings are wrong.
Also, I regularly move the aperture by mistake so had to add a rubber focus lever.
Any comparison with the Pergear 10mm f8?
Good spot. Compared to the 10mm for me it's a different ball game. The 10mm is less flexible, lesser IQ but tiny and fun.
@@DamianBrown I am hoping the new Pergear 10mm f5.6 will be decent. Please review and compare if you get it. Could be a nice street lens for my pocket when using the 27mm. It's almost a pancake except for the little in-built hood. Just 120g.
The 7.5mm is great for street as you can get so close, but it's a touch heavy on bigger bodies and fisheye often isn't suitable, so it gets limited use. But I can't get over the f8's shortcomings.
Hi Damian. How would you compare this to the Pergear 7.5mm?
I haven't got that one now, they're fairly similar overall but this one edges it for me IQ wise.
Hi , just bought one of these for my x-t2 after watching this. Question if I may , do I need to change the Mount adapter settings to use this ? Thanks Simon
Set the camera to shoot without lens and if you want the focal length to appear in the exif data set the focal length in the settings too. That also goes for bodies with IBIS.
@@DamianBrown thanks much appreciated
which one will you pick compare with TTArtisan 7.5mm F2.0 Fisheye
Hmmm there's not much between the two for me
A 10mm rectilinear lens would be nice... 🤔
Definitely! Have you tried the 9mm from LaOwa?
@@DamianBrown no... do you like it?
@@valdiskrebs566 yes, definitely!
How does it compare to TTArtisan 7.5mm? I'm considering buying one 7.5mm, seems TTArtisan ND filter more fun
They're both good but the nds are fun:)
I have the same 7 Artisans fish eye, I bought it in 2019, it is pretty sturdy. What are the changes in the latest model ?
Looks like improved glass more than anything. According to their website: Single glass with a higher refractive index is used in the front glass group to replace the first generation cemented glass. The rear group of optical glass is added with the HOYA ED glass, which effectively improves the chromatic aberration.
The image quality of the lens has been improved accordingly. Under the premise of correcting various aberrations, the field of view angle has also been improved a lot; the polishing process of the glass is more precise and complicated than the previous generation.
The optical structure of the entire lens still consists of 11 lenses, but the total optical length is shortened, making the lens more compact than the previous generation.
@@DamianBrown I like your house !
Can we correct the distortion?
A little yes but it won't become rectilinear
Nice & Thanks :)
Welcome!