7Artisans 25/0.95 APS-C - between genius and madness!
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- Hey there! This is my review of the 7Artisans 25/0.95 ... the most ambitious of the three 7Artisans f/0.95 lenses:
0:00 Intro
1:28 In your hand
3:19 Infinity focus
4:05 Bokeh & aperture stars
6:25 Sharpness
7:27 Distortion
8:23 Close focus
9:09 Sample image gallery - "Night becomes day"
10:19 Verdict
11:49 Outro
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Many thanks to Takahiro Oda for the excellent cameraman work and support in producing my videos! Visit his channel:
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Putting On The Ritz - Freedom Trail Studio
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Love the night shots and your choice of music to accompany them. Thanks Thomas!
Many thanks Donald! And yes I was happy to find that song, free to use for the video! :)
Thank you tom for putting so much time and effort into this beautiful presentation, you make me want to start doing photography again.
Many thanks! I'm actually really happy if I am able to inspire you to do some photography again!
Thanks for the useful review!
You're welcome!
A while ago I decided that this lens had too many faults, but that was based on the few reviews I could find. After seeing this, I might actually buy one very soon 👍. I already have the 50 and the 35, both 0.95, and I love those. This might be great all-round lens, for landscapes and subjects closer by. Thx, great review and nice pictures!
Many thanks for your valuable feedback!
I'm debating whether or not I should get this lens. Luckily I found this video you just posted.
Many thanks for your feedback!
I agree! If f/0.95 is what you're after, but you're flexible with the focal length, then the 35mm lenses are the best buys! But of course the difference between 35mm and 25mm is real :)
The 7Artisans 35/0.95 is the best budget f/0.95 of them all! Here's my review of that lens:
ua-cam.com/video/X4MZAJZC-LU/v-deo.html
The TT Artisan 35/0.95 has weaker optics, but then it is extremely compact. So it's a great general all-purpose lens with the added benefit of being super-fast! My review:
ua-cam.com/video/AYBhEaxhDFY/v-deo.html
Finally a review that's on the same wavelength as me. I really love the look but the size sounds annoying during travel. I've been using the Ttartisan 35mm and I love how compact it is. I can go with the tiny 25mm f2 but I just can't love the look for some reason. Arrrgghh 7artisan and Ttartisan has too many choices 😂
The TT Artisan 25/2 is a great little lens, I really like it - but I agree, it's not as good as the TT Artisan 35/1.4. You could have a look at the 7Artisans 24/1.4 ... but that one's also not perfect :)
Again a both informative and aesthetically pleasing video... Looks like this lens could be one for Micro Four Thirds, where at least the strange corner distortion would disappear due to the crop? If sharpness and resolution were still sufficient on MFT, that is...
Many thanks for your comment! Hmm I doubt that this lens will have sufficient resolution for the smaller MFT sensors. And there's also the thicker glass filters on MFT cameras that don't work that well with many of these "vintage" lens designs.
In my experience, the 7Artisans 35/0.95 (I think it's the same optics as the Brightin Star 35/0.95) is the sharpest and optically "cleanest" of all these budget f/0.95 lenses. And even that one is far from perfect on MFT ...
I just saw a Zhongyi Mitakon Speedmaster 25mm f/0.95 lens for MFT, perhaps that is a good alternative?
@@mr.b6789 it’s a dedicated MFT lens which does make sense, especially with a „short“ focal length like 25mm!
@@mr.b6789 Indeed. It's beautifully compact, too. I'm just not sure how good it is. Maybe I'll try one at some point!
Nice 👍🏻 Especially, I love the night shots and I think, they are sharp actually. 🤔 Will I buy that lens ? Tempted, but not sure yet. I already have two 0.95 lenses, 35 mm from ZhongYi and 50 mm from 7Artisans as well. Frankly speaking, I use them just rarely, coz I have a lot of 1.4 lenses, which are sharper and providing nearly the same bokeh ( it’s funny, but the cheapest of them all, the 7Artisans 35mm/1.4 is my favorite ).
Many thanks 🙏 and yes, all those nice f/1.4 lenses are the hardest competition!
Are you using any recipe for filming? The colors in this video seem significantly better than in previous videos.
Thanks! Actually Takahiro who shot my videos switched from flat to standard profile, so I have less hassle and do less mistakes in color editing 😂 so I guess it’s that combined with my bad color editing skills. We‘re shooting on the Sony A7S3 currently.
Nice review! Definitely not the right lens for me, but I really liked your night shots!
One thing I would like to see someone compare: what gives you (a) technically better and (b) “nicer”, more subjectively enjoyable photos at night - a 0.95 lens like this or a Fujicron F2 with higher ISO and AI de-noise (eg, DxO RAW)?
Many thanks!
As for your question - I really have to say that in very low-light environments ultra-fast aperture always wins, in my opinion ... in the end, there might be a situation where you want the best possible de-noising even with f/0.95!
Yes, yes, I like your reviews ;) We're lucky to see the rise of the Chinese manufacturers ! I'm myself surprised but I've already several MF Chinese lens, and now an AF one, Viltrox, really a great lens as I'm buying a body just (or mostly) for it. Bis Bald.
Many thanks for your comment! Yes I also am very happy about these emerging manufacturers. We‘ve got a lot of choices now thanks to them that otherwise wouldn’t be there!
For "cheap" lenses these are certainly a premium product. I love my 7Art 50 f1.05
I didn’t habe a chance to try the f/1.05 so far. But yes I have heard many good things about it!
If you ever do, please! I would love to see your thoughts on it. Its a great lens. I paid $180 USD used for mine. @@tomscameras
You have tested a lot of these fast lenses in this budget category and I have watched your every review multiple times yet still cannot decide, I am looking for a large aperture (around f1.0) lens, what would you think which would be the best trade-off between sharpness and aperture (as wide aperture as possible without sacrificing sharpness too much)?
The best budget super-fast lens in terms of optics IMO is the 7Artisans 35mm f/0.95!
Its optics are better than all the other f/0.95 lenses that I have tried out so far. So if the 35mm focal length on APS-C is okay for you, that is the one to go for!
@@tomscameras I was especially looking for 35mm, I will get the 7Artisans one, thanks!
i absolutely adore the 7artisans 35/0.95 and had high hopes for both their 50/0.95 and this 25/0.95. unfortunately, they're both nowhere near as good wide open and given the size/weight/cost, it just didn't make sense to get them. i really wish they'd both been better performers wide open. perhaps the next iteration of these designs will focus more on their wide open performance, which is arguably why most people buy 0.95 lenses.
Same here. The 7Artisans 35/0.95 is an outstanding lens, where the stars align perfectly!
like u said don't expect more from this lens, i prefer the ttartisan 25mm f/2 for daylight or street photography..it's so cheap, compact n' optically good
I do get what you mean!
There are no such things as "bokeh balls". They are specular highlights. The blur obsession is helping to sell lenses for sure, but not improving photography.
That reminds me a bit of the term „full frame“ that also might sound weird for everyone shooting medium format. But, hey, everyone knows what is meant. Also with „bokeh balls“! I agree that extreme obsession with bokeh doesn’t improve photography per se. But then, it’s just one more technical aspect that you can try out and maybe it’s of good use sometimes. So, why not?
Thomas, could you do a review on 7artisans 25 1.8?
Yes, I know, it’s on my list. Also the Pergear 25/1.7 is an interesting lens that I didn’t have a chance to review yet.