A Unique Look to Street Portraits - TTartisan 100mm F2.8 Bubble Bokeh

Paul tests out the TTartisan 100mm F2.8 Bubble Bokeh Lens with Black and White Street Portraits.
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[@gillesmatheronpro]

Those eleven minutes were pure joy, fun to watch, entertaining, dense and rich as we can expect from an experienced photographer. Warm thanks for this. And also for giving proofs "greyish" cities have a lovely side to them, especially when one knows how to frame, what to frame and not, where to stand, where to place their talent, and all things crafting an image. Because of / thanks to (I still have to decide on that) you, I'm starting to consider this lens for my own personnal "portrait project". And, yes... what a model !

[@Spearmanmark]

You had me at BUBBLE BOKEH. Yes, different, but creamy smooth. I think it’s great that these affordable lenses are out there as alternatives. Sometimes they will surprise you!

[@jimtrull683]

Great idea with the square card Paul.

[@markielinhart]

Brilliant as ever Paul. Love the square card concept, it can give you some legitimacy out there✌️📷🇦🇺

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!!! Yeah they definitely work

[@markielinhart]

@@paulreidphotography I’ve pinched the idea and ordered a batch of my own from Vistapriht 🇦🇺Thanks heaps✌️

[@andreaspretali]

Hi Paul, cool idea with the cards! Will copy it to be ready for our next workshop! 🙂

[@paulreidphotography]

It definitely works!!!

[@thegreatvanziniphotos5976]

I like the vibe of this lens. Good stuff.

[@qnetx]

I’ve had one for months now and really enjoy it. In fact I used it yesterday for portraits at a Renaissance festival. I use it on a full frame camera. Besides the bubbles it also has a very pleasing slight cool color cast. Some refer to the bokeh as a “nervous” bokeh but I find it pleasing.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for sharing! Yeah it’s a great fun and exciting lens to use

[@zenonbillings9008]

❤ i can see why you love this lens. the background blur is really impressive , thanks for showing it to us. zen billings in canada

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks mate!!

[@robgutkowski7141]

Excellent set of images. Now that the weather is encouraging more people to be out and about, I want to do more street portraits. I like the card idea as well. I guess I really need to finally build my website so I have a proper place for projects like this.

[@Paul_anderson_creative]

Love mine.. on an Olympus om-d e-m1 mark iii.. 200mm equivalent ❤ nice video and great ideas..🙏👌

[@DOMOVOISU]

A wonderful bubble lens especially with front-side backlight

[@280bunny]

Great video, loved the images!😊

[@davidatkinson1413]

This lens has really intrigued me as well so thanks for the video. I shoot with a lot of vintage glass so this old design in a new lens is great.

[@paulreidphotography]

It’s definitely a fun lens to use

[@dannycoll7259]

Excellent. Enjoyed that ✌🏻

[@JS-shim]

I loved these pictures Paul. I've been shooting on 28 mm Qs exclusively for the last 4 years, you have given me an itch I may to have to scratch and try a different focal length.

[@JohnPatrickWeiss]

Cool images and unique bokeh. I used to have a Sigma 56mm f1.4 lens (roughly 85mm equivalent on APSC) and found it was easier to take candid street shots because I didn’t have to be as close to the subjects. And the bokeh was lovely. At some point I sold the lens and began working closer, but at times I miss the distance it afforded me. It’s fun to experiment with different lenses.

[@paulreidphotography]

I’m not going to lie! I found it very hard with something where I have to stand so far away! A lot of street noises meaning I didn’t know if the subject could even hear me

[@JohnPatrickWeiss]

@@paulreidphotography No doubt, that’s the advantage of your Q2M. You can work close and get more intimate shots.

[@deltatom2459]

great video... like your idea 👍👍👍

[@ferv5470]

I did own a 7Artisans 50mm f1.1 and can recommend it highly! Beautiful fall of, and the Sonnar design gives wonderful results, and the bokeh is also breathtaking!!!

[@paulreidphotography]

I will have a look at that one some time!! Thanks so much

[@andrewcroft2570]

Great video Paul, get yourself a Helios 44M it produces the most beautiful swirly bokeh, you can pick a mint one up for £50, so you could buy 3 for the price of that lens. The Helios 44m was used to film the latest Batman movie. They are also an M42 mount but it's an F2 lense, I use one a lot for my street portraits and have adaptors for my Canon DSLR's and 35mm film cameras. Love your Idea with the business card as I'm working on a year-long project for a book I want to bring out next year. Great portraits.

[@paulreidphotography]

I will have a go with one of those lenses! Good call!

[@andrewcroft2570]

@@paulreidphotography Hi Paul you'll love it.

[@blasphemertheseventh]

I dig niche lenses like this one. Another niche lens I bought is the NISI 14mm Starburst.

[@ShirazChanawala]

Great idea having the card for the WHY

[@kbstabs5982]

Really interesting Paul. Great photos. I have the TTArtisans 25mm f2 lens which is tiny and really good for the very low price.

[@paulreidphotography]

I’d be more suited to something as wide as that

[@iaincphotography6051]

Cracking results off the lens, plenty of character about it. I do carry cards, but yours was a good idea.

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much!!!

[@oneeyedphotographer]

A lens never changes its focal length when you move it from one camera to another. The combination might have a different angle of view, that changes again when you crop thei mage later.

[@tombedwin2136]

If you can get hold of one of the (now insanely popular) Helios 44-2 58mm you can actually flip the rear element and get the same effect. I am by no means a technical person, but I managed it with a screwdriver and a penknife.

[@robertjureit2574]

Paul. If you really want to try something different,along these lines. I own a Leica 90mm,f2.2 Thambar. I think you would love the results. I,m shooting it for a year,on my M10M,so i can really get use to the lens. Good luck finding one ,it took me a year,to find one to buy.

[@absonus]

Nice frames .

[@martinfairbairn2820]

Hi Paul another great video thanks, Q what do you think about the new LR bokeh tool ? Instead of buying a lens use LR in post. Keep up great work, I really enjoy the information you put out & I’m currently wrestling with the thought of trading in my Sony gear for a Q2 Monochrom

[@el0blaino]

Good idea to have a card - now I just need to have a site!

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for watching the video and yeah the cards are working out great

[@dinushaphotography9424]

Hi Paul, I love this look. Could you tell if you’re using the m42 mount or the leica M mount on the Fuji? Thanks :)

[@paulreidphotography]

I’m using the M mount for this lens

[@richardrizzo_photography]

Thanks Paul, I'm liking the look from it too and it's priced right to boot.

[@paulreidphotography]

Awesome! Thanks for watching

[@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496]

Delightful portraits … I like that look too. Are these B&W photos Fuji Monochrome or Acros JPEG’s … or edited raw files? Ta very much. 📷😄

[@terrywood3268]

Love the B&Ws Paul just wondering what editing software do you use

[@paulreidphotography]

So I use Lightroom! Although there’s a lot of controversy with that right now with their user agreement

[@artivism4068]

what an impressive and affordable lens! whered you make those square cards? thats a neat idea. im doing chiaroscuro portraits myself and this lens would be fire!

[@paulreidphotography]

The cards I got done by a company in the uk called vistaprint. Not sure if they are the best priced but they certainly are good

[@oneeyedphotographer]

_I_ would like to see what else it can do. At F4? F8?

[@TeamHoff1]

Paul are the cards that you printed off just business cards with a few images? I know Simon Murphy (how cool is he?!) had a project where he had images on postcards which I quite liked as well.

[@paulreidphotography]

Yes indeed that’s that’s exactly what the cards are. Postcards are cool!

[@checkeredflagfilms]

I purchased one and an adapter. Problem was when M42 mount was screwed in aperture/focus marks were underneath. Did you have this problem. Evidently, it's rather common with the TTartisan lens. What make/model adapter did you use? Thanks for the review.

[@paulreidphotography]

I didn’t have that issue. I have a k and f concepts adapter I think

[@hb4834]

I have this problem on my m42 mount...tried with a C/Y adapter to my Yashica fx-3...same issue...needs more threads

[@hb4834]

Have this lens in a m42 thread mount and the settings side of the lens line up on the bottom...any time I want to set apreture I have to turn camera upside down to verify settings...sucks

[@paulreidphotography]

I’ve heard a few with this problem and for whatever reason mine was the right way round.

[@thomaschamberlin2485]

Photograp[hy is definitely a profession. But once a woman told me she was an unemployed free lance photographer and I scratched my head pretty hard on that one.

[@paulreidphotography]

Ha haaaaa!!! I’m an unemployed spaceman

[@johnkasianowicz6536]

Have you tried the (now discontinued) Leica Thambar-M 90 mm f/2.2 lens on a Leica M or L mount camera?

[@paulreidphotography]

I haven’t!! I have some great old Nikon lenses though

[@johnkasianowicz6536]

@@paulreidphotography I do too. Nikon made some great lenses. I regrettably sold my manual 85 mm f/1.4 AIS, but my 105 mm f/2D AF DC is fun. Nikon refused to CLA my 20-35 mm f/2.8D AF zoom, but I was fortunate to find a camera repair ship in NJ willing to service it (the focuser was binding due to the old grease). It’s a very useful lens. The Leica Thambar-M 90 is in its own class. It’s capable of producing 1940s Hollywood style portraits and painterly landscapes. I’m not certain, but I think it has well-controlled spherical aberration. If I go to England or Scotland later this year, I’ll bring it with me if we can meet up. Are you using a Novoflex Nikon to Leica L mount adapter? It works, but not only do you need to manually focus, the aperture is manually adjusted by an Iris on the Novoflex. It’s a bit slow guessing the aperture based on the change in EV.

[@robinbhairam7508]

Love the idea of a simple card … can I ask where you had them done and is the QR code just a photograph from your insta QR code … Thanks … and looking forward to meeting you in May! 😊 📷

[@paulreidphotography]

Most business card printers will generate a QR code for you. But yes you definitely could just print the one that instagram generates. Looking forward to meeting you too!!

[@errole]

Is this weather resistant?

[@paulreidphotography]

I doubt it!! Most of the cheap lenses aren’t

[@WatchDSSID]

Really nice images - especially the first one of your girlfriend

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks so much

[@leirumf5476]

Amazing photos, but I think this lens hinders your skills and talent as a street portrait photographer. I love how you include the background and give a sense of location to your portraits, it's truly mesmerizing! This lens with such a tight fov and shallow depth of field just takes that away. And although the photos look fantastic, your 28,35,50 work looks all the more mesmerizing for how you manage to work with the wider fov and deeper depth of field.

[@paulreidphotography]

I would agree 100% with you! This isn’t how I like to work. It’s ok for some people though it seems. But I found it very difficult

[@chrisloomis1489]

Good video Mate ... very. City there is beautiful ... I gotta come see it , as I am Scott by 2 clan. My Mother's Folk.

[@shaneweightman]

I’ve just crawled out from under my rock, I wouldn’t understand your card , never been on instergram or tic toc in my life, neither intend to , shitty Facebook is to much crap , KZbin , all the way , cheers shane uk 🇬🇧

[@paulreidphotography]

Thanks for watching the video mate!! I appreciate it

[@Old-School-Liberal]

👎🤦‍♂️I don’t support these Cheap Chinese knockoffs. Its’s just like how counterfeit goods affect the authentic goods. By supporting these cheap copies you are hurting the real photography brands. If you want to buy counterfeit Nike’s go ahead I want quality products that have value.

[@dayeah765caoni3]

Do you drive rolls Royce? Why do you support stuff made in China?! Racist !

[@donjagoe]

Totally disagree. They are superb optics, fantastic materials and real craftsmanship. There is a reason to have competition-that’s capitalism. Would I rather have a Leica lens? Sure. I’d also like a Mercedes, but drive a Nissan. I get from point a to point b just fine.

[@Blue_Newt_01]

TTArtisan lenses are actually very well made. I’ve been ditching all of my expensive/plastic lenses and replacing them with old manual focus nikkors. These Chinese lenses are made of metal, have a nice smooth focusing mechanism and a real lens cap which screws on.

[@anthonymiller8979]

Most bashing these "knock-offs" have not done enough research to see they actually either their own unique optical design or based on classic designs from the 1940s and 1950s. Most do not copy any currently produced lens with few exceptions. In a few cases, the "copy", like the Light Lens Lab's 1966 Leica Noctilux is closer to the original design than the re-release from Leica. LLL has rather accurately made copies but of designs that are financially out of reach of most, like the 1966 Noctilux or the 50mm Elcan which typically bring 10s of thousands of dollars now.

[@JoeLopez]

Third party lenses are hardly knock offs. They’ve been around for decades.

[@chrisloomis1489]

Paul : that is not a strange looking lens , the Trioplan lenses were long aluminum tubes , I have had and have many older German Zebra and Pre Zebra lenses. I buy lenses for their Artistic appeal , as well as their rarity.

[@user-pg5rt7ju4f]

It looks like the 90mm Elmar-C made for the CL in early 70's

[@chrisloomis1489]

Those are ONION RING Bokeh .

[@kenmonahan9924]

No they are not; the raw file out of the camera are very smooth with a defined ring around the outside.