Hidden Gems: 10 Ultra Low Budget Lenses That Will Blow Your Mind

[@markwiemels]

* LINKS TO ALL THE LENSES IN THE DESCRIPTION *

[@CesarGrossmann]

Impressive. But I'm still using a Rebel camera (EF-S).

[@ThomasMeijerGF577]

Were can i see the links,?

[@rushboardtechuk]

I noticed the last lens was a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8; however, I hope to purchase a Full Frame camera. Would I, therefore, go for that lens, or should I take the plunge instead on their 28-70mm f2.8 FF model?

[@Cammymoop]

Lens 8 sony actually links to fuji version btw

[@awakeningrecordscuracao5369]

Finally someone who knows what budget means... jesus christ... everyone puts like $500 lenses at the lowest and calls them budget

[@sbsid1994]

Yeah right, lenses costing anywhere near the price of the body ain't budget , especially primes , zooms especially fixed aperture aren't likely to be budget anytime soon

[@kristopherklee243]

I agree 100% but after I started looking into the higher mm lens I get it. 500-800 is budget for a 100mm +

[@Solaxe]

Tbh lenses are expensive in general man. It's not a cheap hobby or job

[@theendangeredpetrolhead]

Because a $500 lens truly is a budget lens bud

[@MrsMysteryWoman]

So true. So so true… 👏🏻

[@aquss33]

"If you don't know what kind of camera you've got, you've got a crop sensor camera" Yeah, sounds about right, from experience of course, but most often I find that people who don't even know that generally have bridge cameras so no lenses for them either way

[@spark198rus]

And if i have full frame?

[@markwiemels]

Do you have full frame?

[@aquss33]

​@@markwiemels I am an amateur wildlife photographer with a tight budget, I use a crop sensor camera from canon (1.6x crop) to get 480mm out of my 300mm lens. I prefer full frame for portraits though, but at f/1.8 it's more than blurred enough for me... Also APS-C cameras are lighter. Could never recommend a bridge camera though, the image quality is way too phone-like and photos just look messy. Also apertures are narrow without a way to change them (except getting a new camera).

[@isaacwhite3396]

Right? Gave me a good chuckle.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

@@spark198rus His point is, if you did, you'd know you do.

[@Ahnii]

0:45, Lens 1: Holga 60mm f/8 2:05, Lens 2: TTArtisans 35mm f1.4 3:10, Lens 3: TTArtisans 17mm f1.4 4:30, Lens 4: TTArtisans 50mm f1.2 5:37, Lens 5: TTArtisans 27mm f2.8 6:45, Lens 6: TTArtisans 35mm - f0.95 7:53, Lens 7: Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f2 8:58, Lens 8: Viltrox 23mm f1.4 10:00, Lens 9: Sigma 30mm f1.4 10:46, Lens 10: Sigma 10 - 18-50mm f2.8 Although your video includes some interesting information, the lack of chapters and the way you deliberately hide the lens names, to the point where you don't even name the companies in the description but instead link to your own videos and a bunch of amazon affiliate links, makes searching for these lenses unnecessarily hard and is simply annoying...

[@FeRoOOo71]

he doesn't want to give TTartisans Sigma and Viltrox free publicity because he thinks his channel is bigger than those companies

[@sajjadhashmani4064]

^That’s stupid. If he’s talking about a lens that people should buy, the least he could do is tell us the damn lens name. I like his channel but it’s annoying and I end up just skimming through the comments instead of watching the video

[@Samiscool]

thank you for this!!!!!

[@allez361]

Just what i've been thinking watching his videos...

[@elementiro]

Should be called "10 Ultra Low Budget Lenses That Will Blur Your Background"

[@soljafon]

Low light

[@MickeyGrant]

I graduated from film school at SMU in 1971 and later got a Master's in film criticism while I was making a feature length film in China in 1984. I made my first Western when I was 29 with 2 Panaflex cameras. Your reviews are really excellent. I wish you'd do more in depth interviews using various camera charts. Still, I find your reviews refreshing, especially for beginners. Even with over 50 years as a feature Director/DOP, I always consider myself a beginner. That might be why I'm still working at 74 today (yes, my birthday is today!). No matter what, keep up the good work. You've got a great eye and great understanding. So many vloggers have no idea of why any of this is important. Well, I should go out on a limb, and say 99% of them are full fledged idiots.

[@bananaman287]

Hey, happy birthday man! Sorry I'm 3 weeks late. Love your comment.

[@Lucindorn]

Happy late birthday!!

[@cyano3d]

happy belated birthday, i would love to talk to you so much about life as a DOP if we ever could meet

[@Lunadoeslotsofstuff]

Happy late birthday!

[@code0662]

Happy late birthday!

[@la8920]

The TTartisan 35mm is really good. It's my go to lens for its size and vesatility. However, my favorite TTartisan lens is the 40mm 2.8. Image quality is just superv and it has the added bonus that it's a macro lens as well

[@mobbinator]

I would absolutely LOVE if you could do a video on astrophotography, especially tips on photographing the milky way. Either way, your videos are always so helpful. Thanks Mark!

[@markwiemels]

Thanks for the encouragement, I do need to do that.

[@peterquigley2700]

Merry too please

[@davepastern]

1. stop down the lens at least 1, if not 2 stops from maximum aperture (so, if 1.4, stop down to f2). This is to increase sharpness, remove CA, and remove coma from the stars. 2. focus manually, using the live view mode on your LCD screen on a bright star at 10x. Tape the lens' focus ring to avoid movement if possible. 3. Read up on the 500 rule to work out your TV value (shutter exposure time). 4. Set ISO to desired value based on AV and TV settings. 5. Frame your shot (a lot of people love to shoot the Milky Way). The wider focal length that you are shooting, the longer you can shoot in seconds before you get star trails. Some non-photography tips: 1. I recommend driving at least an hour outside of the city skirts, if not further to reduce light pollution. 2. Use a tripod, use a remote control, and if using a DSLR, use a custom setting to set the mirror up to reduce vibrations. Also, using a self timer, preferably 10 seconds (over 2 seconds, which imho, is too short) 3. avoid the moon. Shoot on dark moon (i.e. no moon) nights. If you really like it, fork out the money for a star tracker, which when set up correctly, will move with the Earth's rotation and elmiinate star trailing, meaning you can shoot for much longer exposure times (and importantly, reduce your ISO setting). This also opens up using longer focal lengths to hone in on large nebula such as m42 (Orion nebula) etc. It is a good idea to learn the night sky and a cheap sky atlas such as Sky & Space's star charts is a great investment.

[@davepastern]

PS I'll add that astrophotography can get VERY expensive, REAL fast if you get sucked into it lol. I'm currently looking at around 7k AUD for my setup. And that's just for wide FOV imaging setup using a SkyWatcher Esprit 80mm and doesn't include my solar imaging setup or planetary imaging setups.

[@alexandrevaliquette3883]

Thank you @@davepastern your your very detailed comment on how to start astrophoto. I'm about to buy a camera for other purpose, but I'll give it a try for sure! I've already watch enough astrophoto video to know that it's way over my budget. Other than just basic stuff. Still, we can get amazing image. Instead of a telescope, I've got an instrument that can be use 24/7 even when it's raining and can get 80% of all the pro setup.. for 150$ Us new/open box. It's a SWIFT380. Best purchase ever!

[@anarchisttutor7423]

Watch out! I checked out some of these lenses and if you're using a Canon RF camera, you have to crop to about 7MP to avoid the vignette. Watch out for "APS-C ... for Canon RF" lenses!

[@leonarddumas3427]

the crop sensor joke at the beginning, instant follow!

[@markwiemels]

It's true though, right? ;-)

[@leonarddumas3427]

@@markwiemels hahahah yeah I guess, that’s why I think the joke is so funny, but to actually say it out loud in a video and not looking condescending is gold!

[@leonarddumas3427]

I just rewatched it, it’s the way you say it, without stoping and acknowledging the joke and just say it like it is and that’s it that is killing me.

[@alexandrevaliquette3883]

@@markwiemels I haven't pick up on the joke first time. Yeah, it's totally make sense! Nobody will buy an expensive FF without knowing what sensor he is buying! But the other way around is quite possible.

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

RE: "most unique". As a definitional point in the English language, "UNIQUE IS AN ABSOLUTE." There is no relativity involved, no comparison to some "other" uniqueness. I hate to spoil all the fun, but THERE ARE NO DEGREES OF UNIQUENESS. The word means one thing and one thing only. It hardly seems fair, I know. But it's true. "Unique" means "there exists no other thing which compares to this."

[@MarioCastillion]

Man, how I love your channel and the way you explain things. You have an extraordinary gift and this episode shows it clearly. Thanks, Mark....never change!

[@andrewwhiten8211]

I agree that your skill level is most important, but also, using "budget" lenses like ttartisan that still provide good quality have helped my skills grow enormously. There is much more to learn on a classic manual lens than a super expensive point and shoot lens. Lenses like these have made my journey so fun.

[@markwiemels]

Yes for sure!

[@dan.allen.digital]

Great video Mark. You may also want to consider the Viltrox 13mm 1.4. Its about $425 and blows the samyang 12mm out of the water. I have both lenses and have not touched the samyang 12 since getting the viltrox 13.

[@markwiemels]

Yes, I love that lens so much that I have a copy for Fuji and Sony. I almost put it in, just left it out because of the little higher price point. That lens is in my top 5 APS-C lenses of all time.

[@ahorseman]

Are you Hugh Grant's lost brother?

[@CryptoJones]

"If you don't know what kind of sensor you have you have a crop sensor" Call the fire department because some folks got burned!!! lol

[@joshuachubbphotography]

If you don’t know what kinda camera you’ve got, you got a crop sensor camera 🤣🤣🤣 the most true and funniest gear roast!

[@rinusborg]

In addition to the Imagon history, I used to shoot even in the eighties with it. The lens is a simple anastigmat! They get sharper with a small aperture so a box camera with an f16 lens had a reasonably good image. An improvement from a single element lens. Also linear distortion was way better. The spherical aberrations from the edge were really a bad side effect until Rodenstock found a use for it. It was trade marked so could not be copied. B&W made the duto sheibe (spelling may be wrong) a filter with concentric etched lines in it. It created a similar effect except a smaller aperture used the Center of the filter more so it bypassed these etched rings at the edge and created a less diffused. The benefit was that the variable softness required no changing of lenses or its aperture discs. This Chinese lens at this price is a great way to do all this. I may just get one for my portraits. What a great way to make people get excited about this.😊

[@Whenadumbpersonfallsandshovesa]

Wow, I am on a budget, I have 2 dslrs, and I plan on getting a a5000 (thanks to ur guide (: ), I am thinking of getting the first (since it has the retro/filmlike look) and I would probably get the second one two. THANKS, finally somebody who knows what budget means😀

[@dan.allen.digital]

Great video Mark. You may also want to consider the Viltrox 13mm 1.4. Its about $425 and blows the samyang 12mm out of the water. I have both lenses and have not touched the samyang 12 since getting the viltrox 13.

[@ghostofneworleans4511]

Samyang and viltrox is the same right ?

[@cyano3d]

​@@ghostofneworleans4511no

[@harshil102]

Samyang and Rokinon are the same Korean manufacturing with different branding. Viltrox is it's own brand from China @@ghostofneworleans4511

[@randyk1919]

No, different companies.

[@senorchivo90]

Ditto. Got the Viltrox and sold my Samyang immediately. The 13mm was Viltrox's first pro-level lens, even though it's not marketed that way. They've been killing it ever since. The 13mm, 27mm, and 75mm are some of the best primes available for Fuji.

[@studio106raleigh]

"If you don't know what kind of camera you've got, you've got a crop sensor camera" ... CLASSIC! Love your vids, Man, great stuff, very useful as I dive back in after a Loooong break. Many Thanks!

[@stianlarsson6625]

Old video, so nobody will likely see this, but I really liked this video and it's made me want to get into photography again. Low light capabilities have come far since my Nikon d200, but I expect I could pick up a sufficient new or used Canon body for an affordable price as well. Thanks for not making another 'lets compare a cheap lens to an expensive one' video. This feels much more positive.

[@_rkrd]

old video????????????

[@stianlarsson6625]

@@_rkrd It was a year old. Who reads comments on year old videos? You and me I guess.

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

0:27 in my experience as a camera salesman, people who don't know what they have tend to have a bridge camera. The APSC crowd tends to be a little more knowledgeable about their gear. Personally, I would steer people who are more interested in photography towards secondhand gear. Specifically full frame secondhand gear. For instance something like a Sony A7 combined with nice fast vintage 50mm is a great beginner setup for photograpy. Such a setup can be had for as little as 300 euro where I live.

[@tanayshetty5202]

I loved it when he said "If you don't know what camera you got , then it has to be APSC camera Hahahahhahahha"

[@timothyduvernet2711]

No surprise that most of the lenses are made in China. I was expecting a bit more genuine vintage such as the Meyer-Optic lenses or an old Zeiss. The APS-C is also limiting to those who have FF equipment. One thing to be aware of too, a 0.95 lens is going to be nearly impossible to focus accurately when used wide open. The DoF will be so short that the use will have be extremely careful.

[@116Paul]

Unfortunately, r7 has an ibis bug problem with full manual lens. Initially, ibis works until the screen dims, changed mode or power off. Only way to fix it is to turn ibis off and on from menu. It's really frustrating to only use focus peaking with shaky screen. Im currently using full manual apsc lens on r5, which has no problem with ibis. Works flawlessly. For r7, i will wait for cpu manual lens. Hopefully, voigtlander next year. I still watch all your videos. Haha. Thanks for your hard work videos.

[@theothertonydutch]

You skipped the Risespray 35mm 1.6. Swirly Bokeh, decent build quality. The 25mm isn't amazing as it severely loses contrast wide open, but the 35mm doesnt seem to have that problem.

[@rinusborg]

Hi Mark, Your reviews are much appreciated. The Chinese inexpensive lenses are indeed a very good value. Brand names do not always make what we want and attachments or editing needs to modify the results to what we had in mind. As a product photographer my lenses did not need speed but corner to corner sharpness was important. With film, color rendition needed to be uniform from lens to lens. Now for these lenses that may not be its primary goal. For creative photography the result can be whatever you want and the equipment here has some great new choices. You can nearly buy all of these in one swoop and spend less than a single brand lens. My most important point I want to make is the cheapest lens. The lens opening value is the total light passing the multiple irises. the 30ties and up to the 60ties this type was made to blend spherical aberrations from the lens edge with a sharper image from the center aperture. The center aperture cut off the spherical aberrations from the edge of the lens but in portraits or other creative images the edge aperture created an overlay over the sharp image with spherical (flared) images. It created not only the fuzzy overlay but it added some depth of field due to the individual much smaller apertures. The best known lens was the Imagon lens. It came with a number of discs that had a larger to smaller center hole surrounded by smaller holes like this one. Due to the fact that the aperture did not have blades it allowed you to pick an aperture that suited your lighting. Modern Imagon types are generally relatively expensive. Every brand medium format had them available and was used mostly for in studio portraits. Have a look here for some help with this type lens. www.pentaconsix.com/imagon.htm

[@markwiemels]

This sounds so cool! Thanks for sharing that bit of history. I love hearing stuff like this.

[@HERCULES0070]

The first lenses for people who have spent crazy amounts of money on their equipment and now everything just looks super high quality so now you need to get something that makes it look bad and call a unique😂

[@DebzLife]

Thank you buddy. Mark. For the 17mm f1.4 recommendation. I have been using it from a long time and i personally had no issues with it. I watched your original sigma v ttartisan video btw

[@abhiipandey4189]

Bro can you recommend me the cheapest ultrabudget lens for my sony a6600 . Zoom lens can be versatile and some lens you recommend from this playlist of yours .

[@JETallacksen]

How would you compare the TTArtisan 35mm f/0.95 here (lens 6) to the similarly spec'ed Brightin Star (see your 'APS-C Dream Lens: Affordable and Unbelievably Good' video)? (For what it's worth: I just bought my first non-point-and-shoot camera and this will be my first non-kit lens.)

[@kormosta]

"If you don't know what kind of camera you got,you've got a cropped sensor camera" xD

[@EverLuna]

Hi, is the 7artisans 35mm f0.95 good for landscape and night photography? I cannot decide between that one and the 7artisans 25 mm f1.8; by the way, I have a Fujifilm x-t3. Thanks

[@ryan56976]

The best low budget lens? The BEST is buying an adaptor and finding some old Film camera lenses. 28F2.8 and 50F1.8 for days - most folks have got a few in their attic and they can be found at garage sales (ask folks if they got any!).

[@classzedits]

i've got that viltrox 23/f1.4 for my zv e10. my second (or third including the 16-50 kit lens) after my wife bought me my very first prime sony 50mm/f1.8. i wish i could buy something wider than the 23 but i'm just a grade school teacher, and it took us a long while to save enough to buy these 2 lenses. but i love both. the viltrox 23 for videos, while the sony 50mm for portrait photography.

[@markwiemels]

Perfect setup! Yes, in time, getting something a bit wider would be a good addition to that setup.

[@sumdood2035]

Can you do a list like this but for full frame? Most people probably aren't willing to put their RF mount mirrorless camera into crop mode and lose 60% of their megapixels to use these APS-C lenses. Canon R6 Mark II drops from 24MP to 9MP.

[@null0byte]

“It’s the cheapest autofocus lens ever made!” The $125 Canon EF 50mm f1.8 STM says hi. (Caveat: only for the older EF mount) Or, if you want to go the knockoff route, the $96 Yongnuo EF 50mm f1.8 II says hi (on the manufacturer’s site). Both are a bit plastic-y, but the mounts are metal. Optically though, the TTArtisan is probably better. (Referring to the 50mm version of the lens talked about) Now, if you were to say it’s the cheapest 27mm autofocus ever made, that is absolutely the case. The only one that comes close is the Canon EF-S 24mm f2.8 STM at $150 (but again, it’s only for the older EF mount). I get that I’m picking nits, but with all the misinformation thrown about these days, it’s more important than ever to be as accurate as possible. Edit to add: I actually adore this channel and the info on affordable camera gear provided, it has brought to my attention stuff I didn’t even know existed. The TTArtisan stuff in particular is fanflippintastic. If I didn’t really love what the creator was doing, I wouldn’t pick the nits but instead just mark “not interested” and consign the channel to the dustbin.

[@alexandrevaliquette3883]

You look a bit like a guy who wake up in a hotel room with friends, and a lion suddenly appear in your face, realise you lost a baby and it's your wedding day! Are you sure you are not a dentist? All your video are amazing, triple thumbs up on every singles ones you offer us!

[@petercharles6652]

Someone please explain to me why the TTartisans 17mm has a 40.5mm filter size and the TT35mm has a 39mm filter thread? Why not a more common and available 46mm filter thread on both???

[@realmichaelbloomfield]

RE: Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K G2. Which lenses do I buy? Camera's fixed position is 30 feet from the church stage. We want to live stream the stage with a view of 20 feet of the stage.

[@Alanwking]

I used both the 17mm and the 35mm TTartisan lenses for video work at my 9-5. On e i got the hang of adjusting theseanual kemses on a gimbal, I dont reach for my Sigma 18-50 as much. The f/1.4 came in clutch when i had to shoot in a dark lobby (I didnt have room for a light because of the crowd). I kove thise lenses.

[@MattisProbably]

I use the TTArtisan 17mm on my Nikon Z50! For the price it's absolutely fantastic. f/1.4 works in a pinch but I usually shoot it at f/4 or f/5.6 for better sharpness. Personally I rarely use a wideangle lense because I mainly shoot animals with tele lenses, so I wasn't willing to pay a fortune for a wideangle. So this was perfect for me. I work at a zoo as staff photographer so I needed a lens for general shots. Landscapes and such. So since I don't use it to shoot our critters I didn't care about autofocus :)

[@markwiemels]

Thanks for sharing. It’s very hard to beat for the price!

[@loboptlu]

Have bought a few great vintage lenses in m42 (from professional vendors, privat is a lottery) with adapters for all my cameras who cost around 70 to 190 € and beat most of the new 2000 € lenses , yes its manual but the old zeiss and even russian ones are sturdy and superb image quality.

[@abhiipandey4189]

hey mark need a suggestion should i buy zve10 with kit lens or save some money and go with other third party lens. please suggest me any two among thes cheap and budget lens which provide way better quality than the kit lens . including blur and sharpness

[@tedf3248]

Disappointing that none of these suggested lenses fit a Canon EF mount (Rebel T7). Otherwise good info.

[@KelliConan]

Super blurry backgrounds for me hurt my eyes. It's supposed to make my eyes focus on what you want people to focus on or at least not focusing on the background. Though my eyes wanna look at everything in the picture and video. If someone didn't want me looking at that background stuff, then to me, why even capture it in a photo or video? A blurry background hurts my eyes 'cause it's unnatural to be looking at a person in the real world that is standing in front of your house and the house across the street is blurry. If someone is seeing stuff like that in the real world, then they have vision issues. Yes I know that it's a stylized thing, but it's always an unnatural looking thing to me. I feel like most people call it bokeh for it being a wanted stylized look. Calling it what it is which is blurry just means making something unnaturally blurry or out of focus. Somewhat barely blurry is ok, but I'd rather not have any blur.

[@superuser13]

Having trouble finding the Rokinon 12mm f2 for Nikon Z or even F mount. Any suggestions?

[@GatokT]

Hi! Are Canon EF-M compatible with T6i? I think it says EF/EF-S. Thanks!

[@johnsmith1474]

My mint unused EF 40mm f/2.8 STM was about $90 with shipping on Ebay.

[@oneone7studios]

I have a black magic pocket 4k. Any suggestions on which one of these would be best

[@tfl-larsm24]

What a pity, practically all the lenses except no 3 have an Amazon price markup of x2 to x3 in my region compared to the prices in the video, a lot increase for one year.

[@HR-wd6cw]

Even if you can forego some of the features like auto focus, you can find A LOT of cheap budget friendly lenses that are both fun and decent (or in some cases, better) quality for far less than what you'd pay for an auto-focus version. While glass optics do play a role in price (better optics = higher price usually) a lot of money also goes to things like auto focus and in-lens stabilization systems too, as these add costs for manufacturers, which are then passed along to the buyer in the form of a higher price than a cheaper, more basic manual focus lens. I've found that actually prime lenses that are manual focus are the cheapest usually because they are generally more simple to design (have fewer lens elements). Now despite this, lenses like the Nikon 50mm 1.8's (for the DSLRs) are a heck of a deal and dirt cheap for what you get (and yes, most are auto focusing). I was able to find a good used one for as low as $150 and if I could only have one lens, It would probably be a 50 1.8 due to its versatility.

[@helgeschneider4417]

Used lenses are great. Mirrorless seems to have made it easier/cheaper to make seriously sharp lenses, but there are loads of recent to old used lenses with great sharpness and/or characteristics. Since you were already bringing up the 50mm 1.8G I might as well throw the 300mm F4 into the mix. Will be hard to use on a mirrorless camera without an autofocus adapter, but if you can look past that it's a great lens. Extremely sharp from 5.6 onwards and great colors.

[@HereAfterNow]

But how are all the cameras going to connect with the ipad?? Wifi? I'm genuinely curious as to how it would work.

[@YellowDieselGolf]

Lenses are cool and all, but where do I find the crème brûlée cones at 1:40?

[@BrljoMrljo]

Nice, but not a single one fits my EF mount. I don't cound one with adapter.

[@vincentcastell9469]

too bad you can't adapt these lenses to an EF-S or EF type... like my Canon 90D.

[@deltacx1059]

8:18 that's landscape though, DSO is a different animal.

[@CammieRacing]

Would the TTArtisan (Lens 3) be good for astrophotography?

[@scotts4206]

You couldn't say what each lens was as you talked about it for the people watching on a TV?

[@deeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

>sigma is three hundred bucks I’m dead. I’m so spoiled 💀

[@stevenpeterson8444]

dude, using that ttartisan 35mm right now on a beach trip! such a good little lens. feel like i’m getting similar quality to my canon 32mm but without the fear of the beach destroying it. got it on prime day for $66 based on your rec. thanks!

[@markwiemels]

Awesome! Such a cool lens, and a real joy to use too.

[@sertaysakizoglu5553]

I love this lens. Bought it last year and it's my favourite APSC lens to this day. Pictures are sharp, handling is smooth. color rendition is solid too!

[@markwiemels]

@@sertaysakizoglu5553 it really is impossibility good for the price.

[@striderwhiston9897]

Just additionally: The Sigma 18-50mm is not available on most mounts, it's much older brother, the Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8, is still a really sharp lens and an equally fast one, definitely worth getting.

[@markwiemels]

Good Tip.

[@bartlevenson7851]

35 mil equivalents, which this is, are super useful for portraiture, just not headshot portraiture, but rather environmental portraiture where you off- center the subject and keep a respectable distance away, like 5 feet, and this allows the surroundings to be shown either in focus, or blurry with the big 1.4 ap. it is my personal favorite, as I use 65 mm on 6x6, or 75mm on 6x7 cameras to get a similar effect. the advantage of the 23mm on APS-C would be a much easier camera to carry around town!

[@kingo5940]

Do Lens 1, 2, 3 and 5work for the Fuji X-T1 ?

[@thomaseni9237]

Im searching for your “rf/ef cheapest lenses” video

[@cyano3d]

could we get a new top 10 video which covers AF and Manual lenses in seperate video

[@Sm0k3R573v3]

I fell in love with one of your latest recommendations - Meike f2.8 60mm Macro. Got it directly from Meike around 60$ cheaper than from Amazon (170 instead of 230$). Manually focusing on very small objects is incredibly hard, but the results are really rewarding IMO.

[@markwiemels]

Oh, awesome. That is a great little lens, I really like how small it is too. A joy to use. It could have easily been in this list.

[@babajaiy8246]

Back when there were no computers and only film photography, I had a Canon A-1 or AE-1, I forget. But it had a 'hair-line' split screen in the middle that was easy to see and did not interfere with the viewing the image as a whole. It was super easy to manually focus. I understand all the modern Auto-Focus features...but I would throw all that away for a return of that simple 'mechanical' way to focus. With such a camera, it doesn't matter what kind of lens one would use, like the one you mention. Would make it easy.

[@JohnRGoudy]

Would love to see that astrophotography video! Just recently found your channel and really appreciate the information you provided. Keep up the great work.

[@pbpb253]

Hawthorn supporters aye.....UNSUBSCRIBED Okay...only kidding, but you're on notice !

[@markwiemels]

Haha.. proper, Aussie humour. ;-)

[@nefrace]

TTartisan 35 f1.4 was the first lens that i've bought for my Olympus OM-D E-M1 over a year ago. And it's still one of my favorite lenses for portraits. Even when I have 50 f1.2 and also some AF lenses

[@markwiemels]

Yes, it has no business being as good as it is, for the price. I have mine on a $290 Fuji X-T1, it's such a great, and super cheap, setup.

[@fi5075]

If i put this lens with full frame still working the same?

[@andywillis9701]

*yongnuo 50mm/35mm f1.8 has entered the chat*

[@kenappleby8481]

And we are still waiting for that astro tutorial from you!!! :) Thanks for this video - added to my list on Amazon :D

[@markwiemels]

I know :-(

[@The_CGA]

Proud owner of lens number 2: you’re dead on. But it’s got a good close focus, and captures stunning landscapes when stopped down.

[@markwiemels]

Love it.

[@marcandreleduc185]

Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssse pleeeeeeaaaaassse Do some astrophotography stuff! Its the main reason I got into photography. There are some comets and supernovae that will be visible soon. Might be a good oppurtunity for a video! :)

[@JohnsAmerica]

Im selling my 12mm F2 lens n ebay that he mentions, if youre interested. can send you link

[@imdinma9826]

Please are these lenses for Micro 4/3 camera. Or do i need a mount? I have a lumix g85. Thank you

[@markwiemels]

They come in M4/3 - see the links in the description, you just need to buy the M4/3 version of the lenses.

[@JoeJRLaw]

Hidden gems = hidden trash came from Chin.😂

[@justkoi96]

will any of these work for my sony a7r3?

[@finngorissen692]

bro idk why it bothers me so much but why do you have a second camera recording you when there´s nothing else to see. You still face the main camera everytime you cut away to the second recording angle. The second camera is not even used to give us a closeup of the lenses - so why do you even bother to record yourself with two cameras????

[@finngorissen692]

no way you have a third camera too? bro why? why do you go through the process of editing footage from 3 different cameras, when one is completely obsolete and you could have taken the closeup shot with your main camera aswell after recording you talking? it adds nothing to the quality of the video. i see so many people do this and it drives me insane

[@Rundik]

I don't think holga hl60 is a cctv lens

[@วัชรจาตุประยูร]

THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY LENS FOR FUJI THAT ARE WR??

[@TJon3]

Anyone know how to mount the first lens (Lens Holga pour Monture Canon) to a Sony FX3? Thanks

[@markwiemels]

Need EF to E mount adapter.

[@krazyproduction875]

Thanks for this video copping some new lenses 🎉

[@EyeRedDr]

You had me until I saw the Hawks gear.

[@duzty122]

Thank you for this video. When your charging $150-$500 per shoot, spending $1500-$3000 for some glass doesn't sounds reasonable. As a Real Estate photographer, unless I'm going to be shooting some multi-million dollar homes, my 10-18mm is more than enough.

[@williamchan8866]

Going the way…..I’ve spent way too much on lots of fast glass….but I’m tired of all that bokeh. Now I find in practice f2.8 is really all you need…..it’s more than fast enough especially with digital with high iso capability. F2.8 is bokeh enough. Just want to add how much I enjoy watching your lens recommendations….esp for someone who lug heavy lens around for not much practical reason.

[@golem_videomaking]

my cheap choice was: minolta 50mm t1.7 stealed from an old film camera i found in my house, the sony 35mm 1.8 for apsc that has stabilization, af and a used one cost less than 300 bucks, the samyang 24mm 2.8 for ff, af but not stabilized, used one for 160 bucks. and of course the kit lense, sony 16-50 yes a bit darker, but unless other kit lenses it's super sharper and af is really fast, has stabilization, parafocal, powerzoom (for most is a con), it's REALLY small and cost brand new like 150 bucks, i saw a used one for 30$. i do only videos so my camera sharpness is more than enough, if i can i reduce it in post, while i really need af and stabilization. my most dreaming lens rn is the tamron 17-70 2.8 stabilized to replace kit lens, but it actually cost more than my camera 😂😭

You could mention the Yongnuo 50mm F1.8 STM and the TTartisan 35mm F1.8 (AF) as well.

[@RealJamieWorley]

I'm going to Hawaii in July with my family. I want to take photos of my kids, as well as landscapes. I have a Sony a6400. Which one lens would you take? Thanks. Great video by the way!

[@erichthedread4595]

Thanks for the upload my dude. I’ve got a 7D and only have a 18-55mm kit lens that I’m growing a bit bored with & an old Soligar 135mm lens. Wanting, no, needing more variety. And a man of my inclinations & budget? Vintage all the way baby! I would love to have the finer lenses, but real-talk, I’ll probably never be able to afford one & I’m in the stage of reluctant acceptance of the fact. It’s a work in progress if you will. Thank you for the down-to-earth approach & keeping it real with costs while taking time to show off some good vintage lenses.

[@pt4822]

Mark, I need to stop watching your videos. Last count, I bought 4 lenses from your videos. Scratch that, make that 5 lenses.

[@markwiemels]

Well at least I cove cheap lenses! hehe... Thanks for watching.

[@pt4822]

@@markwiemels The best lens and camera I have is whatever I'm shooting with that day. These affordable lenses make it possible to experiment. Keep these tips coming.

[@prOkrEAt]

Sucks all crop sensor. I. Guess not compatible with fx3 full frame. I love cheao lenses. I have several thousand dollar lenses. Which are fine, AF. Zoom. But love my odl vintage finds under $30.

[@markwiemels]

I’m working on a similar video about full frame lenses.

[@prOkrEAt]

@@markwiemels nice. Fun to see these budget lenses but then it's always aspc. I have one of those cameras... But not with my fx3, looking for interesting lenses for it. I do thrift shop exploring. Adapting. Have a few Helios. But my other camera aspc have a bunch of 7 artisan which I love but won't adapt.

[@Trekeyus]

Personally one lens that I have used for years now is the old Promaster 28-200mm F3.8-5.6 it is an old Nikon lens so you will have to use an adapter for a mirrorless camera but you get the advantage of the crop factor. Used to use it almost exclusively on my Nikon and 65 35 mm film camera. I'm not using it with my Fuji xt20 with an adapter. It's a dumb adapter so I have to manually focus it. I pretty much switch between that lens and my RISESPRAY 35mm f1.6 Manual Focus MF Prime lens

[@ConnorCiecko]

I don't believe that the ttartisans 27mm is the cheapest autofocus lens ever made. The xiaoyi 42.5mm goes for about $100 depending on where you look. It is, however, a piece of crap (that I happen to be very fond of).

[@thenickbw]

Another fun cheap lens for crop mirrorless cameras is the CCTV 35mm f1.7 Fujian lens. Super small, not sharp, a dozen or so curved aperture blades. Poorly made but the colors and lens flares are magical and very swirly bokeh akin to the Helios 44-2. Great lens to keep in the bag due to their size and sometimes magic happens They're about $25 great cheap gift for any photographer shooting apsc or m43 mirrorless cameras.

[@Rundik]

"Maximum background blur for the money" sounds kind of funny the way he said it 😁

[@neilmontgomery3470]

I have the TT Artisans 27mm f2 8 af. I really like it. It has a vintage style rendering, is sharp and does not require an adaptor and has auto focus which is fast and quiet.

[@docrock1069]

HI Marc, Thanx for your good work and inspiring videos. Got me the TTArtisan 35mm. Got 2 newbee*s questions: 1.)With that MF lens mounted, do I have to turn off AF on the Camera (for not to brake anything) or just leave it as it is? 2.) With an AF lens (like RF 50 1.8 STM). How would my autofocus setting be if I want to achieve a shallow depth of field. Let's say camara starts behing some flowers or tree branches which should remain really unsharp, lifting camera up to my model which the should then be sharp. Do I completely turn off AF and pre-focus manually on my model before (What if model is walking/moving)? Or do I set AF on with people tracking? Thanx for a start point into cinematic videography... 3.) Wher do I turn off AF a) just at the lens, b) at the little switch on the front of the body or c) in the menu. Does this make a difference or better: Is there THE correct way. Thanx for getting started Doc from Germany

[@philwood1857]

I have problems with manual focusing (aging eyes) so I get my cheap lens via ebay. WIth the right adapter you can use film era AF lenses on my E-mount bodies - lenses like the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 or Minolta AF 50mm f1.7 offer great iamge quality and AF for under $50.