The best budget lens ever? | TT Artisan 50mm f/1.2

[@Arcticwhir]

picture quality and character wise, which did you like better (i guess if you used both on digital). the ttartisan or the old canon 50mm

[@joelp2419]

It is indeed a great lens, I use it too on my X-Pro2 and quite frankly, for the price, it delivers ! AS you said one should avoid to shoot wide open, but other than that focusing is easy with the help of the x-pro2 focus peaking, I love the fluidity of the focusing ring ! And it looks great on the X-Pro2.

[@MattJNeale]

I totally agree, might have to look at what other lenses they do for Fuji X!

[@joelp2419]

@@MattJNeale I recently purchased (60€ !!) their 25mm f2 for Fuji, manual too, same spirit, light, pancake-like, I mostly use it at f5.6, and focusing is as smooth as the 50mm.

[@MattJNeale]

Nice. Their lenses are great value for money. They actually sent me a 17mm as well as the 50, I'll make another video about that one in future. I haven't used it yet, so I can't say how it is!

[@tomislavmiletic_]

(1:45) Just get an UV or any protective filter. Those are cheap and it's better to have scratched filter than scratched front element of a lens. Just saying...

[@MattJNeale]

Good advice, thanks

[@speakslowlyplease]

so sorry about your camera man! I'd be devastated. just got myself the 50mm, excited to get it in the mail soon. I've been using the 35mm f1.4 for a month or so and am absolutely in love with that tiny piece of glass.

[@MattJNeale]

It’s my own fault, I deserve no sympathy mate haha. Thanks for the comment, I’m interested to know what made you go for the 50? I’ll have to try the 35 one day.

[@speakslowlyplease]

@@MattJNeale I’ve always thought of myself as a wide-angle guy (16mm is my preferred focal length mostly), but recently, and after going to Europe in summer, I was influenced by photographers like Saul Leiter and Taras Bychko to take a different approach to photography, to focus on the details, reflections and such. I’ve been using my Helios lens for a while, but I’d like to have something lighter to play with and experiment getting complex images through the compressed viewpoint of a 50mm and step out of my comfort zone.