TTArtisan 100mm 2.8 2x macro for Fuji GFX review

[@colingentile]

Hi Paul, Thank you for this review. I was looking for images samples with this lens. Do you have others to show ? Less shaky and at different apertures ? Thank you for your time and work. Take good care. Colin

[@paulschefz]

@@colingentile Hi Colin, sorry, not really, I have shot a couple of projects with it since, for anyone looking at 2:1 or full cover 1:1 great performing flat field macro lens for GFX this might be the only one available and it is dirt cheap. It is not perfect but insane bang for the buck. Just finished my video about film scanning using this lens, it should be up tomorrow. I heard that Laowa will finally release their 100 (and 55!) 2.8 T/S macros , I don’t know about magnification or price or how well it will actually cover GFX but it looks promising. Pretty sure I won’t compete with this TTartisan though. 2:1 and flat field with great sharpness, contrast, no CA for this price is crazy.

[@colingentile]

@@paulschefz , thank you so much Paul for this exquisite answer !! I think you just sold me this tool. :) Laowa are great macro lenses creators, I can't wait to try those ones too. Take very good care ! Colin

[@polyarthus4282]

Thanks for the review. It's surprisingly hard to find info on gfx coverage for a gfx lens ! My use case would be film scanning, I need greater that 1:1 mag for 24x36 negatives. Do you think at the required mag there would be hard vignettes in the neg? the borders won't matter as much because of the different 2:3 format, but still, i'm wary of buying this lens if I can't fill the frame with 24x36 film

[@paulschefz]

24x36 on a 33x44 sensor is only slightly more then 1:1 (which has no hard vignetting) and the different format crop should also avoid corners, so I would say you will be fine. I will shoot a video on this topic soon, a friend is working on scanning a lot of film for a book and I mentioned the lens, so he tried it and was blown away by first tests. he will work with larger MF formats but he said just simple test were amazing. stay tuned, I will post as soon as he gets his stand and light (he also ordered the lens but it already seems harder to get)

[@polyarthus4282]

@@paulschefz a very clear answer, thank you very much !

[@MrMuckiMicki-jo3lh]

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[@SkumleRafte]

You mention "dslr-scanning" have you had anymore more experience since video release. I'm a little concerned about corner sharpness and vignetting. But I don't even know if you go 2x macro for 120 film scanning.. Let me know if you try it out??

[@paulschefz]

I am in the process of making a video specifically about film scanning with this lens, stay tuned, I will walk through the entire process in depth. as for magnification for 120 film, the GFX sensor is 33x44, so if your negative area is 6x7, you are not even doing 1:1, corners in the 1:2 range (not 2:1!) are clean, most importantly there is no filed curvature to speak of. the lens is great for scanning film. stay tuned.

[@joelgermain1988]

You don't seem to have the same middle shadow problem grom 2:1 down to 3:4 magnification.

[@paulschefz]

not sure I understand? middle shadow problem?

[@winheiMR]

Ganz wichtig wäre zu wissen ob es den Sensor voll Ausleuchten kann oder ob es Vignetten gibt? Aber wie man es deutlich sehen kann, kann es das leider nicht. Welcher Kugelkopf und Macrobalken ist das? Wie weit ist es machbar abzublenden?

[@paulschefz]

the lens does not cover 33x44 (fuji GFX) at 2:1 closest distance. going towards 1:1 the vignette disappears. the lens vignettes again at infinity when closed all the way down (not sure why anyone would use this lens that way). IMO it is still the best macro solution for GFX right now, even if it does not cover completely at closest distance. 2:1 is not always needed and it is perfectly useable (even when stopped down) with a crop. the lens focus field seems to be flat and pretty steady into the corners 1:1 really should not be a problem at all. considering that the fuji gf 120 only does 1:2, the field is extremely curved and the lens is useless with extension rings, this TTArtisan is a dream, especially for the price.

[@paulschefz]

Rogeti system, beats everything. coming from Gitzo and Arca. will do a review, I keep getting asked about it!

[@paulschefz]

just posted my Rogeti system overview, check it out!