TT Artisans 40mm f2.8 SUPER SHARP Macro - A GREAT Street Lens Too!

[@GeorgeK356]

A bonus episode!! And a great review. I've been thinking about this lens for the last week or so, there's been some good reviews on it on YT, but none come close to this review. This lens is definitely on my Christmas list.

[@zenography7923]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!

[@andrewbaxter9395]

Its a personal preference but I like that TTArtisans are making lenses with clicked aperture rings. Really informative, thank you.

[@zenography7923]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@wh0tube]

Thank you so much 🙏 been tossing up between this and the 7Artisan 60 for macro. Your reviews were of great help.

[@rolandgasser6711]

I own this lens and also the 7Artisan 60mm Mark II and love both on my Fuji X cameras!❤

[@alonsogarrote8898]

Hi Sir, do you know if its possible to add a raynox snap-on lens?,

[@mitchellwnorowski6747]

Just bought one form Olympus em1 ii. To date i have used their P-01 diopter.

[@sclogse1]

You know what this made me think of when you were playing with the focus? In the 1970's a Fuji Super 8 camera would not only have a duel axle cassette film cartridge, which easily allowed you to rewind and do multiple exposures, but instead of having to be in wide mode on the zoom to access macro, like every other manufacturer, you accessed macro ( the little slider) in telephoto. A very different and hip Super 8 camera. By the way, a pleasant visit.

[@zenography7923]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! That sounds like an interesting super 8 camera!

[@Deltahairlines82]

I just got one ….superb !!!

[@zenography7923]

It's a nice lens - enjoy!

[@HumanClouds]

Nice lens, great review - now I want one…

[@zenography7923]

It's a great little lens, no doubt about it!

[@woody5410]

Stumbled across this lens recently and decided to take the chance. Disconcertingly the focus ring distinctively 'squeals' when focusing. This is a first for me and I have used many sometimes antique manual focus lenses. It suggests untoward friction in the focusing mechanism. Possibly due to insufficient lubrication or misalignment of components during assembly. Just wondering if others have had a similar experience?

[@zenography7923]

I've personally not had any problems with any TTArtisan lenses, however if there's a fault I guess you could always get it swapped if bought recently?

[@steveandthedogs]

Well, thanks to you and a couple of other reviews, I've just bought one. Only a brief try-out so far, but wow! Sharp, contrasty, seems excellent at both macro and 40mm. Thank you! And £99 brand new.

[@androstern]

Watch at 2x

[@antoninotroisi6585]

thank you a lot nice review , i think i wil buy for food foto, with close up

[@orangorill]

That's a pretty retro chair, too.

[@paulclarke4571]

I have one and it seems to have issues with my A6700. The camera doesnt seem to know a lens is attached and the manual focus system does not work. I dont have another purely only manual lens so I dont know if my camera is acting as it should

[@zenography7923]

Have you enabled 'shoot without lens'? Your camera won't fire with manual lenses until you've done this.

[@marcp.1752]

You should really try the TT Artisan 35mm F1.4 APS-C - it's lovely on X-Mount, Fujifilm Bodies ! I bought mine new super cheap from Aliexpress directly. And the matching, original TT Artisan Lens Hood (metal) for that Lens also.

[@zenography7923]

Gosh, that sounds like a real bargain! Enjoy!

[@marcp.1752]

@@zenography7923 Yes i do, the Lens is since 2020 being mounted on my 2nd E1.

[@kevinroberts1888]

Good review. I've been hearing a lot about those TT Artisan lenses lately and would like to give some a try. Right now I'm trying to save up enough to buy a used full frame DSLR before fall starts as that's my favorite season for doing landscape photography, but after I recover from that, I'm seriously thinking of getting one of these lenses. I think they come in MFT format too and I need a good macro for my Olympus OM-D camera.

[@zenography7923]

This one would work nicely on your OMD, and give a nice long effective focal length of 80mm!

[@kevinroberts1888]

@@zenography7923 Thanks for the info. It's definitely one I'm considering trying in the near future.

[@timoteiafanasie4894]

Sorry, i didn't understand - it is only for crop sensor or it works also on full frame?

[@GeorgeK356]

It's only for crop sensors, unfortunately, MFT, Fuji etc. as far as I know

[@timoteiafanasie4894]

@@GeorgeK356 Thank you!

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Is it flat field like an old Nikkor ai 55 micro? Those are sharp all the way out to the edge. Thanks for the video.

[@zenography7923]

I'm not sure to be honest - this one seemed pretty sharp to me though!

[@johnsoprych483]

best played back at 1.5X or 1.75X speed :)

[@zenography7923]

:)

[@dummatube]

Why don’t you place your close-up camera on your right so you have light on the subject?

[@zenography7923]

I'd be shooting into the light - the light's on the subject as it is.

[@williambolton5679]

Thanks for the review. I prefer using f11 for zone focusing. It's disappointing that the lens functions as a 60mm lens because I'm really interested in the 40mm focal length. I actually just received a Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8 that I'm looking forward to shooting with.

[@zenography7923]

Are you shooting on aps-c? If so, your Konica 40 will, because of the crop factor, also have an effective focal length of 60mm, unless you use a focal reducer.

[@williambolton5679]

I have a full-frame A7 and a crop sensor A6000, so I can use it as either a 40mm or 60mm. I'll prefer to use it on the A7 because I like the 40mm perspective. I also have a full-frame A-mount a850 and a crop A-mount a65 so all my screw mount lenses can be used on any. Because Sony discontinued the A-mount, I bought an A-mount to E-mount adapter also, just in case, a cheap one that doesn't support AF, but we have no problem with manual focus, do we? ^^

[@D.G.MDRAVEN]

Where can you buy this?

[@zenography7923]

It's due to be released this September, so it can't be far away!

[@Apachers]

Thanks for the review. I'm surprised by what you said about flare-resistance. In other review I had watched internal reflections were mentioned as a huge problem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmPCgqqVp993gNksi=m-HGyFVGd1Up_Hpl&t=405. I must say, it is also consistent with my personal experience with some other TTartisan lenses (25mm/f2 particularly) - they all suffered from a substantial flare and an associated drop of contrast. They stil offer a very good value for money but it is something worth considering (or at least being aware of when making decision to purchase one).

[@arcanics1971]

KZbin failing to put video by people I have subbed and bell'd in my subscriptions again. Grrr!

[@zenography7923]

Sorry to hear you're having problems - are they resolved now?

[@georgesmith3022]

Street photography with a mf lens? I am sure it's a waste of time.

[@chanhnguyen6743]

Because you didn't know about zone focus.

[@zenography7923]

It's tricky, but certainly not impossible!

[@mgman6000]

I've been taking pictures since 1964 back then everything was manual focus and you learn zone focusing pretty quickly. I was out street shooting with my TT Artisans 24 mm lens and I set on about 16 feet at f8 and my shoots came out just fine Using focus peaking was a breeze its too bad that you think manual focus is a waste of time