f0.95 BUDGET Blur MONSTER! TTArtisan 50mm f0.95 - Tested!

[@BeyondtheMovingPictureStudios]

I love this channel! What an amazing lens!

[@zenography7923]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@CorvusNumber6]

Great review Nigel! I especially love the blur on the first tree shot at the end. It's practically abstract! Cheers, Dave.

[@zenography7923]

Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it!

[@edward9840]

Thank you for posting a review of this very interesting lens. I have been a fan of Zenography for several years. Always a quality discussion. At the risk of flogging a dead horse, however, the traffic noise did made it difficult to hear everything you were saying. Otherwise, great stuff.

[@zenography7923]

Sorry about the noisy soundtrack, I'll find quieter locations next time! Thanks for looking in.

[@thoughtcriminal7198]

I'm fine with the design of this lens but since I own a copy of the 7Artisans 50mm 0.95 and also the TTArtisan 50mm f1.2 I cant say I'm very excited. Also this one is looking a bit on the soft side optically? It would be great to see an honest head to head with the 7Artisan version and to find out if there are any particular distinguishing characteristics or flaws.

[@zenography7923]

That would be an interesting test - thanks for the suggestion!

[@jeghedderhenrik]

the kamlan 50 mm f 1.1 version 2 for crop sensor sensor is cheap ,sharp and well build, it actually almost can cover a fullframe sensor camera hardly need to crop anything

[@BlaxkNobility]

The colour of the pictures are wonderful

[@zenography7923]

The colour rendering of this lens is lovely - as you pointed out!

[@crazygeorgelincoln]

Really like tree shot number 5 (5th image after Lplate.) As Soon as you said apsc I had to Google to find it, something didn't add up, but tta have made 2 50s at 0.95. it's not so prominent on t web ,but the focus ring marking help define it from the less affordable full frame version. Unless comparing the Leica sumolux, Nice they've decided to make it available for different mounts ,maybe there's been more difficulties with adapters than the 1 dodgy Amazon review iv seen. I've been exploring the murky world of Minolta to e mount adapters , only one slip up so far, there's a handy page explaining functional ,partual or not compatibility on the Sony website of all places.

[@zenography7923]

That sounds like a handy resource - I've not had any problems adapting Minolta lenses myself but I hear the mount went through many small changes over the years so I guess I've been lucky!

[@CharlezRichard]

I prefer the 7Artisans 50mm f.0.95. I compared both of them side by side and the 7Artisans is much better. I tested them on my Fujifilm X-T4.

[@pierg1145]

I was wondering ! Thanks 🙏 I have the xt4 and I was wondering beetwin the TTartisan and the 7Artisans. Any VS video ?

[@Xinrui24]

I owned 7artisans and just got mine TTArtisan. I prefer TTArtisan as a Sony person actually. Cover both ASPC and FULLFRAME, Affordable. And I just love TTArtisan's black silver look, so definitely will buy 23mm f1.4 from them too!

[@arcanics1971]

You know all this time I've assumed you lived oop north, and then today I recognise bits of Ilford! Not relevant, just a surprise. Looks like an interesting lens- and pretty cheap for a new lens too.

[@zenography7923]

It's really quite something - and I love the old school design too!

[@Cotictimmy]

Loving the Bach Big-Time. 😃

[@zenography7923]

Thanks, you can't beat a bit of Johann-Sebastian!

[@WMedl]

Dear Nigel, an interesting video though the noise was sometimes unbearable. Apparently as you did not use this lens for vlogging your living room would have been the better place for recording. There is apparently a full frame version for Leica which is about 3 times more expensive. Do you know how anything on the quality differences? One schulmeisterlicher hint: the focal plan has always the same "thickness" (if this term is appropriate for this vanishing smallness of a light quantum) it is the depth of field that is varying.

[@sclogse1]

Watching your troubles with fungus and coating with your 20mm flektagon, I started to wonder if one could buy a filter that had coating on it to help it along.

[@Xinrui24]

Looks good, the zebra design

[@zenography7923]

I think so too!

[@Xinrui24]

​@@zenography7923 I got mine yesterday! A very good lens! Covers the full frame on my sony very well too! Thanks for your review!

[@MartR80]

✋🏼😁 Hi Nigel, did you shoot your samples with mechanical shutter (slower) or electronic (faster). I think this lens needs a 2 stop nd on most sunny days. Shooting with mechanical shutter renders better images than shot with electronic shutter with FujiFilm. 📸

[@zenography7923]

Most of these were shot with electronic shutter, due to the very bright light that day. Thanks for the tip!

[@mattstolzman]

The question is: is it better than 50 1.2 at 1.4?

[@zenography7923]

I guess we'd have to test them side by side to find out!

[@thegroove2000]

For me, something like that that would be used in low-light night conditions.

[@zenography7923]

It would certainly be fantastic in low light, no doubt about it!

[@tomislavmiletic_]

What setup had you used to shoot this video? I mean, sound is excellent, I can hear you loud and clear, but the background noise is a bit too high...

[@zenography7923]

Sorry, I got the sound wrong on this one!

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

Sounds awesome. I'm using the Voightlander 42.5mm F/0.95 and Pentax SMC-A 50mm F/1.2 lens on my Panasonic GH5s and find them exceptional. Do they make this lens for MFT cameras?

[@zenography7923]

As I understand it yes, there is a version made in micro four thirds mount!

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

@@zenography7923 Thanks for the info

[@sclogse1]

A couple days ago I noticed Y.T. no longer gives one a search by oldest upload. (last week I watched your very early uploads and left comments, which may never be seen) Anyway, too bad about that. What youtube should do is allow a search within a user's uploads by subject. Maybe I'm just focus peaking myself...

[@zenography7923]

I must have missed those comments - I'll see if I can find them!

[@sclogse1]

@@zenography7923 Left on your philosophical one.

[@caw25sha]

I'm using the Android app at the moment and you can list videos by date, oldest or newest first.

[@caw25sha]

I wonder whether it's possible to take portraits at maximum aperture. I suspect not because if you focus on the eyes you'd probably get a blurry nose which isn't very flattering 😀

[@sclogse1]

No. Unless you take a picture of a portrait...

[@williamkazak469]

I have sworn off f1.2 lenses. Finding a sharp focus was impossible wide open for me.

[@zenography7923]

It can be tricky sometimes I agree, but focus peaking makes things much easier - I had no problems shooting at f0.95 with this lens!

[@abelm.p4266]

Sans motion blur...😮

[@AndrisLelisTravelChanel]

Have way better colours than any vintage lens

[@zenography7923]

Colours are very nice from this one, for sure!

[@simonhodges6084]

A blur monster to the extent that nothing is in focus.

[@zenography7923]

Well, I wouldn't say nothing is in focus - the plane of focus is thin at f0.95 for sure, which can make some incredibly beautiful shots, and if it's too thin for a particular shot it's best to stop down a bit! Thanks for looking in.

[@dedskin1]

Jesus Christ nothing is in Focus , we the photographers always want that blur , but i find my self stopping down more times then opening up . I have Canon 1.8 , and the biggest problem i have is what to shot , its not F ratio , like here , man goes out has F0,9 lens , and what , not a single picture is moving , not a single good shot , that is what happens to me too . You have to have a target , you have to to the mountain or a hill near by , at sunset , get that F10 rolling and shoot some landscape , for example . For this 0.9F lens i dont know what you can do with it , you can shoot portraits , but you still need a target , a fine model , you still need lights , 2 Flash lights , umbrellas , light modifiers , and get all of that right , you can shoot with F8 , no one is going to complain . That is what it boils down to .

[@zenography7923]

I guess f.95 isn't for everyone!

[@dedskin1]

@@zenography7923 Do you know what to do with it ? I mean the more light the better , but we must think about other aspects , like focus , and we lose that . Stanley Kubrick's famous shot in the Theater was done with F0.9 lens , and it works , but for video , and even then subjects had to be places specifically in order to be in focus and even then they are not really in focus . So basically you need a Film gear , a studio and Focus pull , in order to use it for Video . Photo , i dont know , only low light portrait work . But even then one eye will be in focus the other wont . Its a problem im sure you know that .

[@July71820]

Hi KZbinr, can we talk about collaboration?

[@zenography7923]

What did you have in mind?

[@July71820]

@@zenography7923 Can you give me your email? Or FB or Twitter, okay?

[@jeffadams7134]

The traffic noise is AWFUL!!!!!

[@Mannikri]

I'm sorry, but this video is unbearable to watch for me. I have hearing damage and backround noise is causing actual physical pain. With captions turned on, very interesting information as I am deciding between f1.2 and f0.95 lens 😀

[@arcanics1971]

I struggle with to separate noise from speech so I struggled to understand. Fortunately context allowed me to lip read through the noisy bits.

[@zenography7923]

I'm so sorry, I didn't realise. - I'll try to find quieter locations in future!

[@Mannikri]

@@zenography7923 It's alright. I'm really enjoying your channel. Thanks to you I got myself an X-E1, paid peanuts for it and been enjoying it immensely. Keep up the good work of introducing less known but amazing gear.

[@jorgenjakobpetersen675]

Totally agree. Your living room is fine, no walk around please...

[@NepticFathers]

You could possibly get a lavalier microphone to reduce some of the background noise. Also there are some nice audio plugins that can remove noise from dialogue that are very affordable. I use Waves Clarity Vx, which can be purchased for $40 on sale. It is super simple to use if you have a video editor that can use audio plugins.