TT Artisan 23 mm F/1.4 APS-C Lens Connection Sony E Mount Silver Manual Wide Angle Lens for Mirrorless Cameras

First impressions on the TTartisan f/1.2 50mm for APC-S Mount-E:The lens box is quite small and very qualitative, and little nice suprise: there is an extra black lens hood and his adaptator provided.And then I take the lens from its protective bag, the TTArtisan product is quite heavy in my palm, 300g minimum of glass and steel.It looks very promising and trustworthy, the lens cap is screwed (it is quite seldom but why not) and made in some metal painted in black with the brand name, and the glassware shows a little raimbow reflection, the focus ring is so smooth with little clicks. General impression is really awesome, i can hardly believe that those features are implemented in this 50mm from TTartisan which sells around 100$, and below 100€.I need to test it to see if the images are as good as my first impressions.As a professionnal photographer, the focus ring focus of this manual lens can be compared to the best lens in the market.The aperture and Deep of Field details are engraved in white on the perfect black lens and i love the result, it brings back memories of the good old times with my Ae-1 Canon FF lens set before numeric camera era. And it is really cool!So I am so excited to test the TTartisan final work. This APC-S lens provided by the Shenzhen company has a "Sony" Minolta E-mount, thus I decided to test it with my pro A7iii Sony Mirrorless in full manual mode: Manual Mode focus and APC-S mode settings and Manual settings for light.Because no lens infomations is shared with the camera, everything can be smoothly controled by hand with a little pratice.For my first pictures, the pleasure is real to play with the f/1.2 aperture and see the sharp part of the image travelling back and forth with the DoF setting!The full A7iii and TTartisan 50mm f/1.2 is light and convienent, so the match with a Sony serie A3XX would be totally perfect!The bokek is so nice, light seems very round and the overall result is creamy. The grey lens box has become my first subject for the test:Product PhotographyThe f/1.2 is quite practical for still object or subjects with day lighting conditions, the ISO has to be raised at 800 / 1600 in interior shooting. What is like is the really movie-like render of the image. The sharpness is good and the colors are normal.Flower PhotographyThe TTartisan f/1.2 Aps-c lens bokek is so smooth, at f/1.2 it gives this fairy dreamy touch to the flowers pictures with the noon sun.With a tender and flat light, the flower is sharp and perfectly separated from the background. the bokek is round and will be most photographers expectations.What is unusal with this big aperture is the amount of light to cope with, 1/8000 and 1/4000 ISO 100 are firmly recommanded when really sunny.Animal SafariWhen animals are eating quietly or taking a relaxed pose, the pictures are natural and the details are good even in the corners of the image.ConclusionI recommand this lens for APS-C cameras for portraiture purposes, street photography and still life pictures (like flowers and product photography).The subject have to be still or not moving much, since the focus is manual. One have to pratice a little if not familiar with manual lens but it is quite easy to figure out how it works quickly.It's a really affordable and wonderful way for beginners to learn photography. Indeed most modern camera provide a Automatic mode but the best way to improve photography awareness is to stick to such a lens. By playing with the settings, the user grows his understanding of the camera and lens mechanisms while boosting creativity by have a fixed 50mm focal.It can be a good gift also, the price quality ratio is very good and it comes with a nice and design box. Every photographer would be pleased and interested to discover a new glassware!MichelPhotographerlimmichelpics.com

Honestly, if you don't have the money to purchase a highly expensive lens and if you're especially looking for A lens good in low light conditions. Definitely pick this little dude up. I've had a lot of fun taking photos of EDM shows and metal concerts alike with this lens. especially for the price.

Thought I’d try my luck getting a “like new” lens and as expected It looks like new, but it doesn’t work at all. Such a crappy policy of passing it along till someone doesn’t return it… waste of time.

I intended to but it for my a7vi, but I found it not suitable at all! extremely disappointed.