Now, the f/0.95 on the APS-C will give you a depth of field close to that of an f/1.4 lens on a 35mm full frame camera. So handling this lens will not be any harder in terms of nailing focus than using said 1.4 lens. But it does have a huge advantage over the f/1.4 lenses… I think I understand your point about corner sharpness for lenses like these— let’s see if I got this right. Say you’re using this wide open to get a portrait. Corner sharpness might even be a distraction from the effect you’re trying to get? The 7Artisans 35mm F0.95 build quality is excellent. The lens is made for APSC-C but almost cover the full frame sensor. The lens is all in metal , numbers are engraved and not just printed You can also note the slight exposure difference between the two that I outlined further up the article. The bokeh quality between the two I definitely rate as similar. Mid frame the 7artisans seems to have a little bit of a dark rings near the edges of the blurry specular highlights, but when you change the exposure up to match that of the Mitakon they are again similar.

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To me this trait isn’t necessarily the most important trait of a lens like the 7artisans 35mm f/0.95. I use these lenses for creative output, and I tend to use whatever shortcomings they might have to my advantage. But a lot of the flaws that you usually see in this type of lens is simply not present in the 7artisans 35mm f/0.95! This especially applies to sharpness. All samples have been shot on my Fujifilm X-pro3 cameras. I have shopped this lens at night as well as in daylight, I have tried to shoot both portraiture and more street oriented images. All images have been post processed using Adobe Lightroom software. IMO, if all you are after is minimum DOF, then there is very little difference between f0.95 to f1.2-f1.4.. What is special about these lenses is their unique, very soft, "glowy" / dreamy rendering at max aperture / close distances.. If you are not interested in this character, then you would be better off with a f1.2-f1.4 lens. (Like the TTa 50mm f1.2) The 7 Artisans is not made to photography landscape wide-open (corners are weak at f0.95) but will give very good results at F5.6 over the entire frame . Some fringing can be observed with incident light wide open What I can see from mechanical design and composition - TTArtisan lens are manufactures in a very different way, so yes most likely it is very different factory than 7Artisans lens. Though it's just my personal observation from disassembly of dozen lens models. Thank you @ChangshaNotes for sharing interesting details about founders split, that makes sense, and looks like that was a beneficial decision.Of course, with that f0.95 lens, and a 12 blade diaphragm, you can bet that bokeh is simply stunning and smooth. There is nothing harsh here. I’ll definitely post more bokeh filled images in my review but so far, I am very happy with the results. I’ve reviewed quite a few lenses for the Fufjifilm system, and to me, this lens produces some of the best bokeh that you can get for the system. If you plan to shoot this lens only at f0.95, you will be very happy with the results, trust me. In terms of focusing, it’s all done manually, which is probably another reason why the lens is more compact. Manually focusing a normal to short-tele lens with such a large maximum aperture is either something you enjoy or don’t. I’ve shot enough Leica M gear that I’m not so much of a fan anymore haha but focusing isn’t too difficult with the 7artisans Photoelectric 50mm f0.95 lens. Apologies in return — I’ve been AWOL here —I retired, then we moved from Austin TX to Bellingham, Washington State. In the middle of a nature preserve — nature a different photography for me 🙂 I thought I’d even sell my M system, but the very nice guy at the Leica store persuaded me I could do just as nice work with an M. Also I walked out with Leica binoculars, which are spectacular.

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I remember you mentioning moving to Washington State. How is it there? I’m glad the guy persuaded you to keep the M system :). It’s worth it, and yes, you can get some great nature stuff with it. Leica Binoculars are fantastic. I own a pair for concerts lol.One final thing to note regarding the build quality is that the this lens will mount onto your X-Pro3 without ruining your lens mount release button like some of the early Viltrox lenses did. The mounting-ring itself is made from a gorgeous shiny graphite colour that again just oozes quality! Specifications

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Since then I have bought their 75mm f1.25 lens for my Leica M system and I enjoy that lens very much. They are putting out a massive amount of lenses at the moment that all seem to have a common denominator which is excellence in both build- and image quality. It’s no secret that I enjoy shooting very fast lenses, but I mean… who doesn’t? So when I saw that they announced the new 35mm f0.95 for different APSC systems, including Fujifilm X-mount, I knew I had to try it.It’s not the sharpest lens I’ve ever shot, far from it, but it is by far the sharpest fast aperture lens that I’ve ever shot in this segment. And this actually applies when shooting it wide open too!! Yes, it is so satisfyingly sharp at f0.95 that I never even consider stopping it down during day to day use. Bokeh for both looks similar; good at close distances, but at some mid-distances can look a bit busy.. I tried searching for the lens diagram of both the Mitakon 35mm f0.95 mk2 and the 7artisans 35mm f0.95 and although it’s rather hard to find I managed to find at least enough evidence to know that the buildup of these lenses are exactly similar. They seem to be based on an already tried optical formula with an added focal reducer at the rear. From what I can tell even the coating seem to be the same between the two lenses. When I started shooting them side-by-side I did find that there were some slight differences but that was all about field of view and not about image quality. In day-to-day use you will find no difference at all between these two lenses. I will go into deeper detail regarding this comparison further on in this article. F0.95 not corrected F5.6 corrected full frame F0.95 full frame F16 F0.95 CA /AC Crop 100% CA / AC Flare F0.95 F16 Flare / Sunstars – flare effet d’étoiles F16 Flare / Sunstars – flare effet d’étoiles F16 Flare / Sunstars – flare effet d’étoiles 2.3 Bokeh / Color rendition– Bokeh / Rendu des Couleurs