TTArtisan 50mm f/1.2 APS-C Lens for Sony E

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I have a GX85 and purchased this lens since I wanted to practice with manual focus and I thought it might be and inexpensive option for taking portrait of the kids every so often. For those purposes, the TTartisan 50mm f1.2 is a decent option.Contrary to some reviews I've seen, this lens is not what I would consider sharp. However, it still produces more than acceptable results when wide open, particularly in the center of the image. The edges aren't great, and the corners are worse. If you stop it down, things improve a bit, but after about f 2.8 I didn't notice much further improvement. While the corners become more acceptable, they never get completely sharp. I think my expectations were set incorrectly by other reviews (even for the APS-C version) which made it sound like it was a "razor sharp" which this lens is definitely not.Quality control may not be great. The first copy I received was really bad in one of the corners, and the replacement had what looks like a small defect in the coating. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to affect the photos in any noticeable way. Quality control aside, I have no complaints on the overall construction which is all metal and heavy. The bad copy had a little trouble locking onto the lens mount, but the replacement was as good as the Panasonic lenses I have. The aperture ring has a nice click and the focus ring is smooth and easy to use even with gloves. With the shallow depth of field, focusing can be a little touchy and I think the lens could benefit from a larger throw. The focus scale is in the general ballpark, but it doesn't seem accurate enough to rely on. Both lenses focused a little past infinity at the infinity marking. It comes with a TTartisan branded metal screw on lens cap and a generic rear lens cap.At first, I was a little disappointed because other reviews made it sound like this lens was sharper than it was. After using it for a little while, I determined I like the lens for what it is. It does have a much shallower depth of field than any other lens I have and the out of focus area is nice and smooth. My only other prime (the Panasonic 25mm 1.8) is a lot more busy/distracting. I think bokeh balls are nice wide open, but they get a little strange shaped (almost like octagons) as you stop the lens down. Overall, you can still get some very nice shots and for someone who isn't going to buy an expensive lens just for portraits this gives me a different look than the kit telephoto zoom.At full price I'm not sure I'd recommend this lens. The Panasonic kit 45-150mm zoom can be regularly had for under $150 which isn't much more. The Panasonic is fully automatic, sharper at 50mm, and a much better all around lens that can get enough separation to take the occasional portrait of a family member. If you are OK with used lenses, I think the Olympus 45mm can be found used for only about $100 more than this lens at full price. If you can grab this lens on sale though, I think it's a much more compelling option. If you understand the limitations of this lens and are interested in what it does do well then even at full price it's a decent option.The attached photos are straight of camera without editing.

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