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I got pretty worried when you said you would upload a lot less this year Mattias, glad you still upload at a regular enough frequency. Great review/shots as always!
I miss my brethren uploading fuji related content. But I do still appreciate the detail, care, and professionalism that you put into each and every review. Keep it up and thank you.
I love the 21mm on my X-E3. I find the crop FOV of 31.5mm very useful. I'm very interested in this lens. I had the Kamlan 21mm which I found to be a very well made lens that produced great images. I returned it only due to the aperture ring. It is de-clicked, which alone I could get used to, but the numbers on the ring were printed in a manner that did not allow me to be able to tell what aperture I was really using.
Good to hear how you don’t need an external viewfinder on the M8 and use internal frame lines. Just found a cheap Voigtlander 21 f4 and was wondering if internal frame lines would be good enough to estimate
Great video Mattias, as usual! Nice lens--of course such cheaper lenses make sense. I have a Zeiss 21/2.8 but even then this makes sense for the extra 1.5 stops. BTW your videos are responsible for about 40% of my camera purchases last year!
I wonder how well this would work for astrophotography, given the extreme aperture but being quite affordable. Almost the same way that Rokinon lenses got into the modern consciousness: affordable, good enough quality, and very practical.
Currently I'm using a Voigtlander 21mm f4 color-skopar lens that does produce beautiful B&W images, but if used for color images the left and right edges have a purple/pink hue cast from 0.5 to 1.0 inch's in on my 27" monitor when processing in lightroom. I have been able to remove most of this, but some always hangs about. Does this 21mm 1.5 cause this same effect? Or is it just this little Voigtlander... Drives me crazy. Nice review as always...
For the money there are fine, my only criticism to the lens is the weight and size. Therefore I prefer the Voigtländer 21/4 . Size was the reason to switch to the Leica M system. However I always like your videos and content. Keep up the great work!
I have been a photographer for fifty years. I have a lot of lenses. I just ordered this lens and the 50mm f1.4 for my new Lumix S1R. Here is my opinion on lenses. I have some extremely expensive and valuable lenses. I also love affordable excellent lenses like the Voigtlanders. When I saw TT Artisans' Christmas special I said, what the hell, lets have fun. When an artist paints, it doesn't matter how much the brush costs. It's the factor of what the brush presents to the artwork and the artist's hand. Every lens has a fingerprint. Buying the TT Artisan 21mm for just over $200. USD and the 50mm f1.4 for under $200. is laughable, especially if my images are gallery quality and I tell people I shot them with a $200. lens.
I am thinking of buying the Leica Super-Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH. This lens may make sense as a purchase to see how I can get on with the 21 mm focal length on my M10 before taking a rather expensive plunge in to the Leica pool.
mattias, nice video as always with very interesting fotos but in the last time you review focal lengths that are not the most commonly used. Which affordable 35 or 50mm would you suggest for leica m mount ? and by the way do you prefer 35 or 50mm ?
There are many 35mm in different budgets from 7artisan, TTartisan, Voigtlander, Zeiss or even Leica if you buy used. My preferred focal length is 28mm or 50mm.
Mattias, the Xpro 3 has been missing from your channel lately :) Did you sell it as well to get your dream camera or are you too mesmerized with the leicas to post some fuji content? :D
@@gearreallydoesntmatter Fair enough. I still enjoy your content just as much, especially the pictures on Instagram ;) Although I think I have caught the brand-loyalty bug for Fuji which is never good. Might try shooting film for fun for a change :D
That's a good idea. They could sell magnetic filters for it as well. I've been using magnetic filter adapters for 6-7 years, would love to have it integrated in the lens hoods.
Mattias Burling thanks - I guess it’s down to whether I want to limit myself to no AF... I think I just want to shoot a lens with a focus tab at some point 😂
I wasn't a big fan of the lens and sent it back. Too soft wide open, extreme purple fringing and so on. I got a used voigtländer 21 mm 1.8 instead and its been great so far. Relatively small size and the best part... Its sharp wide open and gets even better stopping down 🙂 Imo the better choice for a 21 mm lens.
Hey Daniel, am also choosing between the 21 Ultron or the TTA. What body are you using it on? I am adapting on a Lumix S5 and would prefer the smaller size of the TTA.
@@Jaymino_ Hi! I'm using the Voigtlander on a Leica m240 and I'm still happy with my choice. I think the Voigtlander is more compact in comparison to the ttartisan, as far as I remember the ttartisan. Maybe the Voigtlander is a little thicker but the ttartisan should be longer. Compared wide open the Voigtlander is far better imo
@@duesenbeat hey Daniel, appreciate your quick reply on your experience with the voigtlander. You have been helpful. Have you considered the voigtlander 21 3.5 color skopar? It's a new design more compact but of course you lose some light.
@@Jaymino_ Youre welcome. No I like to have a fast f stop, for a good versatility so i don't have to much gear to carry, and get nice low light shots without the need to push the iso to far 🙂
Mattias Burling I’m sorry, but I’m not an expert and when looking at the pictures, I can’t seem to see any reason why it is better. Maybe it’s about the creation process, holding a real camera, having the lenses, post processing etc..
In short, with the iPhone you don't get a wide angle, no tele photo, tiny sensor, no creative control, no hss, AF sucks, metering sucks, MF sucks, no lens choices, the list goes on and on. The phone is also extremely slow and clunky so you will miss the shot 90% of the time. It's like comparing a shovel to a bulldozer. Sure both of them can move dirt.
What are you doing with your cameras? I own M4-2 since 2015 (went with me to USA, Russia) and the only time RF needed adjustment is after dropping camera on the side walk. M-E is with me since 2016 and only one RF adjustment is needed after mounting wrongly re-assembled lens.
We are talking about fast aperture here. But to answer you question anyway, from 0-35mm focal lengths manual focus is always much faster than AF imo. Simply by using zone focus. Thats why often use MF for street photography, AF isn't fast enough. When you begin to press the button to focus your AF lens my MF lens is already in focus.
@@gearreallydoesntmatter Hey Mattias - I wasn't being serious - just hitting on the very 'misconceptions' you will do in the future - I love Leica - the simplicity, the engineering etc - but as a pro I can't bring myself to put such an outlay into my professional work - I have the uber chunky - ridiculously complex GFX as my daily workhorse shooting cars with Bronny 1200L's - and it works supremely well once it is simplified down for my old brain - so it wouldn't fit - however....Dear Santa....
Who are they kidding? If they wanted people to think of them as a different company, they should not have used such a similar name. They could have positioned it as the higher quality brand of 7 Artisans. I don't think their customers would mind that.
Gear doesn't matter period. A cheap Leica M8 or super expensive Fuji doesn't matter for the results. Just look at my Instagram videos and camera blind tests :)
Really strange focal distance. I wonder if lenses are made in the standard focal lengths (including the oddballs 40, 85 and 135) because otherwise they'd be "too different" for the average person to feel comfortable with. Then again, real focal lengths and f numbers aren't always exactly the same as the advertised ones; but in that case I understand and agree, it's better to advertise "70-200" than "69,7-199,1"
