More Lens For Less | TT Artisan 40mm F/2.8 Review 

It's not about WHAT you use, but HOW you use it.

As far as I'm concerned Mark, you could review a lens cap and it would still be a wonderful production and interesting. I just might be heading towards 'groupie' status. As for the lens, incredible value and well suited to APS-C and m4/3.

I'm not ($99) sure if you ($99) happened to ($99) mention how ($99) much this lens costs ($99). Seriously now, I'm pretty impressed by TTArtisan's production. They make affordable lenses of more-than-decent quality. And that's always a plus in today's landscape (both new and used market). Great video as usual, Mark, and nice nice shots too! Cheers!

As ever, a joy to watch Mark. I don’t really care too much for the lens itself, it’s your mildly sarcastic passive aggressive, yet beautifully cinematic presentation style I’m here for. Keep it up, enjoy your Sunday fella 😃👍🏼

0:37 I see what you did there you cheeky devil

Do you have any recommendations for a cheap macro for full frame? I’m shooting on a Lumix S5. I have the 20-60 kit lens and a canon fd 50 1.4

Wonderful results for the ninety nine buck TT artisan 40mm macro lens and it's of a standard that claims class!! The pictures are stunning so to say!! I want some opinions about extension rings for macro photography, stills and videos, an inexpensive alternative (?) to such uses!! Do they really deliver as alternatives to expensive lenses?!! Please let me know!!

I'm glad something like this is really affordable. Definitely a great overview and review. I honestly wished they made a regular EF version since I don't have a mirrorless. This was right at my price point too.

Would be interesting to see a comparison with another affordable macro lens like the Tamron 90mm which can be had around the same price range

Pretty nice results and for that price, it could be considered as a bargain 💪🏻👏🏻. Wow, i can't wait for your review and impressions on the dream lens (as its name implies, i dream with it every day😂).

Great review, these cheaper Chinese lenses aren't trying to be ultra-high-end pro lenses and there's nothing wrong with that. They're basically the Helios-44's of the 2020's - affordable, well built, and achieve what they are designed to do.

The shot at :31 is my favorite - Very cool :D

Looks sharper that I was expecting, good. I'll have to get myself a macro lens, sooner or later, this might be it.

I'd be curious how well it'll work on an a7RIV in crop at almost 30MP. I could totally find myself having fun with this for just under a Benjamin.

Which one you prefer smc takumar 50mm macro or tt artisans ? (For full frame)

Great job on the video

i would love to see you testing more ttartisan lenses like 35mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.2 and how did they compare to vintage primes .

Hey Mark, thanks again. i just picked this lens up to use on a gh6 for camera scanning of old negs. I haven't started yet, and I can't say I have much experience with macro lenses. However, I used to use repro-graphics lenses back in the day in the darkroom, and macro lens are largely the same flat-field idea. Here's my question: Since I am using it for neg repro, I want as sharp as I can get. I loved spending just $99 on this (Actually, Amazon had if for $91US!), but what am I losing by comparison to shooting the negs with, say, the Lumix 30/2.8 (which itself has some issues from being so short, I read), or some of the more expensive macros? Once I stop down to 5.6-8, I'm hard pressed to think there would be much difference. Plus, shooting this on a gh6, I'm already cropping out the corners from APS coverage, on the smaller MFT sensor. Of course, crop too much and you end up lowering lens resolution (line tests, etc.). Shooting negs on a gh6 will be interesting as the sensor size is small, but with the high resolution mode, it can deliver a gorgeous 100mp file (Yes, I know that is overkill and I can probably get down to the grain with 50mp, more or less.) Thanks!

I’m planning on getting this for my A7RIV to scan negatives and I can’t find a reason why I wouldn’t. I have no problem using the crop mode, as it seems it doesn’t create any issues with vignetting, also 26mp is more than enough quality for what I’m seeking in a scan. Does anyone have any more info that could be helpful finalizing my decision😃!?!?

shots look pretty good. Nice video as always.

I have the vintage Nikon Micro Nikkor 55mm F3.5 for similar money, a great lens, perhaps review worthy on you channel? 🙏

This looks so dope

I have a TTArtisan 50mm 0.95. What a delight that lens is. I may have to pick this one up too!

Which one better between this lens and takumar 50mm f4 macro?

I think an average 24mp APS-C sensor would be much more demanding though, increasing the aberrations etc., etc. A7 s series cameras make things easier for most lenses. The difference is actually quite big.

“Cool” images 😁. Mag ratio on lens a plus. In Lightroom is there a lens profile for this puppy?

Very cool :) . I just wish someone would make a new $99 macro for the EF mount ;) That said, I am managing fine with adapted Zuiko OM macros :)

What if this lens is good for DSLR scanning....?

I have the impression that this lens is not compatible with the (not the Pro) BMPCC 6K which has the Canon EOS EF-S mount?

Nice surprise!

That cannon dream lens looks beautiful

actually looks pretty good

this channel is so undefrrated like look at that production value.

$99 you say? My Takumar 50mm f/4 macro decided to fall apart on me (which I'm really upset about) so I'm in the market for a new one.

$99, wow, didn't think a 1:1 macro would be that low.

We’d call this as “cheap as chips”😂😂😂

So its not for full frame. :/

Macro and auto focus! Like mixing oil and water....... impossible.

TT Artisan? Is this a cousin of 7 Artisans lenses?

I think it would take more than $99 to buy you off…