TT Artisan AF 35/1.8 for APS-C - review & many sample photos

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This is my review of the TT Artisan AF 35mm f/1.8 lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The TT Artisan manual focus lenses are well known already, so let's find out how this new offering with auto focus performs!
0:00 Intro
1:14 Handling & finish
3:01 Sharpness & distortion
4:33 Vignetting
5:01 Chromatic aberrations
5:39 C-AF
6:21 S-AF
7:00 Close focus
8:31 Bokeh
9:01 Aperture stars
9:46 Winter in Cologne - sample image gallery
11:05 Verdict
13:38 Outro
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Get the TT Artisan 35/1.8 AF on Amazon UK here:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMHB4G98
Get the TT Artisan 35/1.8 AF on Amazon DE here:
www.amazon.de/dp/B0CMHB4G98
Get the TT Artisan 35/1.8 AF on Amazon FR here:
www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CMHB4G98
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This is an Amazon affiliate link. If you purchase your lens via this link, I'll get a small provision, but the price for you remains unchanged!
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Many thanks to Takahiro Oda for the excellent cameraman work and support in producing these videos! Visit his channel:
/ @takahirooda
My instagram:
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BTW did you know I carefully edit all the subtitles (in English) in all of my videos? They're not just an automatic translation! I try my best to be inclusive for everyone who is watching the videos ... and also the perfect subtitles help RU-vid to create better automatic translations to other languages!
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OB1 - RalphReal
Introspective Taal - Aakash Gandhi
Sunny Over the Horizon - RAGE
Intellect - Yung Logos
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@urusaiko 7 месяцев назад

I enjoy watching your review videos. I'm so glad that TT Artisan came out with another afordable AF lens. I purchased the 27mm f2.8 after viewing your video and loving it for street shots. I'm getting this 35/1.8 soon. I was thinking of the manual focus version but AF is great for my old eyes. Well, the manual lens is so cheap I might as well get that too.

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Yes, autofocus sometimes is a great help. And it is true, one nice thing of affordable lenses is that you can try out some more. That makes it maybe easier to find out which type of lens really suits you the best!

@rutlegs 7 месяцев назад

Outstanding real world review! I'm quite impressed with the lens, especially considering it's price! I have several manual focus TTartisan lenses and am very happy with their build quality and performance.

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Many thanks for your feedback! This lens is totally different than the manual focus TT Artisan glass, you clearly realize how they designed everything the "modern" way here. But yes, you are right: Like their manual lenses this one also offers good build quality and performance at a very affordable price!

@inferno1408 2 месяца назад

Great review!

@tomscameras 2 месяца назад

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

@qba4455 4 месяца назад

Great review, thank you.

@tomscameras 4 месяца назад

Many thanks for your feedback!

@kimc5750 7 месяцев назад

Your video’s are works of art ! Great video and lovely photos. I too wonder why they dropped the aperture ring. 💁🏼‍♀️

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Many thanks for your great feedback! 🙏

@paulleith1190 6 месяцев назад

Superb comprehensive review, as always ! Shame about the 60cm close focus distance, that's going to a deal breaker for a lot of people, it's simply way too long for any reasonable close focus shots. Thanks as always for sharing the info in a constructive and helpful manner 🎯🏆Happy New Year 🎉Paul

@tomscameras 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Paul and happy new year to you too! From what I heard so far, TT Artisan‘s next AF lens (the 56mm f/1.8j will have a better close focus distance. So, at least, they learn quickly! 😀

@25myma 7 месяцев назад

Looks really amazing!! The xc35 is still too closely priced though, and it probably has better AF and glass transmittivity. I'd love to see some standard test on this last one if you can invent something, because most of these have great apertures, but they often drop the ball when you need the low light performance, falling up to 1 stop behind compared to fuji lenses.

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

It's true that there are differences in the total brightness between various, say, f/1.8 or f/2 lenses. But it's not going to be one full f/stop between brands - at least, it never was anything like that with all the lenses that I tried so far! Light transmission, in my experience, is also fairly constant between the various brands these days - modern coatings are also used by the Chinese brands. The bigger differences are just how much "cheating" there is when it comes to the true f-stop and/or focal length of the optical design. The real advantage of the Fujinon 35/2 XC is the minimum focus distance. The optics and also the mechanical construction are really cheapish IMO though. It's weird that Fuji sells the same optics in the 35/2 XF which is also a pretty mediocre lens, whereas the 23/2 and 50/2 XF are superb.

@KNAPPAID 6 месяцев назад

@@tomscameras it could be that the 35(52mm equiv) sells well without it having to be optically great , so fuji just didnt really put much effort there.

@santiagoboc 6 месяцев назад

Great videos Tom. Super helpful. Do you know if Ttartisan plans to make it available for the RF mount?

@tomscameras 6 месяцев назад

There are very few third-party lenses for the RF mount. Basically it’s because Canon does control who’s gonna make lenses for their mount. I wouldn’t bet on TT Artisan lenses being available for the RF mount any time soon … but we never know! Read more about the whole story here: m.dpreview.com/news/9598441454/canon-says-rf-mount-is-open-to-third-party-manufacturers-but-don-t-get-your-hopes-up

@santiagoboc 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Tom. I found the TTartisan 35mm 1.4 available for the RF, and after your reviews it was a buy.

@lionheart4424 7 месяцев назад

For the price I think the performance is really good. I would imagine that it would perform slightly better in the X-T and X-H line for Fuji.

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

You mean because of the higher megapixel count of the X-T5 or X-H2? Yes, with their 40 MP sensor you will see a bit more fine details, but maybe also see the limitations of the lens (any lens, not just the TT Artisan) a bit more as well!

@lionheart4424 7 месяцев назад

@@tomscameras I was referring to the Auto Focus and pre XT5/XH2 bodies. And well, there is so much we can ask to a lens in this price range. AF seems decent enough.

@danj2235 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for your review, the minimun focus distance .6m is dissapointing... TTA will release a 56mm 1.8 soon, with MFD .5m, I will wait for it, i think it will pair better with the 27mm

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Yes, I will try to review the 56mm lens just as well. It's kind of funny that that one will have a better close focus distance - 0.5 meters for a 56mm APS-C lens is really good in that respect! And I agree, 56mm + 27mm ... or 56mm + 23mm are a perfect pairing for APS-C! (Let's hope TT Artisan will also release a 23/1.8 at some point!)

@johannesjoseph823 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your videos! How do you compare this lens to the manual version (TTartisan 35mm f1.4)? Besides the AF

@tomscameras 6 месяцев назад

I still prefer the manual lens as it has just a bit more classic character and also it’s a bit faster. I also prefer the 10-pointed aperture stars of the manual version, but all that is also highly subjective!

@user-pq3oq2nq2h 7 месяцев назад

Looks a nice lens Tom another good review pity its focus close up is so poor though.......

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Yes the minimum focus distance can be annoying at times ….!

@yttean98 4 месяца назад

some reviewer said the flare is quite serious, how do you find it? The image quality is quite good, eg 8.46.

@tomscameras 4 месяца назад

I have to admit that I used the lens hood all the time, simply because it is so compact and convenient. So I almost never had an issue with flare. But in some cases, when a strong light source managed to shine on the front lens element despite the hood, YES this lens definitely can have an issue with flare. That's why I showed the sample photo at 12:54!

@yttean98 4 месяца назад

@@tomscamerasThanks for the response you know the limitations for all these kind of lenses. You pay what you get, there is no such thing as a free lunch, but one some times pays excessive money for a mediocre lunch.

@ozgeyuksel4291 Месяц назад

Hello, is this lens compatible for my full frame camera Sony A-7III?

@tomscameras Месяц назад

No it is APS-C ...!

@marcp.1752 3 месяца назад

I'd wish for a 23/1.8 AF from TTA into the exact same design, with matching square hood, for real 35mm onto APS-C/DX, this 35mm lens behaves like 52.5mm FoV into FF terms (36x24mm).

@tomscameras 3 месяца назад

Yes, I absolutely agree. They have this 35/1.8 AF and the 56/1.8 AF already ... so a 23/1.8 AF would be the next logical step!

@marcp.1752 3 месяца назад

@@tomscameras I do hope so - can you ask TTArtisan? Because i do think, a known YT'er pushes more weight, than some unknown individual, Tom. 🙂

@shred3005 7 месяцев назад

I thought this might be a good standard option on my X-E4 instead of my XF27mm f2.8 but then there is no aperture ring. So then I look at the XC35mm f2 you mention which also has no aperture ring, is smaller, lighter and other tests say the Fuji is sharper across the frame at f2 than the TTartisan. XC35 and XF35mm f2 have the sane optical formula. In Australia the TTartisan is AU$250 and the Fuji XC35mm is AU$290. So for me the extra AU$40 is small price extra unless I’m missing something about the TTartisan? I think the Fuji focuses closer too. But I’d still miss the aperture ring either way. The other lenses in my trio of primes is the old XF18mm f2 and XF50mm f2

@Wreckedandruinedand 7 месяцев назад

You're only missing 0.2 faster aperture. That AU$40 more for the XC35mm is pretty much worth it

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

Actually I do prefer the TT Artisan over the Fuji, not only because it has a metal lens mount and feels better in the hand, but also because it doesn't distort as much. The Fujinon 35/2 heavily relies on digital distortion correction which I could accept for a kit zoom lens that covers various focal lengths, but which I absolutely don't appreciate in such a simple standard prime lens. If buying used is an option for you, I'd also check out the Viltrox 33/1.4. Maybe you can get this used for about the same price as a new Fujinon 35/2 or TT Artisan 35/1.8. It has huge color fringing at open aperture, but it is a very nice lens overall and it has an aperture ring as well. My personal favorite in that focal length is the Fujinon 35mm f/1.4. It's one of the original Fuji X-mount lenses. The auto focus is a bit clunky but the optics are a marvel, a gorgeous combination of classic looks and modern quality. In fact it's one of my top favorite lenses for the X-mount. But of course this lens is also more expensive, even used.

@mr.b6789 7 месяцев назад

@5:48 You know that's a dove, not a duck, right? 😄👍

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

I realized it at the moment but was too puzzled to correct my fault and also … how do you emulate a dove sound? 😂

@mr.b6789 7 месяцев назад

@@tomscameras 'ruku' in German, I guess, I assume it is a German dove? 😂 In Dutch it is 'roekoe' 😉

@tomscameras 7 месяцев назад

@@mr.b6789 haha, I don't know if it thinks it is German, European or maybe doesn't care about the country at all 😃... but I do know they're called "city doves" - or "stadsduif"! So the history is that these are descendants of really domesticated doves (like the ones that carried letters etc.) that returned to the wild, well ... they live mainly in cities apparently. Basically like the Australian Dingo compared to the dog! And thanks: "roekoe", yes it sounds good actually!

@franciscomeseguergarcia8186 7 месяцев назад

Thomas, which 35mm autofocus lense is good from Your personnal choose? I hace the 35mm manual but I Wanna but an autofocus lense. I'm between this and the Viltrox.