Thank you so much for this review, this was the decisive video for me to decide no to get this lens. Would be possible for you to check out on Kamlan 21mm F1.8? Not so angular, I know, but I've check out so many good comments about Kamlan 28mm, apparently a reasonably good one, that I don't know why there aren't much reviews about the Kamlan 21mm, more closely in angular range to this 17mm.
hi there, thanks for watching. Unfortunately i do not have contact with Kamlan so i do not know how to arrange a review sample for that. But if i have a chance to contact them i'll definitely talk to them about it. :)
I love the TTArtisan. The build quality is solid and the optics are really great for the price point. Great all around wide angle for Astro/Landscape and Architecture shots.
Thanks for the review. As somebody who used both: would you recommend the Laowa 17mm 1.8 or the Artisan 17mm 1.4 Usecase would be travel / street photography on a Lumix GX9
Hi there it's a bit hard to choose. I like Laowa's more compact size for traveling but TTArtisan's slightly faster aperture could be useful when under low light. So I guess it depends on what is more important to you
How does this compare to the Laowa 17mm f1.8? I am considering a manual focus lens of this focal length for MFT. I get the impression that the Laowa is better in many ways, especially with wide open sharpness. What do you think?
@@TheRealRichardWong I thought you reviewed the Laowa 17mm and you might have remembered your impressions of how good it was. I always appreciate your good work with your reviews. Thank you.
Thanks for watching Malcolm! Hey I'm going to visit TTArtisan's HQ next month and will have a chat with their founder, anything you want me to ask them? :)
Muy buena reseña de esta bonita y barata lente. Está camino a mi casa desde Amazon por 148 euros, espero poder disfrutarla en mi Oly OM-D EM10 MII. Muchas gracias Richard. 😉👍🙌
Nice review. It is close enough to the pancake 28mm lens on the Nikon ZFc, although the Nikon is FF. I like 28mm for street photography, and it's nice to see a fast prime for apsc for a change.
Sadly, my lens was of very disappointing quality and I sent it back. I don't think that the quality control on this lens was very good as I have seen several comments from folk who were very disappointed with their lenses too.
It would. Because using an extension tube increases the focal length and that make the effective aperture smaller as the opening of the lens is unchanged.
I myself actually quite like the design of this lens (compare to other TTartisan lenses). But it seems TTArtisan is still experimenting with the design/look of their lenses
