TTArtisan 23mm f1.4 - A Review Of A Great Budget Lens For The ZV-E10 (a6400, a6100) 

I agree with you. I am a vintage MF lens user for years and I can say that TTArtisan makes impressive stuff. The 23mm f/1.4 is my favorite 35mm equivalent lens and I am using it on my a6000 almost all the time. In character and build quality it rivals the top tier MF lenses from Zeiss, Voigtlander and Meyer Optik and given the price this is mind blowing! The color rendition is solid but it’s strength for me is black and white, because of the amazing contrast. Really, is a must have lens. You can do low light shooting or take advantage of the 1.4 aperture for artistic purposes and if you want a very sharp image, stop it down to f/8 for a great prime look.

I recently bought the ZV-E10 - my first mirrorless camera - and I’m excited to try different lenses to see what they (and I) can do. Thanks for this and your other reviews! You’re very informative and funny, too, Mark! Cheers.

Got a similar lens for my ZV-E10 - andoer's 25mm f1.8 for $25 a while back, and while it doubled in price since, it is nice having a budget low stop lens for webcam/photography or stationary use on it.

I really like TTArtisan, I own their 100mm f2.8 m42 lens and it gets sooo much use. If I do ever get an apsc mirrorless camera I’ll most likely get this lens. It’s such a nice lens in every way in my opinion, ticks every box for me for a 35mm equiv lens.

Ok Mark, I'll make you happy since you make me happy with your awesome videos. I use an old Minolta Rokkor 50mm f/1.7 sometimes, or a Helios, and even an Industar. I really dig the look of that 23, and no complaints about an f/1.4 (manual or not).

Just bought this one and 3 others for m43. Waiting for the upcoming Pannyboy... 2 G9 or similar cameras for MF and then Dougie for now as primary with Panny m43 when it's PDAF. Can't wait! New videos coming soon from the new house/studio 🤘

Interesting little thing. Great video as always :) I have one manually lens and it is the Canon FD 50mm 1.4 which my father used to take pictures of us. Now I'm able to adapt that on my A7IV and take pictures of my own family :) That's the cool thing about manual lenses, they can survive decades of camera bodies - see Leica M-mount lenses.

I could tell immediately that lens A was the expensive one, because of the depth of field, sharpness and contrast, but do not see those differences as terribly significant. I'm so amateur though that the lack of AF scares me away a little bit. I'm much more of an audio person, and am never going to be a sophisticated videographer. Entertaining as always!

Always great reviews... With the focus breathing will it be bad if tracking with a dolly in /out on a subject using a Dji Lidar that keeps subject in focus and in frame like a follow focus..

Great job on the video Mark! Thanks for making it. I have a suite of c-mount lenses that are intended for CCTV cameras. The 6mm, 16mm, and 25mm have horrible vignetting unless you opt to use clear image zoom to 1.5. The 35mm (f1.6) on the other hand takes some pretty cool photos while the 50mm (f1.4) has saved my bacon on two different projects now. The I think the 50 has 13 aperture blades maybe? The bokeh is insane on it. Most of these lenses were made by Pixco I think. I just got a step-up ring that will allow me to use my variable ND on the 35, with another on its way that will hopefully work for the 50. I might have to sacrifice some minimum focus distance to do it, but so be it. I hope to use it to get some slow-mo shots of my hummingbirds this summer with the orange honeysuckle in full bloom behind it so all you see is an orange and green blur behind the beautiful hummingbird.

Another fab review ( street light pictures..with 'gloriole' enhancement...perfect)

Like the way the studio looks with the warmer lights...

Thank you for finding these crazy lenses are such crazy prices

I've used TTArtisans prime lenses on my Lumix GX85 and they're excellent for someone learning framing and focal length (and honestly just need a constant shot without hunting). Ironically enough, I will be receiving my new Sony ZV-E10 on Friday! Upsold my Lumix LX10 for a ZV-1 a few months back and it's made me want to fully commit to Sony. Picked up a Sigma 16mm 1.4 as well to go with the kit lens and I'm stoked to finally complete the full transition from Panasonic

At first I watched your channel for all the good comparison reviews and stuff. But now I think I'm here for your charming personality and Christopher Nolan like looks.

hello Mark, can focus breathing prevent me from making good videos with this lens? I wanted it to be my first prime on the sony

My image on the a6600 and fx30 are completely distorted and blured. I dont know if the lens has a problem or if it is some settings I need to change...

I force myself on a trip to UK by using manual focus lens for 2 weeks and I can't go back to auto focus now! the concentration, a bit slower pace, and the total control of the situation, also the rethinking and recomposition after getting the subject in focus is more appealing to me as the true "photography" IMO. I got a lot more "useful" photo than from those autofocus lens. I think there is some kind of subconscious action when we using autofocus lens. Every Time I heard the "peep" sound I will assume it is all ok and automatically press the shutter button, it is kind of a mandatory sequence without any more thinking in the head. And more often we find out later it focused on the wrong subject! Then I get use to the action of firing a series of shots and select the best one out of a tones of photo afterward. It is not fun to me.

If I bought my zv e10 with its kit and I don’t need tele then which lens of the brand should I buy? I mostly take photograph anyway.

0.16 i like the colors on Lens A much mores specially the skin tones and the background is blurred way nicer than Lens B

Has anyone tried this lens on a FF camera, like the Sony A7 or the Canon eos RP ? Will it cover the sensor size? I'm looking for something more artsy... so if it covers with minor vignetting that's what I'm after ... also if it gives the purple corners because of the light-angle , then it's also a no-go. Any idea?

I use this lens on a7iv. If you engage active stabilisation and a bit of clear image zoom in full frame mode you get like 26ish with no mechanical vignette. Not to mention the obvious crop mode use.

Their 27mm 2.8 pancake for Fuji actually has AF. It’s pretty good and I hope they make some more AF lenses

Hi, Mark. This might be a dumb question, but does this lens allow focus points to appear on the digital screen at least when you're manually focusing? Or does it never tell you which part of the image is in focus? Great video as always. Nice subtle color scheme change as well!

I wanna say “A” (0:05) is a tiny bit sharper in the face, while “B” (0:10) is just a tiny bit blurrier in the face. I prefer “B” because I think that it smooths out the skin. I’ll hit play and watch the rest of the video now.

so because they are manual lenses is it normal not to see the aperture on your camera screen? i only see F and not f1.4

Great Lens Great Price Great Mark. Please review the TTArtisan M 21mm F1.5 ASPH. Thank you.

i trully value your opinion on the Sony zv-e10... can you please do a review on the Monitor Plus app available for Sony cameras please..?

For this price seems like a no-brainer to have in the camera bag!

Sorry, watched and forgot to comment. I have 35 but need to pickup this 23.

Mark, have you ever tested out the TT artisan 25mm F2 lens? If so, how you think in terms of video quality that lens compares to this one? The 25 looks more attractive because it's more of a pancake size lens.

Uso la Sony A5100 y tiene un excelente autoenfoque, pero me toco firmar un video clip musical de un coro y me di cuenta que el enfoque manual es muy util

I like the new orange background

Make a video for Sony zv e10 with kit lense and speed booster adaptor.

Would you recommend this low budget lens for live streams like Twitch or RU-vid?…

Lens A is blurrier in the background; Lens B has an overall softer look

I looked at the pores on your face to tell lens B was TTArtisan but you're right overall there is very little difference

Can we use this 100$ lans in sony full frame ?

In lways get confused… tt artisan and 7 artisans. They are different companies right??

It will not work with Catalyt Browse right?

I use Pentax-M lenses

TTARTISAN 23mm f1.4 lens vs TTARTISAN 35mm f1.4 Lens Which would be better to use in Sony zve10 emount for only videos?? I want a budget friendly premium lens to produce great vodeyin zve10. I'm planning to buy only Lens for zve10 without buying kit lens. I'm not buying kitkens of zve10 so suggest me a great Lens to produce great videos for my Instagram.

For those who want AF, take a look at the Viltrox 23mm 1.4... superb lens and still lots cheaper than the Sony!

I saw this on amazon and i was wondering whether it was genuine or was it some kind of scam

great review as always... I'm ordering one right now... I'll make sure I'll click the duggy so you get some duckets!

A vs B: B has less colour saturation, slightly less Toneh, outside of the that, similar. The model in A is more handsome haha. Manual for everything except the main shot. Panasonic will likely be the subject of my studio going forward, Sony just steals the life from your shot you know?

Regarding the test at the beginning of the video, the difference is definitely noticeable, but I think the manual focus is responsible for this added blurriness on the color checker as an example. For the price I don't think there is much to complain about, this lens seems great for someone on a budget if they don't plan to move the camera or subject around while filming.

Lens B!

Focus breathing in a manual lens?? Please enlighten on how that happens. I thought that phenomenon existed exclusively with automatically-focusing lenses... and separated the sheep from the goats in that realm.

Focus zone scale on this lens is totally fucked up, worthless shit if you want to use zone focusing - what I always do with manual focusing lens!

Again, great info, but complete cringe for 6 entire minutes... we may have found the most narcistic youtuber out there... video about a camera and lens, content: 99% man winking at himself on camera