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TTArtisan AF 50mm F1.8 Neo

I posted a thread about this new lens line a few weeks back but it seems the 50/1.8 is the first to become available. €99 here in Spain.

Jonathan-Mac

News Thread 'TTArtisan - new "Neo" line of basic lenses'

TTArtisan are bringing out a new "Neo" line of lenses which are so basic that they have no controls on them, not even a focus ring. I suppose this could save quite a bit of cost but having no manual focus ring on a lens could be very frustrating unless the AF works extremely well, which is not likely on a cheap lens from a maker that isn't technically in the L-mount alliance. I'm all for having cheaper options available but no focus ring I think is a step too far.

First is a 50/1.8 then an 85/1.8 later. It would be really nice to see new lenses outside of 35, 50 and 85mm...
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As noted in the above thread these lenses have no manual focus ring, they can only be focused with AF. I might still have a look since it's small and VERY cheap but no ability to focus manually is quite off-putting on a thrid party lens which likely won't have the best AF anyway.

From the video above it seems that you have to stop down to f/4 to get good corner sharpness and get rid of LoCa and other colour fringing, but at f/2.8 it's not bad.
 
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Just ordered one from B&H. It is 2" long (for comparison the TTA 40mm is 1.7" long) so quite compact. Great to see lens makers create these compact lenses at excellent prices.
 
Good examples of portraits..
 
After seeing a couple of YT reviews I think this lens is too optically poor to be worth a try, even at the price it has. I know that it would end up just being unused, probably after a short period of being tried out and producing disappointing results. I already have two excellent 50mm lenses and a compact 40mm and I'd prefer to keep the money for something more worthwhile, like a used 35/1.4 Art.
 
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