[Glass] I have several lenses from 7artisans that I love to use on my Fujifilm cameras. This Black Mist is my first filter I have bought from that company. It gives an old-school highlight look with the right light, smoothing the contrast to appear more film-like!

[UV] Great price and very nice results.

[UV] I use this on a Z Cam E2. It works great.

[0.135 lb] I had not so good luck with two other 7artisans lenses but this one is great!
The Fuji mount fits very tightly, but this is not a show stopper.
The optics are very good and central sharpness wide open is excellent. Corner to corner, it sharpens up extremely well by F5.6. I shoot mostly landscape and in low light wide open it is surprisingly sharp across the frame.
It has a large rear element and I've not noticed much vignetting.
Focus and aperture rings move smoothly. No detents for aperture and I would prefer detents, but again this is not a show stopper.
I haven't seen much Flare, if any.
Bokeh near and far is very nice, no onion rings seen.
This is a low cost fully manual (no electronics) lens, so I don't expect it to be equal to Zeiss Otus lenses, but I have been thrilled with its high performance, definitely punching above its weight optically.

[UV] I bought several 7 Artisan lenses - this fits the Lumix G95 far better than the 50mm F.095 for infinity / distance shooting. It is remarkably good glass, solid build and light weight. It is certainly sharp at slightly before F2 and onward. I have found it to be a very useful bit of Kit. The two photos show full frame and then a crop of the Moon - at F 8 - 10. It also has very good color rendition. At the price point it is an incredible buy.

[Aluminum] Congratulations, you've found what you're looking for.

Smooth, de-clicked dial for maximum precision, all metal construction, and built with Min/Max stops to prevent the ugly X a lot of VNDs suffer from. There's also very little (if any) noticeable color shift in the image.

I shot on my Sony a7s classic in the snow on a partly sunny day at ISO 3200 (minimum allowed in video mode) with my 50mm f/1.4 lens wide open and still didn't need to max this filter out. The amount of lighting control this allows for is invaluable. Highly recommended!

[UV] The new packaging for this filter is now a white box covered with a plastic film.


The quality is TOP as usual with 7artisans products.

[Aluminum] Love this for long, night exposures. It produces a natural and un-deliberate effect, unlike a diffusion filter. Even on b/w landscapes, it spreads the light out more.