[APS-C] I had previously purchased the Meike 35mm f/1.7 lens and was quite pleased with it so I decided to try this 50mm lens. I am doing interviews for a documentary and using a BMPCC 4k. This lens is perfect for closeups; maybe a little soft wide open but very clear when stopped down a bit. At this price it was well worth the money. No regrets at all.

[62 mm (Front)] Having recently added a Fuji X-E3 to my Fuji camera collection (I also have an X-T1 and an X100), I was looking for a pancake prime lens in the “normal” focal length of 40-50 mm (full frame equivalent). Having grown up on fully manual 35 mm film cameras, I still enjoy an all metal, manual focus prime lens. On one of my Fuji discussion forums, a number of X-E3 owners highly recommended this lens. The price for this lens is less than I have spent for a quality UV filter for some of my expensive Fuji lenses, so it was a no-brainer purchase.

I was pleasantly surprised to find the lens arrived in perfect condition, solid metal construction, internals clean, glass clean, focus and aperture rings rotate smoothly and it mounted to the camera body solidly.

A much bigger surprise is the joy of use and image quality. My X-E3, with this lens, has a similar, but smaller form factor than my X100. It is far easier to focus than my two 7 Artisans manual lenses. Image quality is excellent, and although there is noticeable vignetting at f/2.8, I find it adds an artistic touch to my images. I’ve had experience with this focal length before (my first 35 mm film camera was a Canonet rangefinder with a 40 mm f/2.8 pancake prime) and I find the 42 mm full frame equivalent focal length to be far more useful as a general purpose lens than a 50mm, which I find just a tad too long for my style of photography.

The image I chose to attach to this review is a SOOC JPEG test shot in Acros at 12,800 ISO and f/2.8. I love the way this lens renders and it has quickly become my favorite manual focus lens.

[32°] I use this one on the Leica CL, and my mind switched very strangely to the past when I used to shoot with a Canon AE-1, it was a pleasure, I cannot say everything was gold, but the experience was gold. You just need to take your time to take the picture.

If you do pixel peeping you will find chromatic aberrations and it's really difficult to have everything in focus, but it is a very rewarding lens. I was expecting less from TTArtisans but I'm positively impressed.

I'm thinking the next one will be a 35 (close to 50 on aps-c).

(the picture I upload is untouched, I think it shows the feeling of the lens)

[f/0.95] I've been looking for a solid 50 mm lens and this works great and was super affordable.

[f/16] love the fact that this lens is manual...gave me room to learn how to use all aspect of manual focusing on the Sony a6000...  the images are crisp and sharp..love the feel of the lens and the weight of it...

[32°] I got this lens at the end of May. Initially I played around with it did not have much success. Needless to say it has an extremely narrow depth of field. A few days ago, July 5, I went out with the lens mounted on my Fuji X-T3. Suddenly, success. I had a 49 keepers and about ten or so into the trash. What I did was focus very carefully. If you are using the lens wide open, you should not breathe. Yes, it does cost slightly more than twice as much as the TTArtisan 50mm f1.2 and does handle quite as well. Nevertheless, I like it very much and will keep it and use it.

[62 mm (Front)] Crisp, sharp images. I thought the manual focus might be challenging but I got great photos. I have lenses that I paid 5x more for that aren't better than this.
The build quality is excellent. Highly recommended.
Using a Nikon Z8. Have to change the frame to DX or you get vignette.

[13] Great low priced lens, well made - good weight and feel to it.
I love manual lenses, so for me this one is great. Used with the GH5s, (so as a 24mm). Focus and aperture rings are very smooth.


Defiantly would recommend!