kymarto wrote:
People who stick to the old name brands are missing wonderful opportunities with new optics. Brands like TTArtisan, 7Artisans, Samyang, Meike, Viltrox, Irix, Youngno, and Laowa are pushing the bounds with their offerings, which are not often mechanically and optically excellent. For example the Yongnuo YN 85mm F1.8S DF DSM is ranked third highest of all lenses in the DXOmark database in optical quality, and it costs $345.
Laowa makes some unique super macro lenses, as well as the world's widest rectilinear lens (9mm). All excellent quality.
The 7Artisan 50mm f0.95 is for MFT, but TTArtisan makes a 50 0.95 for full frame, which is very good. I recently purchased a 7Artisan 10mm f2.8 fisheye lens for FF, which is amazing: optically superb, beautifull crafted, and around $300. Here is an example using HDR, shot in Budapest a few days ago. Extreme HDRs are one of the best ways to test the optical quality of a lens, in terms of contrast and transmission, and this lens come through with flying colors, also sharp corner to corner.
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Thank you for such an intelligent and informative reply. And that shot is stunning!