I know Im asking randomly but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the login password. I love any tips you can give me!
Great stuff, really! This lens was meant to shoot portraiture or items wide open and get a vintage look with character, I can't wait to test it out, thanks for sharing!
I bought this lens about a year ago under a different brand name. It was sold as a cctv lens for apsc mirrorless cameras. . Was much less than 70 dollars but you needed an adaptor to its c mount . This review is very accurate. The edges and the center are not in the same focusing plane. Focus peaking shows how the edges sharpen while the center gets blurred. Its interesting . I shot some really nice artsy pictures using this lens. I definitely recommend it.
This review made me genuinely laugh when you started to highlight the rather bad sides of the lens. Absolutely love your content. Greetings from Germany
This is just a rehousing of a CCTV lens, you can find a 35mm f/1.6 C mount for arround 13€ plus 2€ for the C mount to e mount adapter on aliexpress. I bought the 25mm f/1.8 cctv lens (7 artisans also have a rehousing of that lens, but 60€ more expensive) and it's quite similar. For the price, if you like the style that gives, it's a nice deal
I have the cctv fujian 35mm f1.7 and it's field curvature is out of this world compared to this pergear lens. It's so extreme that the focus plane changes when you open\close the aperture. This clearly is Pergear's own design and looks way superior.
I really like how you occasionally also show lesser-known and slightly quirky lenses like this one! I think you've got a good variety of lenses on your channel and great reviews! I have never experience field curvature first hand and don't have a feel for how it behaves, but wouldn't the effect of field curvature depend on the distance to the flatt object. I'm assuming it's only affected by aperture indirectly through the change in depth of field. If this is the case, couldn't you get away with larger apertures than f/11 for flatt objects far away, since the distance also increases the depth of field? I find this lens very interesting since the optical compromise seems to complement each other in certain cases. For subject photography it might increase the subject separation by increasing the background blur slightly. For landscape photography you might not want to capture images wide open anyway, so field curvature might be a more workable optical flaw.
A quirky little lens and definitely worth dropping one in your camera bag for the price - despite it's obvious limitations. Thanks for the review Christopher 👍. Christmas stocking filler idea 🤔😁
hi i just bought this lens but for fujifilm, i have a fuji xt30 ii and when i use it everything was fine, its just that i cant take a picture even though i pressed the button. may i know why? someone pls xplain 😢
Hi! Did you have any issues with lens attachment? I have got first one - cannot rotate it until click. Sent to support, they asked to get it back. Sent me another one, but still cannot rotate it until click. Camera (Sony ZV-E10, Sony a7III, Sony a7IV) e-mount, lens e-mount.
Pros: 70 bucks, small, solid, comes with a lens hood, no distortion, sharp in middle (and in corners when focused there), nice OOF areas. Cons: declicked aperture, slightly heavy focus throw, field curvature, flare. Been trying this lens out and it's great! IMO it blows the likes of meike and 7artisans out of the water in terms of overall quality.
Regarding the field curvature -- are the edges focused closer than the middle, or further away? If closer, then I can see some cases where this might be useful. Same with the flaring. If that's the look you want, then this is a great lens for that.
So I just rewatched your Meike lens review and I was wondering which you would prefer if you had to make a choice. Seems like the Meike has worse (but even) peak sharpness, more distortion and vignetting, and worse LL performance. Meike for landscape and this one for subject?
probably pass on the lens, but i did like that the focus ring and aperture ring had a different shape to them, just to jog your memory when grabbing for focus/aper. Might be worth buying for the purple pouch though, :)
the color rendering is pretty good for its price point，i think 7artisan zonlai brightenstar pergear share the same manufacture line in shenzhen，optic quite similar
They're some lens coming from CCTV camera (C-mount) you might be interested. Especially the Fujian CCTV 35mm f/1.7 which costs no more than 20$ (in my country) with an adapter. Picture-quality wise, no matter what you do, you'll never get a sharp image across the frame.
Hi, Chris. Great review, as usual. I really appreciate the wide variety of lenses that you exam. To that point, I suggest you take a look at the KamLan 21mm f/1.8. Nobody seems to be talking about it. In my limited experience with the lens it's been quite impressive. I'd love to know your thoughts.
No, the KamLan is 21/1.8 districtly different than the Zonlai. You can see it on KamLan's website. You can also see a few shots on Flickr. I'd be curious to watch your take. I find its 0.12 minimum focus distance to be very unique for a small wide-angle lens.
How fast does the sharpness decrease from the center of the frame, if you put the focus there? If you want to put your subject a bit off center, should you then compose your scene first, then adjust the focus?
Hello Christopher. I want to get a camera and lens that will take good pics and solid 1080p60 video. I want a mic jack and a small body. What should I be looking at? Thank you.
I know people want small lenses on mirrorless cameras but this thing looks like it's bordering on Sony levels of ergonomics. Also, personally, I love the black and chrome look. Gives it a bit of a Voigtländer look.
Because of that window one of my churches has become a grade 2 listed building, which has led to all kinds of problems with our local building regulations hehe (I don't think you wanted to know that information hehe)
@@christopherfrostFrom a perspective of preservation that is great. I am surprised that the church is held by building regulations for listed buildings. I though there was special legal rights with the church. Such as burial sites do not have to follow environmental regs and so on. Obviously not from what you are saying but it surprises me. I do find such things interesting, but not sure about the "lens" hunters!?!? I would be interested in other images from around the church, it is not only religious but also very important historically and culturally speaking. Thanks for getting back to me. A.,
Good review, and mine both 25 ane 35 Pergear are going back to Amazon.For that money Pergear should learn how to make focus ring helicoil without play in it. Mine both two copy suffer from focus play only when you turning clockwise. Other direction has no play.Other thing is that non of them is f1.6 or f1.8. They are about 1.9 and 2.2 or somewhere there. All in all if you want manual lens go for some vintage glass.You will get for same or less money better build and output.
Thanks for the insights. Could potentially be a fun lens to have in the bag for some casual street photography. On a side note, did you review the new Samyang 85mm f/1.4 mII? They're using photos by you as examples for it.
This would be a great lens for a "poor man's macro". At 35mm when reversed it'd give a little more magnification than 1:1 and only the center would project on the sensor so the field curvature wouldn't matter.
It's a pretty nice lens, but If you considere it's flaws at f1.6 and up and that it is fully manuel, then i would rather go with some cheap vintage m42 lens. Sony mirrorless can adapt them all.
i always wondered why you never done the focus on the corner when testing the corners. most cases of lenses not looking "sharp on corners" is often just not focused there
You should get a more professional test map when testing the sharpness. Even when you say the lens is razer sharp, it doesn't look so sharp. It looks like the test card you are using is printed on a sheet of paper. I have seen others use more professional test maps, and then you see the difference in sharpness significantly better. So a professional more detailed test map would make a big difference. Otherwise, your clips are really good :)
Chris Diy chart is actually easier for us to view on TH-cam. I have seen many people using the so called professional sharpness charts on TH-cam but it's kinda hard to view those charts on TH-cam
The test chart is about 1.5 meters wide, is a 100mp (approx) image, printed at the highest resolution at the highest quality, on a sheet of metal, at high cost, so there's no distortion. There's simply no way it could be any higher quality.
@@christopherfrost I thought I saw very subtle fringing as well for center. Maybe you can zoom even more on the contrast circle to exaggerate the problems
I see it too. Strangely enough, it's subtle but so widespread on every edge it gives the entire center resolution pattern a magenta hue even when zoomed out.
As long as the actual aperture changes are smooth as well. Looking at Viltrox's daft declicked aperture rings that still have sticky aperture changes. All of the drawbacks with none of the benefits!
I don't know what Pergear is getting wrong in their lenses in order to get such awful flares. It happens the same with their 25mm 1.8 and I don't think it's the coating to blame for this (even an old Jupiter-12 with a dubious 1950s Russian coating can handle flares wonderful compared to this mess. I suspect they made an error designing these lenses by making some type of internal surface in the lens reflect an excess of light and bouncing around.
At first I thought this was for Canon EF and it almost made my heart skip a beat. Turns out it's only for mirrorless again, sigh. I wish there were cheap APS-C nifty fifty equivalents for us DSLR users.
@@VictorVonVulfgang I know, but I figured the smaller image circle would make it easier. I guess not since I have not yet seen a cheap, bright, APS-C only 30mm-ish lens.
I know its technically 40mm and not 50, but I really like the canon 24mm f2.8 stm. Great lens at around 120 buckaroos. Although i would never use it without profile corrections.
@@christopherfrost I'd love to but I unfortunately don't have any stable income as a 17 year old hobbyist student. Most of the gear I use is bought by my father and I also think he would take it as me just being very ungrateful if I told him all of the sudden that I want to sell the Canon EOS 77D he bought earlier this year and get a different camera instead. Using mirrorless with a speedbooster to get fullframe pictures is my photography dream but alas.
I have ordered a "Newyi" 35mm 1.6 in silver metal , I am guessing they are one and the same, for £33.36 pence, should look great on the Fuji XE2, if nothing else a posh camera cap! A proper Chinese lens from China! Ha.
That's not the point and the Fujinon 35mm f1.4 is excellent and so is the f2 version. This guy works like a time machine that sends you back to the 50s. It'll be fun on my X-E3 😊
Sigma 30 1.4 doesn't produce sharp corners even u put the field curvature in consideration. I think this lens is very useful for portrait. We always want the eyes sharp and other parts blurry
"GET READY FOR MORE FLARING THAN A JJ ABRAMS STAR TREK MOVIE"... incredibly accurate with this lens 😂
I know Im asking randomly but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the login password. I love any tips you can give me!
@Dillon Orlando Instablaster :)
Great stuff, really! This lens was meant to shoot portraiture or items wide open and get a vintage look with character, I can't wait to test it out, thanks for sharing!
The man describes the s m e l l of the pouch. Talk about a complete review.
(Love your vids
I bought this lens about a year ago under a different brand name. It was sold as a cctv lens for apsc mirrorless cameras. . Was much less than 70 dollars but you needed an adaptor to its c mount . This review is very accurate. The edges and the center are not in the same focusing plane. Focus peaking shows how the edges sharpen while the center gets blurred. Its interesting . I shot some really nice artsy pictures using this lens. I definitely recommend it.
Are you sure you're not confusing this with the CCTV Fujian 35mm 1.6 lens? They are completely different lenses. The CCTV lens is less than 30 bucks.
I wonder if the lack of field curvature correction is the main reason why the lens has such little barrel distortion.
This review made me genuinely laugh when you started to highlight the rather bad sides of the lens. Absolutely love your content.
Greetings from Germany
This is just a rehousing of a CCTV lens, you can find a 35mm f/1.6 C mount for arround 13€ plus 2€ for the C mount to e mount adapter on aliexpress. I bought the 25mm f/1.8 cctv lens (7 artisans also have a rehousing of that lens, but 60€ more expensive) and it's quite similar. For the price, if you like the style that gives, it's a nice deal
I totally agree that this lens is just a rehoused cctv lens. The focusing problem of this lens is similar to cctv lens
Nah this is a different lens than the 7 artistian one. Different optical formula
I have the cctv fujian 35mm f1.7 and it's field curvature is out of this world compared to this pergear lens. It's so extreme that the focus plane changes when you open\close the aperture. This clearly is Pergear's own design and looks way superior.
Chris is on point with his comparisons today ...
Hey Chris, nice review but how did you not notice the purple fringing? It's pretty obvious to me, even on my low quality PC monitor.
Yes same here
I really like how you occasionally also show lesser-known and slightly quirky lenses like this one! I think you've got a good variety of lenses on your channel and great reviews!
I have never experience field curvature first hand and don't have a feel for how it behaves, but wouldn't the effect of field curvature depend on the distance to the flatt object. I'm assuming it's only affected by aperture indirectly through the change in depth of field. If this is the case, couldn't you get away with larger apertures than f/11 for flatt objects far away, since the distance also increases the depth of field?
I find this lens very interesting since the optical compromise seems to complement each other in certain cases. For subject photography it might increase the subject separation by increasing the background blur slightly. For landscape photography you might not want to capture images wide open anyway, so field curvature might be a more workable optical flaw.
A quirky little lens and definitely worth dropping one in your camera bag for the price - despite it's obvious limitations. Thanks for the review Christopher 👍. Christmas stocking filler idea 🤔😁
hope you can do the test for 25mm f.18
hi i just bought this lens but for fujifilm, i have a fuji xt30 ii and when i use it everything was fine, its just that i cant take a picture even though i pressed the button. may i know why? someone pls xplain 😢
Pergear just released a 35mm 1.2 for Sony. I wonder how it compares to the 1.6 looking forward to your review
Hi! Did you have any issues with lens attachment? I have got first one - cannot rotate it until click. Sent to support, they asked to get it back. Sent me another one, but still cannot rotate it until click. Camera (Sony ZV-E10, Sony a7III, Sony a7IV) e-mount, lens e-mount.
I think this was sold in EF-M under Neewer or Hersmay name.
Pros: 70 bucks, small, solid, comes with a lens hood, no distortion, sharp in middle (and in corners when focused there), nice OOF areas.
Cons: declicked aperture, slightly heavy focus throw, field curvature, flare.
Been trying this lens out and it's great! IMO it blows the likes of meike and 7artisans out of the water in terms of overall quality.
Regarding the field curvature -- are the edges focused closer than the middle, or further away? If closer, then I can see some cases where this might be useful. Same with the flaring. If that's the look you want, then this is a great lens for that.
3:40 is what you're looking for
@@trym2121 Thanks. Got distracted by the reference to refocusing without mentioning which direction the focus was moving, and missed that bit.
theres a lot of purple fringing at center right?
Well everyone else seems to think so hehe
Andoer has it for EOS-M. Comes in silver/ black.
It looks very similar to the 7artisans 35mm f1.2
The 7artisans 35mm f1.2 is a sonnar design. This lens seems to be more of gauss planar type of lens.
It looks similar to that and even more to Voigtlander lenses
So I just rewatched your Meike lens review and I was wondering which you would prefer if you had to make a choice. Seems like the Meike has worse (but even) peak sharpness, more distortion and vignetting, and worse LL performance. Meike for landscape and this one for subject?
That sounds about right
probably pass on the lens, but i did like that the focus ring and aperture ring had a different shape to them, just to jog your memory when grabbing for focus/aper.
Might be worth buying for the purple pouch though, :)
Thank you for making this lens attentional to the public!
Did you ever review the Pergear 25mm 1.8 ?
the color rendering is pretty good for its price point，i think 7artisan zonlai brightenstar pergear share the same manufacture line in shenzhen，optic quite similar
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Hey Chris, will we ever see a Sony 12-24mm F.4 review?
Yup, eventually
They're some lens coming from CCTV camera (C-mount) you might be interested. Especially the Fujian CCTV 35mm f/1.7 which costs no more than 20$ (in my country) with an adapter.
Picture-quality wise, no matter what you do, you'll never get a sharp image across the frame.
Hi, Chris. Great review, as usual. I really appreciate the wide variety of lenses that you exam. To that point, I suggest you take a look at the KamLan 21mm f/1.8. Nobody seems to be talking about it. In my limited experience with the lens it's been quite impressive. I'd love to know your thoughts.
Hmm, I haven't heard of that one. Sounds a bit like the Zonlai 22mm f/1.8 I tested a while ago
No, the KamLan is 21/1.8 districtly different than the Zonlai. You can see it on KamLan's website.
You can also see a few shots on Flickr. I'd be curious to watch your take. I find its 0.12 minimum focus distance to be very unique for a small wide-angle lens.
How fast does the sharpness decrease from the center of the frame, if you put the focus there? If you want to put your subject a bit off center, should you then compose your scene first, then adjust the focus?
The flare is awesome if you can use it as your advantage
Hi. Which 35mm other-party lens would you go for? Meike, 7artisans or pergear?
Could you please review the new pergear 35mm f1.2? That could be also a cool budget lens...
Did you test 35mm f1.2? Can this lens be used on sony a7s?
Hello Christopher. I want to get a camera and lens that will take good pics and solid 1080p60 video. I want a mic jack and a small body. What should I be looking at? Thank you.
I don't really test cameras. Take a look on DPReview and see what they say :-)
Thank you for sharing great reviews.
love it chris thanks but for the price i’ll deal with it’s inconsistencies
you haven't reviewed the very famous Tamron 17-28 F2.8. plz do it
Can you review Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 IS USM L III Christ?
Maybe one day. It's essentially a perfect lens - that's about all there is to it
I know people want small lenses on mirrorless cameras but this thing looks like it's bordering on Sony levels of ergonomics.
Also, personally, I love the black and chrome look. Gives it a bit of a Voigtländer look.
Ignoring the lens for a moment, I must say I really like the stain glass window that you occasionally show...
Because of that window one of my churches has become a grade 2 listed building, which has led to all kinds of problems with our local building regulations hehe (I don't think you wanted to know that information hehe)
@@christopherfrostFrom a perspective of preservation that is great. I am surprised that the church is held by building regulations for listed buildings. I though there was special legal rights with the church. Such as burial sites do not have to follow environmental regs and so on. Obviously not from what you are saying but it surprises me. I do find such things interesting, but not sure about the "lens" hunters!?!?
I would be interested in other images from around the church, it is not only religious but also very important historically and culturally speaking. Thanks for getting back to me. A.,
Good review, and mine both 25 ane 35 Pergear are going back to Amazon.For that money Pergear should learn how to make focus ring helicoil without play in it. Mine both two copy suffer from focus play only when you turning clockwise. Other direction has no play.Other thing is that non of them is f1.6 or f1.8. They are about 1.9 and 2.2 or somewhere there. All in all if you want manual lens go for some vintage glass.You will get for same or less money better build and output.
that star trek reference 😂
I was hoping for a _Babylon 5_ joke myself.
I hope they will release eos m version very soon
Why does it look almost exactly like the 7Artisans 35mm 1.2?
I guess there's only so many ways you can design a tiny little manual focus lens like this
Hi Chris, would you choose this over the 7artisans 35 you reviewed a couple of months ago
Good question. TBH, I probably would
Thanks for the insights. Could potentially be a fun lens to have in the bag for some casual street photography.
On a side note, did you review the new Samyang 85mm f/1.4 mII? They're using photos by you as examples for it.
A review is coming
@@christopherfrost definitely looking forward to it 🙂
Similar to the old INDUSTAR 50-2 f/3.5 50mm Russian SLR Lens M42
How?
I see what you mean and maybe that's part of the appeal to photographers like me 🤣
Came to same the same thing, very similar to Industar-50-2
Wow, went a long way to insert that Caligula reference, good video though, thanks.
Hi Chris, Many lenses you have reviewed after that are you still use every day or you sell again?
I sell them all or have to give them back to the manufacturer. I only own about 7 or 8 lenses myself
What's this lens like on a Micro four-thirds body though?
No idea
This would be a great lens for a "poor man's macro". At 35mm when reversed it'd give a little more magnification than 1:1 and only the center would project on the sensor so the field curvature wouldn't matter.
This or the Meike 35mm 1.4? I have a feeling the Meike is higher quality with sharper images and better bokeh.
wow，this is a perfect portrait lens
It's a pretty nice lens, but If you considere it's flaws at f1.6 and up and that it is fully manuel, then i would rather go with some cheap vintage m42 lens. Sony mirrorless can adapt them all.
Liked the review
just wanted to say that this is TOTALLY different from the 7art 35 1.2. this lens is really sharp even wide open. it just suffers flare a lot!
i wanted to add that my copy of the pergear has no relevant field curvature...
Please review Viltrox 23mm 1.4 :)
i always wondered why you never done the focus on the corner when testing the corners. most cases of lenses not looking "sharp on corners" is often just not focused there
Not really - most of the time, the corners are just soft
sympathetic little lens for a reasonable price
You should get a more professional test map when testing the sharpness. Even when you say the lens is razer sharp, it doesn't look so sharp. It looks like the test card you are using is printed on a sheet of paper. I have seen others use more professional test maps, and then you see the difference in sharpness significantly better. So a professional more detailed test map would make a big difference. Otherwise, your clips are really good :)
www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61946558
Chris Diy chart is actually easier for us to view on TH-cam. I have seen many people using the so called professional sharpness charts on TH-cam but it's kinda hard to view those charts on TH-cam
The test chart is about 1.5 meters wide, is a 100mp (approx) image, printed at the highest resolution at the highest quality, on a sheet of metal, at high cost, so there's no distortion. There's simply no way it could be any higher quality.
Clearly purple fringing on f/1.6...
purple fringing on the lens bag as well
If you say so...! I can hardly see any at all.
@@christopherfrost I can barely see any either. I see more ghosting than anything. (Even that isn't that bad.)
@@christopherfrost I thought I saw very subtle fringing as well for center. Maybe you can zoom even more on the contrast circle to exaggerate the problems
I see it too. Strangely enough, it's subtle but so widespread on every edge it gives the entire center resolution pattern a magenta hue even when zoomed out.
My Pentax 35mm F/4 has the same problem of focus change from center to corners, but not so dramatic, it's also a very small lens.
De-clicked apertures are great for people who like to shoot video, like me 😄
As long as the actual aperture changes are smooth as well. Looking at Viltrox's daft declicked aperture rings that still have sticky aperture changes. All of the drawbacks with none of the benefits!
Feel like the same of 7artisian 25 1.8
I don't know what Pergear is getting wrong in their lenses in order to get such awful flares. It happens the same with their 25mm 1.8 and I don't think it's the coating to blame for this (even an old Jupiter-12 with a dubious 1950s Russian coating can handle flares wonderful compared to this mess. I suspect they made an error designing these lenses by making some type of internal surface in the lens reflect an excess of light and bouncing around.
Nice! 👌❤
At first I thought this was for Canon EF and it almost made my heart skip a beat.
Turns out it's only for mirrorless again, sigh.
I wish there were cheap APS-C nifty fifty equivalents for us DSLR users.
@@VictorVonVulfgang I know, but I figured the smaller image circle would make it easier. I guess not since I have not yet seen a cheap, bright, APS-C only 30mm-ish lens.
I know its technically 40mm and not 50, but I really like the canon 24mm f2.8 stm. Great lens at around 120 buckaroos. Although i would never use it without profile corrections.
Just get a mirrorless camera ;-)
@@christopherfrost I'd love to but I unfortunately don't have any stable income as a 17 year old hobbyist student. Most of the gear I use is bought by my father and I also think he would take it as me just being very ungrateful if I told him all of the sudden that I want to sell the Canon EOS 77D he bought earlier this year and get a different camera instead. Using mirrorless with a speedbooster to get fullframe pictures is my photography dream but alas.
rockstar 27mm F2.8
This lens are so look like 7artisans 35mm f/1.2 Same Design and Same problem so unfortunate
TwT
I have ordered a "Newyi" 35mm 1.6 in silver metal , I am guessing they are one and the same, for £33.36 pence, should look great on the Fuji XE2, if nothing else a posh camera cap! A proper Chinese lens from China! Ha.
On this basis the "Newi" should be even better!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 great hilarious review!
I just bought this lens in China. New, silver version for Sony for $15 😂
pergear, newyi, nobrand are all the same product
Save up some money and get a used Sigma 30mm f/1.4, and you'll be happier. The Sony 28mm f/2 FE is also a great option.
The sigma is 3 times the price of this used.
That's not the point and the Fujinon 35mm f1.4 is excellent and so is the f2 version. This guy works like a time machine that sends you back to the 50s. It'll be fun on my X-E3 😊
Sigma 30 1.4 doesn't produce sharp corners even u put the field curvature in consideration. I think this lens is very useful for portrait. We always want the eyes sharp and other parts blurry
Another gift from the CCP.
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