TT Artisan 35/0.95 APS-C - my review of the smallest f/0.95 ever!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hey! The TT Artisan 35mm f/0.95 is the smallest f/0.95 for any APS-C mirrorless camera. It's new as of late 2022. I love fast standard lenses for my Fuji X-E4, so I was really eager to do this review:
0:00 Intro
0:44 TT Artisan vs. 7Artisans 35/0.95
1:31 First sample photos
2:07 Handling & finish
4:36 More sample photos
5:31 Clicked aperture & hard stop at infinity
7:00 TT Artisan 35/0.95 vs. 35/1.4
7:37 How fast is this lens in real life?
9:56 Sharpness & vignetting
11:50 Distortion
12:05 Bokeh
13:35 Color fringing & aberrations
14:34 Aperture stars
15:40 Verdict
17:48 Outro
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Disclaimer:
This lens was supplied to me by TT Artisan so I can shoot this review.
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the 35 1.4 still wins my heart and I love bringing it out with my xe4
The 35/1.4 is a fantastic small lens and less than half the price also - so there’s of course still plenty reasons to love it! 🤩
Marvelous image at 5:10! Great review. Agree about clicks! I always count them to change aperture without taking my eye from the viewfinder. Thanks!
Thanks Donald! Yes, exactly that's why clicked aperture stops are so helpful with these lenses!
Awesome review. Your content is so underrated it pains me. You deserve more followers 🎉
Many thanks, I really appreciate your feedback !! And I am working on it 😄
well done review! Keep it up
Many thanks! I’m happy you enjoyed my review video!
Great Videon & images Tom! I'm sure you understand that i am well and truely stuck in a canon enviroment, I have always enjoyed your channel, thanks for sharing
I understand that very well - and if a camera system serves you well since several years, then it's always a good idea to keep on like that.
As we say: The apples on the neighbor's trees always seem more tasty but once you've stepped over the fence, you often realize that your own ones are also not that bad :-p
Love your review
Many thanks! 🙏
looking forward for you to compare it to the legendary xf 35mm f1.4 😊😉👌👍
The Fujinon XF 35/1.4 is really a legend. It's maybe my #1 favorite Fujinon lens. I really have to do a video about it this year finally!
nice video Tom i have the 7 artisans lens which is a nice lens to use plenty of carrictor
Yes I agree! I hope you have a lot of fun with it!
Nice video Tom, and I could be tempted with that little lens. I have a question for you though. I have the TT Artisan 50mm f1.2 and 17mm f1.4. The click stops on the 50mm always feel positive but on the 17mm, when it gets cold, I cannot detect the clicks at all. It is almost like the grease they use stops the detent ball from working. It makes it quite inconvenient in use. Did you notice anything like this with the 35mm f0.95? Indeed, have you noticed the effect I have described in any of the TT Artisan lenses you have tested? Merry Christmas.
Hey! Yes some of the aperture rings do have a little bit more pronounced clicks. But overall, with all the lenses that I tried, their aperture ring always had a good feel to it!
Now of all the TT Artisan lenses I have used so far, about half of them were provided by TT Artisan itself to me (so they might be "cherry-picked") and the other half came from other sources or I bought them for myself. So far, I didn't yet get a lens where the clicks are almost not detectible, like you describe.
So I am overall sure that there is some sample variation, but your lens sounds a bit extreme in that regard. Sadly, I'm not a great technician so I can't tell you how these lenses can be dismantled to see if there's too much grease or any other problem.
@@tomscameras Thanks Tom. It isn't an issue, I was just interested as I have not seen this with other lenses.
Thank you. Your images are great. So many TH-cam folks are inferior photographers
Many thanks for your feedback! I appreciate it!
Nice review. Looks like a good lens except the bokeh is Abit too crazy for me 😳 I'll stick with my TTartisan 35 1.4 😊 any plans to review any vintage German lenses? Would love to see some Zeiss or Schneider Kreuznach lenses. One of my favorites is a ISCO 180mm f4 amazing bokeh for 90€
Actually a good suggestion, I should shoot some old glass again. Did you see my review of the Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primoplan 58/1.9?
th-cam.com/video/WbLvzXLBxfA/w-d-xo.html
Nice Video, Informative. If Possible pls make a video on Fuji X T5. Thank you.
Thanks! The X-T5 looks great. I didn't have the opportunity yet to try it out, sadly. Hope that will change soon!
@@tomscameras It's okay we are happy to follow your honest videos, Cheers for the next one 😊
I’m tempted Thomas. But I already have the TTartisan 35mm f/1.4 and I wouldn’t need both. At that price it wouldn’t be a huge issue to sell the f/1.4 and buy the f/0.95. I’m not a huge fan of the zebra look but it is a striking design, love or hate it however I think it looks better than the odd shape of the f/1.4. I like the look of this new lens better.
I like the performance of the f/1.4 (colours are a little cooler and muted than Fuji lenses like the XF27mm) but is this f/0.95 as sharp as the slower lens is? I wouldn’t expect much contrast and sharpness wide open, but how if f/2 compared to the slower lens?
Thanks for the review.
Hello Brett. Stopped down, I'd still give the edge to the f/1.4 but frankly, the differences in sharpness are very subtle! I find both lenses very sharp at f/5.6 for landscape shots, definitely better than most kit zoom lenses, so that's why I'm overall content with the sharpness for both lenses.
I absolutely see the point that you will only use so many lenses!
For me, especially in winter time or when shooting the lens indoors (family events, friends, etc.) the added speed of the f/0.95 is really valuable, even though modern cameras can do very high ISO. But then, the f/1.4 is also not "slow" :)
The f/1.4 has definitely less distortion, but in the end you'd apply distortion correction for critical architecture photos anyway ...
If I had to decide for myself, I'd sell the f/1.4 and only use the new f/0.95. (But I'll keep the f/1.4 so I can use it for future comparisons here on TH-cam.)
But the f/1.4 is smaller, and if you're not missing the extra speed or the soap-bubble bokeh, then there's no reason to switch lenses!
@@tomscameras thank you for your detailed reply. That is helpful for my decision making process. Indeed f/1.4 is not slow and that lens is so small (narrow) you hardly notice it in the corner of my camera satchel. And after many years as an enthusiast photographer, I’m very aware of not over complicating things.
Thanks for the informative video. Just wanted to know if the new lens is as sharp as the 35/1.4 lens when they are both used at 1.4 setting? I've noticed that this isn't the case with their 50mm/0.95 and the 50mm/1.4 lenses - the 50/1.4 lens is more sharper than the other when used at 1.4 setting. If the 35/0.95 holds it's ground against it's 1.4 sibling, someone like me that doesn't own the 1.4 can make an informed decision and buy just 1 lens - and may be if they were planning to buy a 50mm just for the bokehs, they might make do with just the 35mm/0.95.
I think I'd rate the 35/1.4 a little bit sharper at f/1.4 than the 35/0.95. The difference is not big though, at least with my copies. I still think the 35/1.4 is a very good buy but the 35/0.95 is just more exciting.
I didn't directly compare the new TT Artisan 35/0.95 with the 50/1.2 so far. However I did a comparison between the TT Artisan 50/1.2, 35/1.4 and the 7Artisans 35/0.95 about a year ago, to find out if a 35/0.95 can replace a 50/1.2 lens as well. Maybe you will find that interesting to watch:
th-cam.com/video/eeSX2jwC-eM/w-d-xo.html
@@tomscameras thanks for the suggestion - will definitely have a look at it
@@tomscameras thanks for the detailed reply! appreciate it!
Im not sure what to do. I already got the 35mm f2 from fuji, and i love the 24mm f1.8 for ttartisan! I was wondering if I'll go for the ttartisan 35mm 1.4 or this 0.95 ?? How is the length difference between these 2? And picture quality? Which one would u pick for daily carry ? Seems like u could do some crazy fun stuff with the 0.95! But, if the length of these aren't any different i would pick the .95. I wonder how the length compares to the 24mm f1.8 ? That is a small daily carry lens !
Hey! I did a direct comparison between the 35/0.95 and the 35/1.4, maybe that's interesting for you:
th-cam.com/video/Bl9YE7epVXc/w-d-xo.html
I have a Fuji XT3 with a 16-80mm f4.0 for travelling but I missed a fast aperture lens on a budget in the 23-35mm range, can you advise me for the best
one you have reviewed and second: did you ever review a 7 Artisans 35mm f1.2 mark 2
For 35mm on APS-C, look no further than the TT Artisan 35/1.4. If you want an even faster lens then check out the 7Artisans 35/0.95. They’re both the best in my opinion regarding performance, quality and of course also price. If your budget is a bit higher then also consider the f/1.4 lenses with auto focus such as e.g. the Viltrox. It can help make life easier, not everyone loves manual focusing but in the end that is of course up to you.
I also like the super-cheap and tiny TT Artisan 25mm f/2 if you want a lens that is a bit wider and still fast enough for most needs. The 35mm lenses I mentioned before have better optics but 25 is very different to 35, so again it also depends on what you are looking for in terms of field of view.
So you find that this lens has similar characteristics to the Voigtlander 35mm nokton classic like the bokeh at 13:11?
Actually, there is a bit of a similarity, yes. I loved my Nokton Classic, even though it does get a lot of critizism as well!
Not a big fan of the Zebra design, but very much interested in f/0.95. I have never been able to afford a f/0.95 lens before, so kudos to TTArtisan for bringing this kind of aperture to more people. I have the 35 mm f/1.4 already, but with these prices you can pretty much just "collect them all".
Hey, did you end up buying it? Have a meike 35mm for another system and was considering getting this for my MFT. Wondering is its worth the hike in price, or I could just get a 1.4 for half the price.
@@zaks7 I have not bought a f/0.95 yet. I am still planning to. The TTartisan lenses I bought so far (25 mm f/2.0, 35 mm f/1.4, 17 mm f/1.4 and the 50 mm f/1.2) are all absolutely great, highly recommended. I doubt the f/0.95 will be any different.
@@andersdenkend Oh, in that case, do consider the 7a instead of the tta particularly for this speed, its just a bit more pricey but i think its worth it
@@zaks7 Yeah, I'll check it out. It at least looks nicer, without that odd zebra design. :D
Great content! Do you prefer the ttartisan or the 7artisan? How do they compare? Thank you
Go for the 7Artisan 35/0.95 if you want better performance at f/0.95 and intend to shoot a lot at that aperture.
Go for the TT Artisan 35/0.95 if you want an all-round 35mm lens and if you know you're not gonna shoot at f/0.95 often, but just would like the possibility to use f/0.95 in case you really want or need it once in a while.
@@tomscameras Thank you! 😊
@@tomscameras And for the 50mm f0.95 would you recommend the 7artisan over the Ttartisans? Thinking of buying both haha, Also I wonder if the Kamlan lenses are good in comparison too.
Makes you wonder why the Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct is a massive 4 pound lens selling for $8000. ;) I’m interested in this lens or the f1.4 (I just received the wonderful Laowa 17mm f/1.8 for my GX85). The quality of these lenses has made adapting old film lenses less obvious, especially considering the equivalent fast aperture film lenses cost considerably more.
Yes, the Nikon Z is of course optical perfection, and those last 1% will triple or quadruple the cost. But do your photos look better when you use glass like that? In the end it's a creative process, not a race for technical perfection.
Still, I do see a few use cases where perfect glass would make sense, so it's nice there's lenses like the Nikkor Z f/0.95 or the Zeiss Otus lenses.
But I see more use cases where small and affordable glass is all we'll ever need!
Maybe more realistic would be the comparison between voigtlander and these much cheaper Chinese lenses.
Considering that this lens SELLS for 60 or 75 bucks here in the States one has to ask how much did it cost to produce? China is making money here!! Based on this review it is a very good quality product that anyone would be pleased to use. Question is: How does Nikon or Leica justify the staggeringly excessive cost of their product? Perhaps their nakedness is being exposed?
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Thanks! 😃
Tom. Do you think that 35mm. f1.4 it's better than 0.95?
The differences are very subtle. I think at around f/4 the 35/1.4 lens is a bit sharper for landscapes, but at f/5.6 I hardly see any difference, if at all.
The 35/1.4 has a bit less distortion but you still want to correct it in your RAW converter when you're shooting architecture.
The 35/1.4 has a more "classic" bokeh at f/1.4, whereas the 35/0.95 produces a lot of "soap bubbles".
If you're happy with the 35/1.4 and you don't miss some extra speed, then keep it. If you value the added speed, but still want an everyday lens that is not too heavy or big, and/or you like the engraved markings and the overall barrel design, then the 35/0.95 is a good buy.
How is the T-stop wide open? Is it almost 2/3 stop faster than 1.4?
I cannot give you the exact T-stop of these two lenses because to measure T-stops, you need a suitable setup on an optical bench which I don't have. (Also note that both f-stop and T-stop refer to the center of the image, so any vignetting towards the borders of the frame is not taken into account there.)
So: What I found is that the f/0.95 is in practice about 2/3 stops faster than the f/1.4, yes.
Its a fine lens for sure, the only thing is, that for around 50 bucks more, one get 12 instead of 10 aperture blades, and optically a bit better quality, means 7Artisans or Meike 35mm/F0.95 hereby. This was being discussed on DPReview Forum.
Yes, optically the 7Artisans is better at open aperture. But in this video I explain why I personally do actually prefer the TT Artisan nonetheless. Its handling is better and it is smaller.
So I really like to bring this as my only 35mm lens when traveling! If I had the 7Artisans, I would always want a second lens for walking around, and use the 7Artisans only when I want to shoot f/0.95.
But the TT Artisan can do both very conveniently, even though the optical quality is a bit worse at open aperture! It's not a lens made to be shot all the time at f/0.95. It's meant to be a standard / travel lens that CAN do f/0.95 in those cases where you really will need it.
@@tomscameras Just right Tom, it's just in case, when you've got the need for F/0.95, hence the bokeh effect. It's only sad, that all of these very fast lenses are especially bad into the corners by design, websites like philip reeve with their corner testshots show this quite often, so one does need to stop down usually to F8-F11 for good or excellent performance...but i do agree with you in all things, these lenses are into #1 place no landscape photography lenses and #2 not being created for that task, therefore, there are simply other lenses to choose from. It's always great, to have choices. :)
I totally agree with you: Really good performance at f/0.95 would be very nice, of course. But any lens that delivers that will be 1) very expensive and also 2) very big and heavy - and then one won't pick it as an everyday lens ...
By the way, I don't see the only advantage of this TT Artisan 35/0.95 in that it creates such huge background blur, but also in the speed itself: It is considerably faster than an f/1.4 lens so your ISO drops and/or your shutter speed can be shorter. Of course there are only a few night-time situations where this does matter today ... our cameras have such good ultra-high ISO and many also have IBIS ... but still, sometimes the extra speed over f/1.4 really comes in very handy! Especially now in winter time ...
In the end, we have so many good lenses to choose from today. Maybe almost no one NEEDS to buy another one. But still, it's good to have special choices!
@@tomscameras E-x-actly, Tom ! :)
When watching apsc lens reviews, i always hope that an image is taken in full frame mode.
Sometimes they work sometime they dont.
Othertimes they surprise.
I get what you mean: but as I am using a Fuji, it’s hard to try how it would work on full frame 😅
@@tomscameras what sort of excuse is that? 😂😂😂👍
I like the lens and ping pong table.
Haha, thanks 🙏
Hi tom, i'm from indonesia. Maybe you don't know where it is. 😅
But I really bought this lens after watching your videos 3 times.
Thank you!

Hi Yayan! You’re welcome! And of course I know where Indonesia is! ☀️ ! I hope you have a lot of fun with your new lens!
My GOD! I just want a distorsion free 35mm manual lens for "straight out of camera" shots.. Im so tired of that horrible barrel distorsion on all the 7- and TTArtisan lenses 😫
Well, compare it to the Fujinon 35/2 😂 … then you‘ll love the TT Artisan … but yes. An APS-C 35mm lens could be designed with no optical distortion at all, you are right!
@@tomscameras Yes, but the Fuji distorsion gets corrected in camera..
@@HogbergPhotography to me personally, that’s not a big deal. I use Lightroom anyway all the time …
I think the 7artisans is just way better from every aspect. I like these new art lenses, but the TTartisans 0.95 is just too low quality, I think, while the 7artisans is such a unique lens for the price
I agree that the 7Artisans lens has better optics when open, yes. But I disagree that every aspect is better - the TT Artisan is smaller and, what's much more important, it has click stops and you can focus to infinity much more easily.
In the end, when I had the 7Artisans, I would always carry a second lens (like the TT Artisan 35/1.4) because it was so much easier to shoot in everyday conditions, and only take the 7Artisans when I really wanted to shoot at f/0.95.
But now with the TT Artisan 35/0.95, I don't need to bring a second lens - the TT Artisan is small enough to be my everyday lens, and it is more convenient to use in everyday situations. And, frankly, when I shoot at f/0.95 in very low-light conditions, I'm often at 1/60 second and ISO 8000 or more, and manual focusing also often isn't 100% precise in those circumstances, so ultimate sharpness is not an issue anyway.
That's why my personal vote goes to the TT Artisan, even though I totally agree that the 7Artisan's optics are better.
@@tomscameras interesting aspect. The size and the clickless aperture never bothered me actually. You're right about sharpness of these lenses, it won't ever be precise. Actually, I'm kinda struggling to find out if there is any way at all to capture sharp images in low light at all.. whatever lens I use, when it comes to concerts or candle lit living room kind of scenarios, my F/1.4 AF lenses can't really produce sharp images anyway. As for the 0.95, I use it for 2 tasks, one is when it's very dark and I want to create something fun and artsy just for myself, and second is when I go with my mom on photo walks. I bought her a 35mm F/1.4 so that she learns to handle manual lenses, and then we both use just one 35mm manual lens.
@@danielfulop I also use f/0.95 for the first scenario that you describe: It's really dark so the light gathering power does help a lot, and/or I want some artsy fun with background blur and the like, and in both cases ultimate performance at open aperture is not really needed.
There's of course also other use cases for ultra-fast lenses like e.g. special landscape shots where, for example, a nice plant or similar subject exactly lies within the very thin slice of sharpness so that this subject is perfectly sharp and the background smoothly blurred. Or imagine a fashion shot where the entire model must be super sharp, is very carefully placed within the thin focal plane again, the background super blurred, and it's gonna be printed big.
For these scenarios, the TT Artisan and also the 7Artisans won't be good enough. But that's not what this TT Artisan lens is about. It's so small that you can take it on your photo walk like any other standard lens, plus it gives you the added benefit of the high speed just in case you'll gonna need it or want it. I think that's the second scenario that you mention above, the photo walks with your mum. You just bring this one lens and you're done. No need to have a second, smaller, more convenient "everyday lens" in addition to a perfect but big and heavy f/0.95 lens!
I do like the 7Artisans lens as well. I mean, all the differences between these two lenses are not huge, be it handling, size, weight, sharpness ... but still they're noticeable, and it's great to have a choice! That's why I think both lenses are great additions to this niche market.
@@tomscameras what would be your preferred lens if you needed sharp photos in dark environments? Like pro quality concert shots for example. I was covering an event with Viltrox 23 F/1.4 and 85 F/1.8, (shot between 1.4-2.2) and the colours and all were nice, but they were not sharp at all for my liking. (I took my XT5 which has IBIS and shot 1/75 - 1/125, so it's not motion blur). Did you find that there would be big differences among lenses in sharpness when shot in low light?
If you're looking for pro quality without compromise, and you also want the best auto focus, the best choices are the Fuji 90/2, 50/1.0 and 23/1.4 WR. But they are also by far the most expensive choices :)
I personally love the Fujinon 56/1.2 and the old 35/1.4 the most of all Fuji lenses, because they combine optical quality with a certain beautiful character. But they both won't be as clinically sharp at open aperture compared to the lenses I mentioned above. Also they have a somewhat slower auto focus even though I think they both should be plenty fine for most situations, in the end speed is not the only problem but also precision in low light and autofocus precision is also a function of the body, not the lens. Generally speaking: The newer the body, the better.
if you're looking at a bit more budget-friendly lenses, I would rate Sigma above Viltrox. I personally never used Sigma lenses on my Fuji cause they don't have an aperture ring which puts me off, I wouldn't shoot Fujifilm at all if they didn't have their unique user interface. But I do know the Sigma's from other brands (Sony, Olympus) and they are very good.
In a concert, you might also run into issues with motion blur, maybe 1/75 is too long to get a critically sharp shot in certain situations. But of course that depends on the style of music and concert.
very difficult to nail focus 😅
I guess 40 years of manual focus practice helps in my case 😅
Focus peaking & Lens to Camera calibration might help
I can't see the point of buying an f0.95 lens if you're going to stop it down to f1.4 due to image quality issues. Just buy a 35mm f1.4 instead!
I see your point, and the TT Artisan 35/1.4 is a great alternative to this lens. But still, there are situations where the technical image quality doesn't matter so much, and the f/0.95 aperture can be put to good use.
Will this or the 35mm 1.4 be adjusted for my Canon 7d(dslr)???
No, these lenses do not work on any DSLR !!