Same here. Not a true macro but a lens I use almost daily. Such as whenever you see the product close up on this channel, it's likely shot with the 60mm f.24
I just got it, its honestly a struggle to work with, but I use the focus assist on the X-T5. Even more fun is adding the Mieke Extension Tubes to this and getting some serious close ups.. I dont do professional or commercial, so for the price its a great experimental macro, but def had the same conclusions you had!
Would love to see a couple of portraits. The 90mm equivalent lends itself to a nice mid-chest headshot. Would be nice to see the rendering in this area of photography.
What would you recommend/choose for macro-photography - 7Artisans from the video or TTartisan 40 mm F2.8, when it comes to image quality and bokeh? Let's say price isn't the most important factor.
I own an OMD EM5 III and am interested in the 7 Artisan 60 macro. I assume the orf file will not have an Exif. One question, do we have the full settings in the viewfinder when shooting ? Sincerely Thierry
Looks a nice lens, I was interested but could only find it for sale out of China and here in ireland we ALWAYS get hit by customs. I found a used Laowa 65mm 2:1 2.8 macro for sale [twice the price but worth it IMO] , bought it and it's like new - very happy, excellent quality lens, zero CA even wide open against the harshest lighting - but, I'd have settled for this and had change left over - the Laowa does up to 2:1 but tbh 1:1 is more than enough for my needs, I think if you can get this one without worrying about extra charges, and you're just casual about macro, then I'd say go for it.
I have not used an actual marco lens before. I have been finding reserving mounts and stepping rings or extension tubes (or all three at the same time) have worked pretty well in my experience. I have used my fujifilm OG lens and some vintage Minolta MD lens. Get a really nice colours from the minolta, cost me a fair bit less then the price of this marco lens. Plus the minolta I use them as they was intended to be so get twice the function from them.
@@DamianBrown Yeah I'm on the hunt for some more a decent Minolta. Like the MD Rokkor 24mm F2.8, and MD Rokkor or Celtic 135mm F2.8, MD Rokkor 200mm F4. Then I will have all my Minolta lenses I want in my collection. Just need to pick up x-pro1 to leave it Arcos or Mono Chrome. Save me money in the long run on 35mm film for my x700.
Well done. Hope you are having a great weekend Damian. Would love to see how this would do for portraits or just general shots isolating a subject and not so much for close up work. Many different kinds of macro lenses do well at non-closeup work.
Thanks Eric. I think when I mentioned it is really designed for Macro work I could have expanded a little to explain the focus range is just not there for general shots, not particularly. I found that when I tried to focus on myself for the intro clip, I didn't have much focus to play with at all.
@@DamianBrown Could you explain that a little further please? That opening shot looks fantastic. Do you mean it was hard to focus??? Had no depth of field? Couldn't get separation from the background??? Not sure what you mean. It may be very obvious what you are talking about to more experienced shooters, so forgive me if this is Noob question. Thanks, Campbell from NZ. I Just bought an XT4 and I'm now looking for a lens (s). I could get this and a 12mm 2.8. OR spend a tiny bit less and just get the Samyang 12mm F2. OR spend a bit more and get a Fuji - 16mm 2.8 WR Lens. Mostly hiking, shooting video, vlogging, some photos. (What are your thoughts?)
Hi Tom, sorry for the late reply. I haven't tired the LaOwa but the Fujifilm is really good, way above this. However I prefer manual focus for close, filling the frame, macro so this is a good compromise. I don't believe this is weather resistant, but I'll check. I haven't got it anymore
I think "De-Clicked" is the wrong way to look at this- they're saving machining and quality control time by not having to machine and index the aperture ring for detents. Saying it's for smooth aperture pulls in video is a marketing cop-out. Still looks like a nice piece, I might pick one up.
A bit late :) I picked this lens up last month for the reason stated - wanted to try a bit of macro on a budget - and yes, thanks, it's turned out to be a nice little investment! Solid build, silly lens cap, but some nice image quality.
Good day, Question. I just picked this lens up from Amazon. I noticed if you shine a light from the back of the lens looking in the front. Looks like glitter around the edges on the in side? Does your lens look the same? Thank you William
I wanted this lens but couldn't find this Mk2 version anywhere, even on Amazon, where it says Currently unavailable. So I ordered and took delivery last night of the Mk1 version.
7artisans makes some nice stuff for the price. As i already own Fuji Film 80mm macro. I wont be getting this lens. But i do own 7artisans 7.5mm fish eye. Love it. And it sits well with all the native glass, with image quality.
No idea, this is for Fujifilm. Official site says 7Artisans 60mm F2.8 II Macro Lens is compatible with Fuji X-mount, Sony E-mount, M4/3-mount and Nikon Z-mount cameras.
Thanks very much indeed for this excellent review Damian ..... I owe a drink ... or twenty ... for all the helpful information/education. Next time you are in my neck of Birmingham, you should collect some of them!
I own the 60mm 2.4 Fuji. Lovely lens!!!
Same here. Not a true macro but a lens I use almost daily. Such as whenever you see the product close up on this channel, it's likely shot with the 60mm f.24
Nice review. I read some comments about the critical part of the throw range being fairly short compared to other x macros like the xf60 and 80.
I just got it, its honestly a struggle to work with, but I use the focus assist on the X-T5. Even more fun is adding the Mieke Extension Tubes to this and getting some serious close ups.. I dont do professional or commercial, so for the price its a great experimental macro, but def had the same conclusions you had!
Great to hear, and using the tubes sounds fun!!
Would love to see a couple of portraits. The 90mm equivalent lends itself to a nice mid-chest headshot. Would be nice to see the rendering in this area of photography.
It's not really flexible for general shooting. I used it for the intro clip and found the focus range was very limited for that distance.
What would you recommend/choose for macro-photography - 7Artisans from the video or TTartisan 40 mm F2.8, when it comes to image quality and bokeh? Let's say price isn't the most important factor.
Out of the two this one purely because of the focal length
I own an OMD EM5 III and am interested in the 7 Artisan 60 macro.
I assume the orf file will not have an Exif. One question, do we have the full settings in the viewfinder when shooting ?
Sincerely
Thierry
Looks a nice lens, I was interested but could only find it for sale out of China and here in ireland we ALWAYS get hit by customs. I found a used Laowa 65mm 2:1 2.8 macro for sale [twice the price but worth it IMO] , bought it and it's like new - very happy, excellent quality lens, zero CA even wide open against the harshest lighting - but, I'd have settled for this and had change left over - the Laowa does up to 2:1 but tbh 1:1 is more than enough for my needs, I think if you can get this one without worrying about extra charges, and you're just casual about macro, then I'd say go for it.
I still need to play with that Laowa properly man :(
I have not used an actual marco lens before. I have been finding reserving mounts and stepping rings or extension tubes (or all three at the same time) have worked pretty well in my experience. I have used my fujifilm OG lens and some vintage Minolta MD lens. Get a really nice colours from the minolta, cost me a fair bit less then the price of this marco lens. Plus the minolta I use them as they was intended to be so get twice the function from them.
Now you got me wanting to go hunt for some Minolta lenses!
@@DamianBrown Yeah I'm on the hunt for some more a decent Minolta. Like the MD Rokkor 24mm F2.8, and MD Rokkor or Celtic 135mm F2.8, MD Rokkor 200mm F4. Then I will have all my Minolta lenses I want in my collection. Just need to pick up x-pro1 to leave it Arcos or Mono Chrome. Save me money in the long run on 35mm film for my x700.
Hello Damian, thank you for an informative revew,. Would you recommend this lens for copying negatives (35mm & 120) onto a camera with an APSC sensor?
It's possible yes, not super forgiving if you're slightly off the focal plane but yes it's do-able
Well done. Hope you are having a great weekend Damian. Would love to see how this would do for portraits or just general shots isolating a subject and not so much for close up work. Many different kinds of macro lenses do well at non-closeup work.
Thanks Eric. I think when I mentioned it is really designed for Macro work I could have expanded a little to explain the focus range is just not there for general shots, not particularly. I found that when I tried to focus on myself for the intro clip, I didn't have much focus to play with at all.
@@DamianBrown Could you explain that a little further please? That opening shot looks fantastic. Do you mean it was hard to focus??? Had no depth of field? Couldn't get separation from the background??? Not sure what you mean. It may be very obvious what you are talking about to more experienced shooters, so forgive me if this is Noob question. Thanks, Campbell from NZ. I Just bought an XT4 and I'm now looking for a lens (s). I could get this and a 12mm 2.8. OR spend a tiny bit less and just get the Samyang 12mm F2. OR spend a bit more and get a Fuji - 16mm 2.8 WR Lens. Mostly hiking, shooting video, vlogging, some photos. (What are your thoughts?)
The record @ 7:06 is from the JB's (James Brown)?
Yes indeed.
How does it compare to the Laowa 65 and Fuji 80 ?
Do you feel the lack of Af in Macro
And, ist this lense weather resistant ?
Hi Tom, sorry for the late reply. I haven't tired the LaOwa but the Fujifilm is really good, way above this. However I prefer manual focus for close, filling the frame, macro so this is a good compromise.
I don't believe this is weather resistant, but I'll check. I haven't got it anymore
I think "De-Clicked" is the wrong way to look at this- they're saving machining and quality control time by not having to machine and index the aperture ring for detents. Saying it's for smooth aperture pulls in video is a marketing cop-out.
Still looks like a nice piece, I might pick one up.
Agreed. It's a cost saving exercise rather than a feature aimed at a particular style of shooting.
I'd have to agree!
A bit late :) I picked this lens up last month for the reason stated - wanted to try a bit of macro on a budget - and yes, thanks, it's turned out to be a nice little investment! Solid build, silly lens cap, but some nice image quality.
Good to hear your thoughts!
you mention that it is an ok lens if you don't want to spend more money, if you did want to spend more what would you go for?
The Fujifilm 80mm. If not I'd like to give the laowa 65 a good run through
Good day, Question. I just picked this lens up from Amazon. I noticed if you shine a light from the back of the lens looking in the front. Looks like glitter around the edges on the in side? Does your lens look the same? Thank you William
I haven't got it to hand now to check. Can anybody that reads this confirm?
I wanted this lens but couldn't find this Mk2 version anywhere, even on Amazon, where it says Currently unavailable. So I ordered and took delivery last night of the Mk1 version.
Enjoy it anyway! Looks like low supplies at the moment.
7artisans makes some nice stuff for the price. As i already own Fuji Film 80mm macro. I wont be getting this lens. But i do own 7artisans 7.5mm fish eye. Love it. And it sits well with all the native glass, with image quality.
Agreed!
This looks like a serious challenger to the fuji 80 and laowa 65!
Agreed
For Sony hx300 or Canon sl3????
No idea, this is for Fujifilm. Official site says 7Artisans 60mm F2.8 II Macro Lens is compatible with Fuji X-mount, Sony E-mount, M4/3-mount and Nikon Z-mount cameras.
Also on xt4?
yes
Is this a true 1-1? Or 0.5 - 1 like the Fuji?
2:42 markings say 1:1 and to all intents and purposes seem accurate.
Is this a micro 4/3 lens ?
APS-C
Yes there's a 4/3 mount version
Fujifilm X but you can get it for m4/3 I believe!
Fair review, "quite good" is equivalent to a participation prize, but I'm more interested in the record collection, must be some gems in there.
:D One day I might do something about it
Thanks very much indeed for this excellent review Damian ..... I owe a drink ... or twenty ... for all the helpful information/education. Next time you are in my neck of Birmingham, you should collect some of them!
Yes man, we're close!
Keep making good videos💪
I'll try!
There has been a worldwide click shortage this whole year. It's been all over the news.
It's becoming a problem :D
Thx. :)
Anytime
Awesome & Thanks :)
Thanks Krishnan.