Thanks for being much more critical of this lens than other content creators who ignore everything just because it is relatively inexpensive. Your honesty helps even those of us who have a small budget.

I enjoyed the artistic flaring effects, something that I appreciate for certain projects. Good work!

Thanks for the review, since I asked for it too! Best wishes for 2024!

I really appreciate this very objective and good review.

The only person who gives actual honest reviews on KZfaq.

Thank you for your reviews! Would love to see you get your hands on the new Canon RF 200-800 f/6.3-9 next!

Top notch work here as usual. I just watched Simon's Utah review. It seems they mostly come to the same conclusions about "faults" this lens (CA, flaring etc.). However, Simon uses "sharpness" in real world terms relative to where this lens sits to the broad range of wide aperture lenses (citing the legendary Tomioka 55mm f1.2 which will cost you at least 3x as much with worse performance). Christopher refers to "sharpness" in mainly technical terms relative to charts that measure how good lenses "should" perform (think Canon L, Sony G master etc). But if I go on the old adage, 'you get what you pay for', it seems this lens is a great deal and has lots of potential in terms of artistic capabilities given that it's basically a 'retro' lens with modern glass. As others have said, if you're shooting for technical perfection, don't bother with budget Chinese lenses.

A really nice video. Thanks.

I'm glad Chris got around to this. I'd been requesting it. But it reinforces how his reviews are the gold-standard for KZfaq lens reviews. The review that made me excited for this review rather exaggerated its optical qualities. Wait until you see it here folks.

I have this lens on MFT and used properly, it's possibly the sharpest lens, in the center, in my kit.

I actually think it really is pretty sharp in the centre for a cheap f/0.95 lens, there are just a ton of chromatic aberrations and low contrast making it look softer than it is, at first glance.

These new extreme aperture lenses has got me wanting an old apsc Sony camera

I love my copy. I use it FF and then crop. I use my HN-3 Nikon hood from my Nikon 35 f2. The 0.95 is sharper in the middle wide open than most old legacy 35 1.4 lenses wide open. That "dreamy look" means, not sharp at all. This lens in not so dreamy and has better center sharpness @.95. I got my copy just before xmas and really am enjoying it. Thanks for you work, I use you often as a resource for lens comparison.

Brightin Star offers a $5 or $6 lens hood with a 52mm filter thread. Short, but can be a reminder not to bump into things.

I like this lens but my copy loses 2 stops of light between 2.8 and 4. This means the aperture ring is not marked correctly. F4 is actually F5.6. Chris is your review copy the same way?

was waiting for this one, glad i didnt impulse buy it, was real close though

Thanks for this useful review. There are no gods.

7artisans f0.95 might be better, good review.

Thank you for reviewing this lens. I was about yo buy one for my Fuji X-E3, but now I'm not. What 0,95 lens is the best, in your oppinion?

Well i like it haha could be fun for a little point and shoot setup. Just shoot in black and white for that chromatic aberration

Thank you Christopher that you have been and hopefully always will remain a trustworthy reviewer. Lots of youtubers have praised this lens to heaven ("The first sharp .95 lens!" etc). 👍

Honestly I have no Idea how this Lens gets praised as "as sharp as 5 times its price" and "Surprisingly good" all over YT. I have the 7artisans from some years ago and recebtly bought this one here, since it was highly praised everywhere, onlike the 7artisans which was always just "good for its price". But seing now videos of both lenses here it tells me what I was thinking from day one when I used the Brightin Star version. The 7 is "just" 50 bucks more expencinve but way WAY better. The Brightin Star stands no chance agains its older alternative. This lense is the best example for "buy cheap, buy twice".

Looks like Laowa 33mm F0.95 is still the king of the 0.95's!

How does this compare to the mitakon 35mm f0.95? Thanks

It’s a “art” lens so I can live with and even desire its flaws. Overall it’s a sharp lens and could make some really nice portraits. Just ordered one for my em5 mkI and em1 mkIII for family portraits this summer. Granted I will mostly use my 12-40mm f2.8 pro. I like mixing it up with vintage lens and this looks like best of both worlds. As for the review it’s honest but kinda pixel peeping over critical. Flaws often make the best pics. Thats why I use a couple hazy fungus infected vintage lens that make you cringe but have a certain character and charm. I still recommend buying clean vintage lens.

Could you review the Brightin Star 35mm f1.2? Could be better and sharper. Might even have the same lowlight capability wide open.

I've stopped bothering with those kind of lenses displaying that much CA. Just not worth the hassle nowadays no matter the price.

Damnnn that's good

Where is L mount again?

All else aside, lenses like this one that cover almost-but-not-quite full frame have me wishing we had more options to set things like custom in-camera crop factors.

They should have made this kind of lens for full frame camera as well

Good review of an interesting lens. Too bad it's not sharper. Quite off topic, do you still like the Sigma 8-16mm lens? Waving from The Bahamas 🇧🇸

Great review as always. Thank you! What do you mean by ''Outlining bokeh''? I heard you mentioning it for a few lenses... What exactly do you mean by that, as I couldn't find any explanation that makes sens in this regard. Thanks again!

I own a 7artisans 35mm f1.4 and I think it's overall a better lens, and also much cheaper. Would suggest for you to review it Chris :)

Glad I watched this before buying and listening to other reviews.....

This is definitely a lens that is best reviewed in a real world scenario

Missing a notch at f/5.6 why.

Hmmm, im a bit disappointed TBH. Every other review of this lens is positive, and while I'm willing to ignore some of them, one of my favourite channels (Simons Utak) gave this a pretty good review. I've already ordered this, so I guess I'll find out in the next couple of weeks who was right. I'm wondering if we are reaching the point where the sharpness test you do should be supplemented with something like a studio shot so that real world performance can be seen.

It is very heavy for street photography. I also found dificult to focus below f2. A better option if you are a Fuji user is the f2 35mm.

Really impressive center resolution wide open, considering how poor it is in almost every other way.

Lets be honst, If you buy a f0,95 lense, you will not shoot at f4 and below. So i dont see too big of a problem that the focus ring is rather tight there.

Chris please review ttartisan 50 mm f/2 manual focus pancake lens

Don't you think the tested lens was decentered? This asymmetric CA in the image center make me think so.

When I see the little price of these all metal lenses it s just a shame Nikon sells its light all plastic (including the bayonet !!!) 28mm and 40mm SE at the price they sell it. It s indecent.

These results are quite desperate. I saw another test and it was absolutely perfect. There may be a problem with the variance of production quality.

isnt this the same thing as the 7artisans

I don't get it. May be you got a bad copy. I watched other reviews with amazing sharpness

exactly same lens as 7artisans 35mm 0.95

After Comparing all the 35mm f0.95 (7 Artisan, TT artisan & bright In), Bright in start is the worse image quality despite so many youtubers praising it as "the sharpest". Surprisingly TT is the sharpest at 0.95, but sadly the corners are the worse

Some good images, but ultimately, you get what you pay for. At wide open, it's unusable. At this rate, a better purchase would be saving up for the Fuji XC35mm f.2

No one should buy f0.95 glass for technical performances.

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randomly it has exactly the same specs of 7artisans.

You reviewd this lens and said it was the same lens as 7 Artisians, now your review is different about this lens.

i don't trust your reviews your are the only one that has given this lens such bad i imagine Sony canon Nikon love you !!!!!!!!!!

it's optical performance is really bad... vintage lenses are better and cheaper... well okay you'll probably not find f0.95 ones, but the results are pretty bad until above f2 anyways... If you really need it for low light performance, just increase the ISO and use noise reduction... probably still sharper 😅

Just a soft lens .

Yet another 35mm lens that is worse than Samyang 35/1.2