TTArtisan AF 27mm f/2.8 (Fuji X Autofocus) lens review

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TTArtisan AF 27mm f/2.8 (Fuji X Autofocus) lens review

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A low-budget AF lens from TTArtisan on Fuji - could be useful - but could it also really be any good?
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@oohms88 Жыл бұрын

This lens gives you some amazing vintage style images - the vignetting and glare coupled with the right film simulation is amazing. I was honestly not expecting it to be so sharp

@franzjosefstakes Жыл бұрын

Great to see more competitors in the autofocus market for the Fuji system!

@parranoic Жыл бұрын

PSA if the AF / MF doesn't work check the rear element as it comes off center from factory and it prevents the STM motor from moving. Pull on the rear element slightly to realign. Many complained (and it happen to me also)

@xyphoto Жыл бұрын

The center at f2.8 is not bad at all except for macros. The advantage of this lens over the Fuji version is that it focuses quietly.

@chidorirasenganz Жыл бұрын

It also has better bokeh in my opinion

@wutzzzzz Жыл бұрын

And it has an aperture ring (not like v1 Fuji)

@ofthenearfuture Жыл бұрын

And I think most importantly, less than half the price!

@savnac Жыл бұрын

unfortunately it’s not weather sealed though.

@xyphoto Жыл бұрын

@@savnac None of the Leica M lenses is sealed either.

@TheSnub Жыл бұрын

I was considering buying this lens. Excellent timing with the review!

@Baujahr90erAG Жыл бұрын

I cannot understand why fuji isnt making more compact lenses. Of course 1.4 lenses are important but this 27mm is perfekt for travel and street sizewise

@don7117 Жыл бұрын

I just picked up this lens off eBay brand new for $100 USD. So far, it really impresses me, especially for the price. Super sharp in the centre, and more that satisfactory in the corners. Vignetting is barely noticeable. Maybe it has the latest update? I am not going to even try updating it right now, as it is excellent as is. I was going to get the Fuji 27mm, but figured for $100 is was worth a try. Super glad I did. What a nice lens.

@owlex10 Жыл бұрын

I also got mine on eBay - finally figured out how to update firmware, but it won’t focus fully. I can hear the motor and it focuses to a point but never fully. Maybe my settings are off? Any idea?

@don7117 Жыл бұрын

@@owlex10 Have you tried all the different auto focus modes and focus areas? What about if focusing manual - can you get it sharp?

@lionheart4424 14 күн бұрын

This lens has a really good rendering for its price, and good bokeh fallout. I LOVE that it has the aperture ring, perfect for the Fujifilm retro experience.

@fandyus4125 Жыл бұрын

I'll be frank and say that you 're being a bit too harsh on this lens. This is a very cheap lens that just held up on a 40+ mp sensor and you say it has "issues wide open" even though it's no worse than is common with lenses in the price range. Plus on the vast majority of APSC sensors today the flaws would be visible way less. If anything I think the image quality is pretty impressive for the price. Fine wide open, perfect by f/4, no significant field curvature.. what more could you want for this price, honestly. Go test the Sigma DN ART 19 and 30mm on the same sensor before you write this one as useless wide open. You rated those well back in their day and I doubt they would fare much better on such a high resolution sensor.

@gigamoment Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Please make a review on the Voigtlander Nokton 23mm F1.2. Many people are interested on that lens

@madarexxx Жыл бұрын

This is a very cute petite lens for Fuji! Looks like Canon EF-S 24/2.8 STM with neat aperture ring :) But Canon one has better coatings and performs better in front light

@AdamAllen Жыл бұрын

A great day for a CF review. Thanks again!

@iancastledine7284 3 ай бұрын

Just got this and it’s fabulous for money… gave it a good workout today and apart from a little vignetting at 2.8 to f3.2 cannot fault it

@laurapeter3857 Жыл бұрын

The review I’ve been waiting for! Thanks Chris!

@ggwildlife Ай бұрын

I'm using the yellow/orange xmas version on my X-T5 its pretty awesome.

@neilmontgomery3470 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you compare this to the Fuji 27mm. Is it a night and day difference or are any compromises worth it, considering the price difference?

@benbeaup8557 Жыл бұрын

Thx a lot for this review i was waiting from you. Excellent 👌

@DeepteshLovesTECH Жыл бұрын

This lens would look great on XE series bodies!

@malekith13 Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that they choose to releases it on fuji cameras... you know the brand with a really nice pancake lenses that also happen to be a 27mm F 2.8 and that you can get for about 150€ when bought alongside an XE-4 ? ^^

@xyphoto Жыл бұрын

@@malekith13 it’s 200 bundled instead 150, and the majority of users would not buy the X-E4 (I have the X-E4 but it’s not Fuji’s mainframe camera). Then the Fuji version at retail price is 3 times this lens. But price aside, my main problem with the Fuji version is that it is too loud when focusing which is very annoying to me (it may be a case of YMMV because some people are not sensitive to the noise it makes).

@chidorirasenganz Жыл бұрын

Also this lens has a much better character than the fuji which is rather boring looking

@fredschoepke7916 2 ай бұрын

I have this lens on an X-E2. It's very compact.

@ntonio1 Жыл бұрын

I already have- I recommend, especially for the price. I like it for vignette ,the pictures have a vibe🎞️, af performance, but the lens is very weak against the light. Well...... nobody is perfect 😁Ttartisan- next one I would like to wish 10mm af pancake F5,6- max F4 (not f2.8 because it would be too big) small wide angle. This is what I need for: 1) trekking in the mountains 2) and every day. I have Fujifilm 10-24 but it's heavy to carry with me every day. Anyone confirm?😁

@Mebtaku 3 ай бұрын

It looks like all you would want for the price, I’m presuming centre looks great at old 16MP sensors as well!

@brushbros 3 ай бұрын

Most of us only need razor sharp for shaving. I enjoyed your video.

@malcolmxtra1777 Жыл бұрын

Should i buy this one or the fuji 27mm

@AndreiDimaReviews Жыл бұрын

Great review as always!

@andrewmcphee8965 Жыл бұрын

Nice review, thank you.

@seantomlinson3320 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Mine is on the way!

@ekkanofiqandriyana7325 Жыл бұрын

I love vignettes

@Azunatsu Жыл бұрын

Good job TTartisan!

@HarryPowerColt Жыл бұрын

It looks like the lens has some focus and software issues. That may explain why the corners look sharp at f2.8 but the centre doesn't. Hopefully, that will be fixed with software updates.

@cyano3d Жыл бұрын

I dont think you can fix optical quality with ota

@HarryPowerColt Жыл бұрын

@@cyano3d You can't, OBVIOUSLY, but it doesn't seem an optical quality issue, but a focus issue (which can be fixed with future updates).

@chidorirasenganz Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think it has field curvature so wide open it’s not going to be sharp across the frame. Tho focusing can definitely be fixed with an update

@cyano3d Жыл бұрын

@@chidorirasenganz expecting a company to fix issues after you bought something from them is copium. If they wanted to fix it they would have done in post production

@chidorirasenganz Жыл бұрын

@@cyano3d you do know the reason they included the lens with a usb c port right? You’re coping if you think they aren’t going to release firmware. In fact they already released an update

@KevinRedder 4 ай бұрын

How is the autofocus with the firmware update?

@duhaalhashimi9191 Жыл бұрын

very helpful. thanks.

@--.-- 11 ай бұрын

A lens cap with a type-c is insane

@catalin-ap Жыл бұрын

Now on a Sony ZV-E10 gotten for about $500 on sale, with this, you can have "the poor man's Ricoh GR IIIx", only slightly larger and heavier than that. And with much better AF and battery life, and with unlimited 4k, but with a few lacking features.

@spaqin Жыл бұрын

Lovely lens, got mine for 95USD-ish. At that price it does beat the Fuji, but the glare is awful... Still, looks and works decently enough on x-pro1.

@joaquinromanfoto Жыл бұрын

95USD where?

@antoniodellagringo Жыл бұрын

@@joaquinromanfoto on ebay I offered 100€ to a Chinese vendor that was asking 145€ and he accepted in a blink of an eye.

@NickBarang Жыл бұрын

I paid $105 for mine and it's the best bang for buck lens that I've ever bought (and I've bought a lot, lol).

@jerrriell Жыл бұрын

Add pro mist on this and its a vintage lens

@moheartskay Жыл бұрын

Interesting lens, directly against FUJINON XF27mmF2.8 R WR 😋

@ATriPhophosphate Жыл бұрын

One thing to note: I have a copy of this lens and cannot upgrade the firmware. My windows 11 PC refuses to recognize that it's plugged in, though it recognizes that a USB device malfunctioned whenever I plug in just the lens cap without a lens.

Жыл бұрын

I had the same problem. Try different USB-Cables, that's what did the trick for me.

@hedgehog_dilemma Жыл бұрын

Same issue, I got this issue solved by connecting the lens cap to my older laptop which had a usb 2.0 port instead of the standard 3.0 on modern pc

@spaqin Жыл бұрын

I ended up finally upgrading it with Linux Mint that finally recognized it... bit of a pain.

@bagzhansadvakassov1093 Жыл бұрын

Wait lens has firmware? What?

@rutlegs Жыл бұрын

@@bagzhansadvakassov1093 Welcome to the future!

@aniballeal74 6 ай бұрын

Great Review as usual.. I being looking for a review on the Sony version.. it is basically the same performance?/

@thejacksons3019 3 ай бұрын

How does this lens compare (sharpness / contrast), with the 16-50mm kit lens, at the same focal length? Worth having both lenses?

@neilfilms 5 ай бұрын

now i have a reason to buy this lens

@fredschoepke7916 Жыл бұрын

Awesome lens!

@djxcel23 Жыл бұрын

Maybe the can make fixes via the firmware

@martinweber3859 Жыл бұрын

Prefer 27-30mm to 35mm on APSC.

@DonaldHawk Жыл бұрын

How are you suppose to know about firmware updates?

@fraserp2377 Жыл бұрын

I am struggling to see the point in this lens. The 15 -45 is sharp wide open in the centre at this focal length, so if you have to stop down to f4 with this lens to achieve the same thing, all it really offers is the not much smaller form factor.

@KNAPPAID 10 ай бұрын

I see the point because sometimes the small diff in size does factor in to your daily carry. Also helps that its just 100$

@fraserp2377 10 ай бұрын

@@KNAPPAID fair point. Being the hypocrite I am I actually bought this lens since my comment. I do like it, it's maybe a little unexciting but I think that's a reflection of my thought process rather than a problem with the lens.

@bigd7696 Жыл бұрын

Nice review as always Mr. Frost. Neat little lens to save money but from what you showed and what some people are saying in the comments I would simply not buy this, go without for as long as it takes, and get the XF 27mm instead. Cheap is great, but with this it seems you really get what you pay for.

@c-a-t-entertinment7075 Жыл бұрын

Question, What is the guitar song from 6:16?

@truusbuskruit 10 ай бұрын

I'm a bit bummed why this lens isn't there for the Canon.

@KevinRedder 4 ай бұрын

Because canon doesn't want third party lenses

@sebastianfernandez6146 Ай бұрын

Can the aperture be auto? I have an XT50

@robrobyte 13 күн бұрын

Put the aperture ring to the red big A. Then it is in auto.

@ricferr6945 Жыл бұрын

i love this lens, i want to buy it but i cannot ! It´s apparently not available anywhere !

@EuroSIM Жыл бұрын

Aliexpress

@iamfyrus Жыл бұрын

I just buy this lens recently, on the day firmware 1.0.2 i install then get v1.0.3 instead, ttartisan replace the file after my comment on their insta LoL, update again then i get v1.0.2 🤣 i keep v1.0.3 file save.

@doctort.quinlan4101 11 ай бұрын

Great review. Would you recommend this lens or the Fuji 35mm lens for street photography? Same xe2 body. And hoping to stay under 200 usd for the lens and have a relatively compact setup for street photography

@KNAPPAID 10 ай бұрын

The 35 would be better overall because of the f2

@KennyVo120 8 ай бұрын

Better yet get the 35mm f1.4 for better performance in low light

@KNAPPAID 8 ай бұрын

@@KennyVo120 that aint under 200

@EricGross Жыл бұрын

This lens has had three firmware updates, but it cannot be update on the Mac platform. I attempted updating the lens on a Windows 11 computer, but also could not do it. Can anyone help with this problem?

@madzonic16 6 ай бұрын

try a different usb cable

@EricGross 6 ай бұрын

Tried that. It didn't make a difference.@@madzonic16

@K3zz21 Жыл бұрын

FINALLY a third party AF lens. Geez.

@giovanniguardini6971 Жыл бұрын

Hi, am I the only one who finds some problem with the update of the lens ?

@guitardude0909 Жыл бұрын

I need a 16mm for cheap with AF any options available?

@rensteirayc1046 Жыл бұрын

Viltrox 13mm

@walktalkplay Жыл бұрын

Nothing “cheap” you’re looking at 3-400 for sigma 1.4, fuji 2.8. Look at used market to save a few bucks.

@blood_n_guts_murphy Жыл бұрын

Agreed re: 16-50 or 15-45. Both very cheap used or split from kit. I much prefer the 16-50 but the 15-45 is much sharper at the wide end.

@LiamPhotoATL Жыл бұрын

FYI the firmware can only be updated using Windows. If you use macOS it becomes unusable

@Getoffmycloud53 Жыл бұрын

The Fuji coffee grinder DC motor is disgrace for its price class, certainly compared to most of its contemporary (and older) STM equivalents from Canon etc.