I do like this lens after a few weeks of use. Even though it does not quite compare with my favourite - the Panasonic Lieca Summilux f1.4 25mm. I like to use the aperture ring and the focus ring. Being old and used to manual focus I just like using a focus and aperture ring. Bokeh is pretty good, depth of field is good. All in all for the cost its brilliant !

I had high hopes for the 23mm especially judging from the fireworks brought about by the 35mm 1.4 and its vintage vibe. The bokeh is too messy for me, but the sharpness and looks isn't too bad. Even then I'll give it a try to see the quality myself. Good job as usual.

I'm looking forward to it and I pre-ordered it from B&H. I already have the 17/1.4 and 35/1.4. I enjoy experimenting with 1.4 affordably, and the compact size of the series is a feature I value.

An excellent video Damian, for several reasons. It was good to see the lens in action, to see the results and to get your opinion on it. I also liked the little light meter and yes, that is how you spell meter, The other one, metre, is a measurement of linear distance. Finally, you showed some very attractive views of the city, with glimpses of the Christmas Market. My wife and daughter went there 2 weeks ago and loved it and now that I have seen your video, I also want to visit your city. Lovely stuff, Happy Christmas and New Year. Stay safe and well.

Always interesting, one of my favorite channel about fuji x mount. Thank u from Belgium Damian ! Keep up the excellent work.

The lens arrived on Christmas Eve. Tried a couple of pics in low light, looking good so far (its not the zebra stripe, I prefer the plain mono colour !)

Great video. I held back from buying a digital camera for what seemed forever. After squeezing the life out of my Cannon AE1 and Yashica 124 (the film price and development are out of control), I retired both old friends. Now, they are proudly part of my Dark Academia display in my studio library. I bought a brand new Fuji X-T30 II with the XC 15-45 lens kit about a month and a half ago, and it is taking forever to get here. Well, I was perusing a few used camera websites and found an X-E4 in mint condition and bought it. Along with my new acquisition, I ordered the 35 mm 1.4 TTArtesan and the TTArtesan 27 2.8 due to their excellent reviews. I have my sight on the TT 17mm and the TT 50 mm. I could care less about the manual focus; remember, I come from an era when everything was manual; yes, I am an old fart. I have to say that I am happy with my TT lenses; I might also consider getting the 23 mm, BUT I have to say that the Zebra looks like a turn-off. Best regards, and stay safe.

Hi my Slade Road area friend , I ordered the TTArtisan 23mm F1.4, looking forward to use this on my Lumix !

I'll let you know when mine on pre-order arrives and find out if it is worthy to replace my 25mm Pergear.

Excellent video 😊!

23mm on my Fujifilm is my very favourite focal length. If my Viltrox didn't almost live on my camera, this could be tempting! Keep up the good work 👍

Seems like quality keeps going up with these..just wondering; how does it compare withe cheerful 25mm f1.8 Pergear/7artisans...or the Zonlai 22mm?

Thanks Damian.. Have a great weekend.

Very cool lens! Great review. I like your style of presentation. Your urban photo clicks are very good 👍👍.

The Zebra TTA 23/1.4 is perfect on any silver X-E1/E2/E2s/E3 and E4 bodies, Damian. And also cool looking on the black versions of these DSLMs. I'd have loved, if the aperture numbers and DoF scale would have been laser-etched, but for just 99 bucks - one can't ask for more, really.

$106 including lens hood (it's cheaper without the hood by $12). Mine arrives in a week.

Love this channel ❤

thank you! i think that im going to buy this lens now

Voigtlander do an almost identical light meter called the VC Meter II. Currently £247 for the Voigtlander from Robert White's vs as little as £43 for the ttartisan direct from China. Great for vintage cameras that don't have light meters and far easier to use than something like a Weston or a Gossen.

Zebra for me. I think you only appreciate black in contrast. As for the light meter I can see there being a market for those. Especially if you've got old cameras, like I have.

Does the hard stop at infinity actually correspond to infinity? I have the ttartisan 35mm f/1.4 and it focused past infinity when you rack the lens to the hard stop, making it slightly out of focus at wide apertures.

Fairly tempted to give it a try. In the end it’ll be image quality that determines wether I keep it. Those old Meyer Optik Gorlitz lenses (Domiplan and Lyddith particularly) have a vintage magic that can’t be replicated sooc. F1.4 and focusing from 20mm the bokeh ought to be creamy but is it?

I have just gotten the 17mm and 35mm , seems I should complete the lineup with the 23mm to fill the gap. The built, image quality and handling looks the same. Do you shoot all your videos and pics on a XT4?

I love the old Zebra look lenses I’m getting a fair collection of them mainly m42 Mount but also Exacta Mount lenses and yes I purchased the Domiplan on a old Praktica body a lens my mentor told me I should NEVER purchase some 60 years ago. Your just putting temptation in front of me again you bad man 😳😂 Hope you had your German Domiplan with you at the German market 😊

Bit too much silver bling for me. I prefer everything black

I received the lens yesterday and attached a uv filter, now the lens cap does not stay on. Any remedy to this other than removing uv filter?

Any issues with mounting onto the X-Body? I understand sometimes these can be a bit of a snug fit. How does this one do compared to other TTartisan lenses?

Hey Damian. I always enjoy your vids and like how they look. What film sim are you using on your XT4? I've tried a variety of them and haven't really found a look I like. Are you changing your colours in post, or are they straight out of camera? Do you use a different sim for video, vs stills? Cheers, any help you could offer would be great - finding the XT4 a difficult camera to get pleasing images out of. BEST REGARDS, Campbell from NZ.

I keep looking at these off brand budget manual lenses but they all seem to have major optical "character" and that just does not appeal to me. I can add such things in editing if I want but it's extremely difficult to remove "character" from a photo depending on what the issue is. So it just puts me off. Could be fun but then the truth is I have existing glass that just smoke these lenses so why spend good money for not great glass? I must just be missing something. Are these rose tinted lenses appealing to a very specific customer?

Have had a native Fuji version for some time. These are clearly great value for money lens. I simply dont have the need. Good luck to those who give it a fling!

hello, I really appreciate your reviews, just the music in this one was a little annoying unfortunately

can you compare the bokeh and sharpness to the fuji 23mm 1.4 version 1? I think that for a lot of folks with the new model the old ones are quite a good deal and it would be good to know if they compare favorably?

holy barrel distortion, batman! still, it seems like it might be fun piece of kit.

Take my money TTARTISAN

I wonder, if forgetting AF/MF difference, how TT 23mm compares with Viltrox 23mm. Image quality, colors, rendering etc. Can TT 23mm fill the gap between my 18mm - 35mm spending much less money… ? Is Viltrox better than this one in overall quality despite autofocus? 🙂

When will viltrox 13mm f1. 4 come? Plz shed some light

i didn't like it. in this focal range and price i like the pergear 25 f1,8... tested the meike, 7artisan and neewer ones. wanted to give the ttartisan 23 a go but it's a NO for me.

Based on the image quality of my TTartisan 50mm 1.2, this 23mm will replace my 7artisans 25mm.

f11 is conspicuously absent from this and some other cheap Chinese lenses. I can only assume that the mechanical nature of the diaphragm makes it difficult to manufacture. But to me that is a deal breaker, even if I'd seldom if ever use f11.

When is it released in uk

I just wish the markings were engraved and not printed.

the music is horrendous

What's wrong with your sound, really bad from this end. I hope this feed back helps (excuse the pun). I really enjoy your vids (thumbs up)