It does create a unique look.

Yeah and shooting at f.95 full frame your subject is going to be center focused anyway and easy to correct with a lens profile since the vin isn’t “mechanical” as Dustin explains. It’s manual focus anyway and in this day and age of taking pictures, I think the product speaks more to the artistic photogs that are familiar with more editing processes than editorial, sports and typical commercial photogs looking for speed and consistency. So doing the post process should be a non-issue for the bulk of those photogs that seek the thin depth of field. However, we are also getting past the “uncanny valley” of over the top hdr and cheapp looking computational “pho”keh or fake- bokeh. No matter how much some of us hold on to the camera we know of the past, the old ways will never catch up with the new technology. We are starting to get believable high resolution “out of focus” with natural light fall off using software and fairly quickly. This means that the artist can shoot starting with their very sharpest lens or favorite autofocus lens or at f11 and still achieve the same out of focus effect with greater i focus area detail and resolution. As for using it in low light conditions… with today’s mirror-less full frame high dynamic range cameras you shouldn’t have a problem. These giant glass manual lenses were created during a time when more glass meant more light and less noise for dark light conditions. Cameras have changed since film. We are in the digital age. We can get sharp glass down to 1.8 at reasonable prices and 2.8 is pretty much standard for events. If someone is having problems getting low noise images with a full frame modern camera they are probably digital age babies that don’t remember that we would always find the light to produce images rather than blame the lost shot on the inadequacy of the film or camera technology. All the best and I clicked because I love these reviews even if it’s a lens I’m not going to buy. This channel is humble and objective. Not over the top opinionated like myself and others that enjoy photography. It’s refreshing to watch thank you for producing these product reviews - especially the lens reviews, great stuff.

You're welcome, Eric

Hope it opens up your creativity.

I liked that one, too.

The Rokinon 50mm F1.2 was definitely quite good for the money.

That's fair.

I'm not trying to create confusion, but there's only so much space in the title box

Third-party lenses are little difference in performance. Depends on what lens-looking style you prefer. And the TTArtisan lens can be used on full-frame. Very price worth.

@Gomez - The Brightin Star is a full frame lens, rather than an APS-C lens that fills the full frame image circle without mechanical vignette.

@@acouragefann Yes, it is funny that it fills full frame quite well.

Hi Stefan. A lot of these inexpensive F0.95 lenses are fairly similar in performances. The 7Artisans 35mm F0.95 was a bit sharper than some others, but it was also only APS-C

@@DustinAbbottTWI Hi Dustin, I mean the 50mm 0.95. That one is full frame. It has a lot of imperfections, as you have seen during your review, but I still enjoy it. It is quite versatile and stopped down it is absolutely modern.

Fair enough, though right now I am working about three full time jobs and just didn't have time for any portrait sessions.

Exactly, it was used for the wrong application so the review isn't useful.

I haven't - I don't really review Nikon.

It definitely has a lot of character.

I haven't spent time with the DS version, but that may be a possibility in the future.

@@DustinAbbottTWI Thank you. 🙌🏼

Hope you enjoy it!

I didn't test in that application, but it shouldn't be radically different. The lower resolution will make lens flaws less obvious.

Sometimes odd things happen with these lenses.

Exactly.

I just took a quick look, and I don't think that I have

Perhaps, but since I don't have an M mount body....

@@DustinAbbottTWI hhh same as Chris

There's some truth to this, though the plane of focus is so thin that it is easy to see a focus overlay.

Hmmm, perhaps.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...;)

That's not what I would say, but it isn't for everyone.

@@DustinAbbottTWI - excellent review with your inimitable fairness. Perhaps if you've only got a nifty-50 and this 50 f0.95, a man could be happy with that? But then surely a man can have several 50's without them stepping on each other's toes, can they not? All my 50mm lenses have something going for them: even the old Canon LTM f1.4 is a beautiful renderer, as is the Takumar 58mm F2 (sonnar) for portraits, as is the pre-aspherical Summicron which is better, or the zm sonnar f1.5 for a characterful soft punch; my walkabout 50mm is the Loxia (a bit clinical but better than the Sony Z 55 F1.8), etc. I'm currently saving for a Voigt 50mm f1.2. GAS I guess 😉 Thank-you sir for your expert advice, especially the giving of due consideration to the rendering aspect and ideal use case of each particular lens.