7artisans25mm F1.8 Manual Focus Fixed Lens for Sony E-Mount Cameras-APS-C (Black)

Over all this is one hell of a little lens for the money. It’s sharp, manually focuses easily and quickly (Sony A6500 with peaking and focus magnification turned on). It’s tiny - reminds me of my old manual cameras when I first started learning to shoot. But above all else... it’s making shooting fun again as it forces you to be in the moment as you compose focus and shoot. No letting the camera figure everything out for you... you are in control. Also the quality is excellent and it’s a little tank. The Picts are wonderful and if you know your camera settings, this little 25mm, is a joy to mess around with. Plus you’ll fall in love with shooting again.For what you pay you're getting a nice piece of glass and metal. The sliding aperture ring is smooth and you're not limited to clicked stops - so you need to be really aware of where you're at on the aperture settings. It's small so you need to get used to the small turning radius of the focus ring - very slight turns for adjusting focus - that's why I like the focus magnification on my A6500 - plus set focus peaking to mid range yellow... other wise it's overwhelming.It's tack sharp at about f4 with a bit of softening in the edges and slight vignetting, but over F4 it's clean. It's really fun to use as a black and white lens for street shooting. (I'll post images soon). The unusual focal length is cool - between 20mm and 30mm lenses so it's a nice mid wide angle.But once again - it's a truly fun lens - well built and even if you're a pro - I'm going to bet this will be a surprise in quality and just fun factor!

So your getting serious about photography and you learn about your F stops(aperture) and know primes are the way to go. And wide open, ie lower than 2, gives you that cool bokeh effect(blur) but all the lenses are hundreds of dollars and you spent everything on your camera already.Well this lens to the rescue. I saw it, no reviews yet but for the price I jumped on it and paid extra to get it here quick. Short and to the point this thing is awesome. Great bokeh. Is a $600 lens better? Probably, but I don't know. I don't have that kind of money, so can't compare. I've attached a few test shots though. Bare in mind it's going to take me awhile to learn to manual focus well. I may need to turn on focus peeking. But this is still worth it and 9 out of 10 times you need to adjust the auto focus anyway. So really no - points for it being manual.It's got smooth adjustment rings, with the focus being at the front and 0.6-16ft then infinity. 1.8-16fIt's nice and sharp as well.Example photos:Strawberry patch, good example of background blurKohlrabi front and back blurDog inside, dark background nice detailsDog outside, I over exposed him but nice background and nice grass detailGrass seeds: lighter blur with high F#Paw and rug: shows detail capable, this was an extreme cropCrop of Holiday lightsHoliday lights at 1.8fIt came in a nice black box. So would make a great gift.Seriously I'm thrilled with this thing. I'm sure someone will come along and compare to the more expensive lenses. These reviews usually show miner differences, like sharpness in the corners but that's not why you buy a low F prime lens. You buy it for sharp main subject and that nice bokeh, and this has both.The ring on the front for filters and such is 46mm, should you want to use filters.It's a bit longer than the kit lens(when not extended).It is metal construction.And it did come with the cleaning kit in the product photo, gloves and all.The only down side I found is, due to it being manual, the aperture does not record in the exif and shows as 0.0 F number and 1.0 max f on all photos taken with it. That's a bit of a bummer, especially if you post in photo groups who ask for the exif. But it's still a minor inconvenience and the quality matters much more.If this were auto focus it would be my main lens, but auto focus would make it cost more. As it is I'm using it a lot for non-moving subjects and having lots of fun with it.

This is a fully manual lens with no data communication back to the camera body. You’ll have to enable the shutter release w/o lens. The build quality is good. The focusing ring turns smoothly with just the right amount of resistance. The overall size is very compact.The distance marking is not very accurate. The focusing turns clockwise to focus far which is in opposite direction from other emount lenses. These are minor issues for me.The picture quality is surprisingly good. It’s pretty sharp. There are some vignetting and visible barrel distortion. These can be easily corrected in Lightroom. The attached photos were not post processed.In all, this is a very nice budget manual focus lens

The lens is sharper than I expected for the price. Everything except the extreme corners is very clear. There is some vignetting wide open, but nothing that can't be fixed in post, and it goes away when stopped down. The only real downside I noticed is on some night shots - there is significant flare from street lights in the shot. I think I will simply not use the lens outside at night, since it doesn't have the nice coating more expensive lenses use to control flare. I took a few test shots of the evening sun, and saw some minor flaring in one shot but none in others. I needed a manual focus lens to use on my NEX 6, which has stopped reliably communicating with my auto focus lenses. This lens has surpassed my expectations given the price, and I am very happy with it. Just note the weakness with flare due to (I assume) no expensive coating.I have uploaded two (cropped) photos to illustrate the depth of focus possible with the 1.8 aperture, and the flare which can happen from some types of lamps at night.Update 11/29/2017I have taken many more test shots at night, and the artifacts I saw on my first test with the one lamp are not typical. There is still some flaring, but it is not generally as distracting as in my earliest examples, and I think this lens is suitable for nighttime photography. I will leave the example as something that can happen, but am revising my rating from 4 to 5 stars since such flaring is not typical - just something to watch for.

Es un excelente producto. Hago principalmente fotografía callejera y este lente se desempeña de manera excepcional en condiciones de luz escasa, considerando que el objetivo tiene un costo menor a los 2mil pesos mexicanos. Lo tengo montado en una Sony Alpha 6000 y funciona realmente bien.

This lens is amazing! I was wanting a different lens than just the kit lens that I have for my Sony a5000 and I’m so glad I chose this one. As you can see the photos turn out stunning! Great for still life, macro and landscape photography. The price point is also something that is a big pro.

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Not sharp at wide aperture though good for landscape

There's something special about the colours that you get from this lens. Hard to describe, but I find them rich and expressive. The photos have a kind of vintage quality. However, it has the softest blurriest corners of any lens I've ever used, at any aperture. You can't get rid of the soft corners by stopping down! You could always crop, though. It's a fun lens to play around with. I kind of like it.Edit: I forgot to mention - it has great bokeh. Very pleasant. That and the colour qualities make this a great lens for the price. For shots with shallow depth of field (lots of background blur), you don't notice the blurry corners.