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7Artisans 35mm F1.2

APS-C Lens

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Product Overview

7artisans 35mm F1.2 is a large-aperture manual-focus normal prime lens for Canon EF-M-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, and Sony E-mount. It covers the APS-C image circle. Introduced by 7Artisans in 2017, it has 6 elements in 5 groups.
Manual focus may be limiting to some, but purists will find it much more engaging. There are also fewer things to go wrong on the long run. Unfortunately, 7Artisans has opted to omit weather sealing for this lens, so owners should pay extra attention when shooting in incremental weathers.
A normal prime lens, the 7artisans 35mm F1.2 has the potential to be one of the most used and ultimately versatile option in a photographer's bag. Usually the easiest to design and to QC, it is a great option for landscape and street photography. Its bright maximum aperture also helps night and portrait works.
In 2020, 7Artisans introduced the Mark II version of the same lens.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 68%
Pros
  • Bright maximum aperture
  • Compact and lightweight
  • Classic construction
Cons
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • Okish build quality
  • Not the best optical performance

What external reviewers found

External score 69%
Pros
  • Good sharpness wide open at F1.2 and very good as of F2.8
Cons
  • Less good color rendition
  • Less good background blur and bokeh (more soap bubble like)

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External Reviews

sonyalpha[1]

Reviewer score 69% (normalized by Neofiliac)
Reviewers from sonyalpha have found:
7Artisans 35mm F1.2 (159 euros) is a little more expensive than the other 7Artisans lenses priced at less than 100 euros. This is a fully manual lenses with aperture control on the lens (click less) and manual focusing ring, No Exif are transmitted to the body. The lens has some filed curvature so at fast aperture if you focus on the corners, centre will not be sharp and vice versa.
Pros
  • Good sharpness wide open at F1.2 and very good as of F2.8
  • Very good blurry background and Bokeh balls Good color rendition Clickless aperture for video Easy focusing ring Average Build quality Vignetting Chromatic Aberrations Field curvature Con's High...
Cons
  • Less good background blur and bokeh (more soap bubble like)
  • Less good color rendition

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References

  1. ^ 7Artisans 35mm F1.2. [sonyalpha].

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