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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
A nice take along tele that is sharp.
Humberto Martinez Abed
Reviewed in Mexico on August 4, 2024
Desde que vi una reseña de este lente quise comprarlo. El hecho de que sea 250mm y aún así sea pequeño y tan ligero es increíble.El lente es bastante nítido, y por la longitud focal, ideal para retrato. Pero hay dos factores que deben considerar antes de decidir su compra.Primero, es un lente manual, no tiene autoenfoque.Lo segundo es que es de apertura fija, 5.6, y no puedes cambiarla. Lo que puedes variar es velocidad e ISO.Ttartisan hizo algo inteligente. Diseñó este lente con montura m42 (si, montura de los años en que se usaba película de 35mm) en lugar de fabricar uno para cada montura (Sony, Canon, etc) y solo necesitas un adaptador dependiendo de que marca uses.Lo más característico de este lente es su bokeh circular. Esto se debe a que es de espejo, no tiene diafragma como los demás lentes (y que le da la forma al bokeh) y al ser redondo el espejo, le da esta forma al bokeh.Un lente interesante y divertido. No puedo esperar a usarlo más, incluyendo video.
Jacek
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2024
On YouTube there are tons of reviews about it and I more less agree with them but one statement was I agree the most "you like it or hate it because specific background bloor"
solardude
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
I bought this Manual Focus M42 adapted lens after watching many YouTube reviews. I was aware of its unique features, tested it on my Sony A7Riii in full afternoon sun, shade, sunset and night. It’s lightweight, aperture is fixed at 5.6 and very narrow. Donut bokeh are definitely present, distracting to some, art to me. 1st day was a bit frustrating, then by sunset and over ocean the artistic sweet spot I sought materialized. Not donuts but a soft art look that didn’t feel clinical. Recommend: a better lens cap, and patience, practice and enable Manual Focus Assist. Overall: I loved it for my shooting style.
Frederick E. Hutchings
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024
This is a 5-star build, but I am giving it 4 stars. There are issues that a buyer needs to be aware of. It is a mirror lens, manual focus, and f:5.6. The depth of focus for ANY subject will be extremely limited. A subject 100 feet away will have a depth of acceptable focus between 96 and 107 feet. Everything in that 13 foot span will be sharp (enough); beyond that, not so sharp. Making that setting on a manual lens requires a good eye and a steady hand. A tripod is almost mandatory. When in focus, it will be as sharp, or maybe even sharper, than some autofocus lens/camera systems.Now: my big complaint: The manufacturer is making a big deal out of “donut” bokeh. This means that backgrounds in photos will have little circles resembling cheerios scattered all around. In what universe is this good? Certainly not mine. This is a native flaw to catadioptric lenses. It is unavoidable, but a careful photographer can choose backgrounds that minimize this “flaw.” I love using the lens. It is well-built; solid to the touch and focuses smoothly.I think that my best photos with this lens will be of flat field subjects, where the span of the image, from left to right, falls in the limited depth of focus area for a given distance. There are phone apps available for a cell phone that will provide depth of focus information that will help a purchaser use the lens successfully.
rigel ibarra
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2024
What a fun lens. I’m surprised how tiny this thing is, the build quality is superb. I wish there’s a 100mm version as well.
J. L. Bredin
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
This is a very specialized lens. For artsy shots, I love it and there's a lot of bang for the buck. The bokeh is gorgeous and I frequently find myself composing bubbles and rings around my subject. The blur isn't for everyone, as you can read in other reviews. My wife is a horror-film fan and she is creeped out by the bokeh. Every so often I deliberately shoot out of focus and create a digital Shenzhen Monet.The narrow depth of field, however, prevents the lens from being more-broadly useful. It can be difficult to focus with, even during focus peeking, which seems frustrating without a tripod or brace. The focus throw is really long, which cuts both ways. You have a lot of control, but it can take a beat to focus. I couldn't recommend it for sports photography, for example.If you've got your focus down it's not hard to get stable images at 1/60 or 1/125s exposure. The lens is light and short and easy to hold -- and it doesn't take much space in my bag. Aside from focus and depth challenges, the lens is pretty sharp for its price range. I've blown up lots of pictures to 27" with crisp edges.
Killersax
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
If you buy a small, light lens, you don't want to drag around a heavy tripod, but hand-holding this is not easy. I use it on my Fuji X-T5, where the effective focal length is 375mm, and the image jiggles a lot when it's handheld, making focusing very difficult. Camera shake is worse than with a larger lens because your hands are very close together, so I recommend a shutter speed of 1/1000. Given the aperture of the lens and the loss of light because the secondary mirror partly blocks the aperture, you may find you have to push the ISO up more than you'd like.I also have a Fuji 70-300, which takes superbly sharp pictures, autofocuses accurately and has effective image stabilization, but is heavy and expensive. I would always use the Fuji lens unless portability is really critical--hiking in the mountains? Foreign travel?
Santino
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
I have this mounted on my Fuji X-T30, for the purpose of street photography. While this lens is indeed huge compared to the X-T30 and will definitely get you noticed on the sidewalk, you can be quite far from your subjects and remain mostly unnoticed by them. But everyone else around you will for sure notice.Manual focus is not usually a problem for me, the Fuji has several auto-focus helpers modes, but I am regularly disappointed in the sharpness of handheld photos from this lens. Due to the long minimum focus distance, and very long effective focal length, a tripod would probably go a long way in getting better photographs. Typically I am not using a tripod however so many of my photos are just barely not focused enough to keep.The lens is also of course pretty slow due to its construction (and arguably affordable price) so you will need a lot of light especially for hand held shots.If everything lines up just right, and there is enough light and your hand is steady and the subject is not moving and a shallow depth of field is ok, you can get some good images with this lens.Attached are photos taken with this lens, on the X-T30, touched up in Apple Photos.app on an iPad.The bubble/donut bokeh has its charm and so far I have not wished it were any different, but it is definitely a thing people will notice.But it is also fun to exploit to get some really nice moody out of focus abstract shots.If the MSRP is a lot of money for you, I would pass on this lens. It is not a daily driver, it is entirely useless in your house or in low light, hard to focus well, and is quite heavy compared to smaller bodies.It is worth mentioning the lens cap is not very good and you will need to replace it.If you’re bored of your current set up and the price is no big deal, and you’re very good with manual focus on slow lenses with shallow depth of field, then give this one a try.
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