7artisans Photoelectric 50mm f/1.05 Review

• 3 years ago

Sony Alpha Blog posted its review of the 7artisans Photoelectric 50mm f/1.05 and once again it looks like 7artisans has released another good value for money lens that allows photographers to work around f/1 without breaking the bank. I really enjoy fast Chinese glass when it is well designed, but most of the best lenses have been for APS-C with the Photoelectric 50mm f/1.05 being the first I have seen for Full Frame that interests me. Below you can see the pro/cons and part of the conclusion, but if you want to read the full article visit Sony Alpha Blog for samples and more.

The 7 Artisans 50mm F1.05 (486$) full frame manual lens has vocation to be an affordable ultra fast aperture lens. It deliver very beautiful portraits with a very nice and dreamy atmosphere. Strong points are the background blur, bokeh balls , very good and natural color rendering & good contrast. Sharpness is only average on a 61Mpix but will be perfectly ok on a 24Mpix camera.

Pros

• Very Smooth background blur giving unique portraits and atmosphere for objects details
• Very good color rendition
• Excellent Bokeh Balls even when closed down
• Very good centre sharpness as of F2.8
• Reasonable price (486$) for a F1.05 lens
• Good to very good contrast even wide open
• Some Vignetting at F1.05 but gone at F2
• Low Distorsion
• Very good rendering in video
• Excellent build quality
• Smoothly dampened focusing ring and clickless aperture ring
• Compact lens

Average

• Only average sharpness wide open and good at F1.4
• Chromatic Aberrations quite visible
• Weight

Cons

• Long minimum focusing distance of 57cm not allowing to have big bokeh balls
• Average resistance to flare, subject to ghosting wide open
• Focus breathing quite strong
• Corners are weak wide open and only become good as of F11
• No well defined sunstars at F16
• No lens hood

7artisans Photoelectric 50mm f/1.05: B&H Photo / Amazon