chambrenoire
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Sounds like a very interesting lens...
7artisans 28mm f/1.4 Leica M lens
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Sounds like a very interesting lens...
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Holy.
Those 7Artisan people might win me back to shooting a film Leica with lenses like this!
Those 7Artisan people might win me back to shooting a film Leica with lenses like this!
V
Veggies
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They keep killing it. Glad to see super affordable lenses for the M system.
Jerevan
Recycled User
The 52 mm filter size will cut off a good bit of the viewfinder in a conventional rangefinder. But the buyers are likely using something else than an oldfashioned Leica. 🙂
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
True! As M shooter I need more affordable pancakes, not another brick and bottle.
It is nice they made this lens, but it is too big and heavy. My 28 1.9 is almost twice less heavy and it feels compact now 🙂.
It is nice they made this lens, but it is too big and heavy. My 28 1.9 is almost twice less heavy and it feels compact now 🙂.
zuiko85
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Agree with KoFe. How about a nice, not much bigger than a body cap, 28mm f4.
Ah, but it still has to work on digital. Is that why RF lenses, indeed it seems all modern lenses have become monsters?
Ah, but it still has to work on digital. Is that why RF lenses, indeed it seems all modern lenses have become monsters?
bayernfan
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https://leicarumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/7Artisans-28mm-f1.4-lens-for-Leica-M-mount.jpg
i've seen shorter 90mm lenses...
i've seen shorter 90mm lenses...
retinax
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I'm glad it's so big as to block a lot of the vf, otherwise I'd have to start saving up for a CLE or 0.58 M6...
Corran
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Huss
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Anyone expected a 28mm 1.4 lens to be compact?
Why would 7A bring to the table a 'slow' small lens? There are plenty of those out there. What there isn't is an affordable high speed 28mm lens (or the 50 1.1 before they released one). Leica's version is $7000. Not all people have that kind of coin.
7A are filling an unaddressed niche, and I congratulate them for that.
Why would 7A bring to the table a 'slow' small lens? There are plenty of those out there. What there isn't is an affordable high speed 28mm lens (or the 50 1.1 before they released one). Leica's version is $7000. Not all people have that kind of coin.
7A are filling an unaddressed niche, and I congratulate them for that.
raid
Dad Photographer
I may get such a lens for the reasons Huss mentioned above.
krötenblender
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Could be an interesting lens. Is there any pricing information known, yet? Depending on its optical performance, it might be useful for special occasions.
Huss
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Interesting that they mention the only M cameras it is compatible with (apart from digital) is the M3, M6 and M7. No mention of M-P or M-A, but if it works on the M6 it 'should' work on those too.
I get why it would not work on the M5 (meter stalk interference) but the M4/2/P?
It also states filter size is 52mm, but in one pic it shows 49mm on the lens front.
I get why it would not work on the M5 (meter stalk interference) but the M4/2/P?
It also states filter size is 52mm, but in one pic it shows 49mm on the lens front.
Benjamin Marks
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I dunno guys. The above picture was taken in full sunlight -- surely at the smaller aperture end of the scale for the lens. But I still see fall-off in the corners. I wonder if this is a glass-half full?
raid
Dad Photographer
Your wallet will also be half full after the purchase, Benjamin. This is better than having an empty wallet.
peterm1
Veteran
How do you make a small fortune......you start with a large fortune and become addicted to cameras and lenses. 🙂
raid
Dad Photographer
A half full wallet, Peter! On the other hand, how do you quantify extra happiness!!!!
Noserider
Christiaan Phleger
Very interesting lens! I have been quite surprised with my copy of the 7artisans 35mm f/2 especially in direct comparison to my 'Cron pre-asph so I am keenly interested in this new 28mm.
I am impressed with the lens optical design but I can't quite put my finger on a similar design; it seems like a Zeiss for Contax (of course not quite exact from the lack of mirror and use of aspherical elements). Since to me it is clear that the Zeiss ZM 35mm f/2.8 was if not the direct influence of the 7artians 35mm f/2 (with of course a few adjustments for speed) I wonder if they perhaps used a Zeiss design as a starting point.
I am impressed with the lens optical design but I can't quite put my finger on a similar design; it seems like a Zeiss for Contax (of course not quite exact from the lack of mirror and use of aspherical elements). Since to me it is clear that the Zeiss ZM 35mm f/2.8 was if not the direct influence of the 7artians 35mm f/2 (with of course a few adjustments for speed) I wonder if they perhaps used a Zeiss design as a starting point.
ptpdprinter
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You would almost certainly need to use an external viewfinder. Maybe 7Artisans needs to branch out and make one.
raid
Dad Photographer
I am happy with my 7Artisans 50/1.1. It was a bargain buy.
