Thorsten Overgaard's 7A 50 1.1 review

[Huss]

7A on film





on digital:

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Thanks for posting this Huss, I enjoyed seeing the images and what the lens was capable of. I really like the look, as the author found it seems a lot of lens for the money.

 

[DominikDUK]

Thanks for the photographs, looks to me like the lens is a more than decent performer. Especially at this price point

 

[peterm1]

7A on film




on digital:

Luscious colors, nice rendering, sharp enough to do what it has got to do.....I can see very little that is wrong with any of these images. If I did not already own the Voigtlander 50mm f1.1, I would be seriously tempted. I may be tempted in any event one day. I use a lot of classic lenses and have long learned that a lens does not have to be perfect (if there is ever such a thing) to be good or even excellent at least for some photographic tasks.

 

[maigo]

The OOF on this lens gives me vertigo and makes me want to vomit. See the lady feeding dog photo for example.
All his models look like they want to fall asleep. Even the ones on the swings.
I guess this is the perfect lens for the instagram-wedding DSLR look.


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[Taipei-metro]

from magio;
'the OOF on this lens gives me vertigo and makes me want to vomit...'

Nonsense! you should see a doctor Immediatly!!

 

[maigo]

from magio;
'the OOF on this lens gives me vertigo and makes me want to vomit...'

Nonsense! you should see a doctor Immediatly!!

Doctor? Do you mean a man of Science?

I'm not convinced that the OOF background on this lens (or any other with such a large aperture) when used for portraiture is an improvement over a studio backdrop.

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[maddoc]

Obviously, science and Scientology are two different things. 😀

- The price of the 50mm Noctilux ($10,500) is completely fair. In fact, it’s a miracle - as well as a gift to mankind - that one can even buy a piece of NASA space technology in a retail store. Things of this nature, things that can do what the Noctilux can do, things that can bend the light and bring it back on track, are so far-out and so unbelievable that you would think they don’t exist. But it does, and you can buy one. - T.O.

NASA space technology??? Fo' real??? 😕😕😕

Very dubious description of purple fringing too lol

 

[michaelwj]

- The price of the 50mm Noctilux ($10,500) is completely fair. In fact, it’s a miracle - as well as a gift to mankind - that one can even buy a piece of NASA space technology in a retail store. Things of this nature, things that can do what the Noctilux can do, things that can bend the light and bring it back on track, are so far-out and so unbelievable that you would think they don’t exist. But it does, and you can buy one. - T.O.

NASA space technology??? Fo' real??? 😕😕😕

Very dubious description of purple fringing too lol

If you really want that NASA technology, go get yourself some Velcro, something actually developed for, and used by NASA. Or a space pen, or an Omega Speedmaster... Lots of NASA related stuff you can buy in a store that's been used since the 60's for a whole lot less than a Noctilux.

 

[David Hughes]

Four lines down in the review I read this:-

"In this test, the conclusion is simply, “Yes, the 7artisans 50mm f/1.1 is worth having”."

So there you have it in a nutshell...

Regards, David

 

[Pherdinand]

Overgaard praises it for portraits and talks about how the closest eye has to be in focus.
I cant help noticing that most if not all portraits show a focus on the cloth of the person...
Kind of credibility loss i'd say🙂
Or is that the je-ne-sais-quoi mysterious quality about this lens he meens? Missing focus?

 

[jsrockit]

Four lines down in the review I read this:-

"In this test, the conclusion is simply, “Yes, the 7artisans 50mm f/1.1 is worth having”."

So there you have it in a nutshell...

Regards, David

Haha, yes... anything else is about GAS.

 

[David Murphy]

Luscious colors, nice rendering, sharp enough to do what it has got to do.....I can see very little that is wrong with any of these images. If I did not already own the Voigtlander 50mm f1.1, I would be seriously tempted. I may be tempted in any event one day. I use a lot of classic lenses and have long learned that a lens does not have to be perfect (if there is ever such a thing) to be good or even excellent at least for some photographic tasks.

Nice shots - very cool, and beautiful models. The lens is obviously quite excellent in use, especially for the price.