A really quick review, I can add more to this later.
7Artisans just released a few weeks ago the 14mm f2.8 lens. I got it as soon as it was released.
First impressions is that it's a really solid lens. It's well built in a metal body. Many lenses today have a lot of plastic in them and they feel like it. This felt solid like a tank.
Second, I liked that even though it was a 14mm lens, it could take a 77mm filter. That's a super cool feature.
Third, it's manual focus.
Fourth, it can be used for video as it has an option for a click or declick for the video.
Fifth, it's sharp. The stars I took photos of looked really sharp in it.
Now for the one piece of bad news. It's sad that such a great lens has what I consider an issue that totally kills the lens for me.
And that's the flaring it gets from light sources at f2.8, and even at f3.5. It does clear up later but you can't shoot this lens wide open. It's not a pretty flare that one could decide is artistic. It's a ruin the image type of flare.
Look for yourself.
#1 Street light
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Cropped
2. Street light at the side of an image.
#3 - Night time. It was bright out, the moon is up. I wanted to see how the moon affected it. The sky is brighter from the moon, so the flare is not as prominent, but it's still there. Right now it's cloudy, so I can't take more star images.
Cropped
To Be Continued:
I will add some 100% crops of the corners and the stars later.
7Artisans just released a few weeks ago the 14mm f2.8 lens. I got it as soon as it was released.
First impressions is that it's a really solid lens. It's well built in a metal body. Many lenses today have a lot of plastic in them and they feel like it. This felt solid like a tank.
Second, I liked that even though it was a 14mm lens, it could take a 77mm filter. That's a super cool feature.
Third, it's manual focus.
Fourth, it can be used for video as it has an option for a click or declick for the video.
Fifth, it's sharp. The stars I took photos of looked really sharp in it.
Now for the one piece of bad news. It's sad that such a great lens has what I consider an issue that totally kills the lens for me.
And that's the flaring it gets from light sources at f2.8, and even at f3.5. It does clear up later but you can't shoot this lens wide open. It's not a pretty flare that one could decide is artistic. It's a ruin the image type of flare.
Look for yourself.
#1 Street light
Cropped
2. Street light at the side of an image.
#3 - Night time. It was bright out, the moon is up. I wanted to see how the moon affected it. The sky is brighter from the moon, so the flare is not as prominent, but it's still there. Right now it's cloudy, so I can't take more star images.
Cropped
To Be Continued:
I will add some 100% crops of the corners and the stars later.
Those street light shots are in serious Whiskey Tango Foxtrot territory! Almost up there with Lens Baby artifacts.
