That’s a 23mm (35 ffe) f1.4 from TTArtisan, a Chinese company that makes some interesting and cheap lenses. Their 50mm f1.2 is probably my favorite lens after the Fuji 35 f1.4. I’ve yet to buy a Fuji lens new but even so the difference between a $400 used lens and a $100 new one hits the old fixed income pocket book. I’m not sure if my “aesthetic” is determined by my income or my income determines my aesthetic. One way or the other, I hold to some version of Cocteau’s “_______ will never be an art until __________ is as cheap as a pencil and paper.”
I especially like the wide angle lean-in effect.
That’s a 23mm (35 ffe) f1.4 from TTArtisan, a Chinese company that makes some interesting and cheap lenses. Their 50mm f1.2 is probably my favorite lens after the Fuji 35 f1.4. I’ve yet to buy a Fuji lens new but even so the difference between a $400 used lens and a $100 new one hits the old fixed income pocket book. I’m not sure if my “aesthetic” is determined by my income or my income determines my aesthetic. One way or the other, I hold to some version of Cocteau’s “_______ will never be an art until __________ is as cheap as a pencil and paper.”