7Artisans has launched two new full-frame prime lenses for Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF and L mount cameras:
14mm f/2.8
This ultra-wide prime boasts a 116-degree subject of view, with out resorting to a fisheye perspective. It ought to subsequently be best for photographing interiors, metropolis streets, and likewise for astrophotography because of its quick f/2.8 aperture. The lens’s optical path is comprised of 13 parts in 11 teams, together with two aspherical parts, plus high-refractive index glass and extra-low dispersion parts to scale back chromatic aberrations.
A ten-blade aperture diaphragm will generate 10-point starbursts round factors of intense gentle, and the aperture adjustment will be carried out in clicked or de-clicked modes. Regardless of its pretty giant f/2.8 most aperture, the lens measures a fairly compact 87mm in size, with a diameter of 79mm, whereas weighing 504g for the E-mount model. Though the entrance lens ingredient is usually bulbous for an ultra-wide lens, a removable lens hood incorporating a filter thread means typical 77mm entrance filters can nonetheless be used. Focussing is handbook solely, and there are not any digital contacts to allow lens-body communication, however the payoff for this simplicity is a low $299 retail value.
75mm f/1.4
Designed with portrait images in thoughts, this lens’s giant f/1.4 most aperture and 13-blade diaphragm are an excellent mixture for isolating your sitter from a softly blurred background. A minimal focus distance of 0.88m permits for tighter head & shoulders pictures, or nonetheless life images.
Simply six parts make up the optical stack, however three of those are high-refractive index glass. The 75mm f/1.4 is impressively gentle for such a quick lens, weighing solely 408g, and at 77mm lengthy and 62mm in diameter it is also simply moveable. Like the brand new 14mm f/2.8 above, it is a fully-manual lens, so a extra thought-about taking pictures fashion might be required. Nevertheless, this might be a compromise properly price making, provided that the 7Artisans 75mm f/1.4 prices simply $189.
Each lenses are in the stores now.