7artisans Vision is a new APS-C cinema prime lens line that currently contains three T1.05 lenses – 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm. The lenses feature clickless geared rings, 270° focus throw, full-metal body, 82mm front filter thread, and they come for Sony E, Leica L, Canon RF, FUJIFILM X, and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless lens mounts. The lenses are quite affordable at $430 – $549 per piece. Established in 2016, the Chinese lens manufacturer 7artisans produces affordable fully manual lenses for a wide variety of lens mounts. The company recently launched three affordable cinema prime lenses – let’s take a short look at the new 7artisans Vision cine lenses. 7artisans Vision cinema lenses As I mentioned above, the company starts the fully manual Vision primes line with three focal lengths: 25mm T1.05 – 58.6° angle of view (APS-C)35mm T1.05 – 44° angle of view (APS-C)50mm T1.05 – 31.8° angle of view (APS-C) Those seem like standard focal lengths for a full-frame sensor, but don’t be mistaken – the lenses only cover APS-C sensors. Funnily enough, for some of the promotional photos, 7artisans mounted the lenses on Sony FX3, which does not even have APS-C crop mode. Anyway, let’s take a look at some more specs. 7artisans Vision 25mm T1.05 cine lens. Source: 7artisans As 7artisans already offer 25, 35, and 50mm f/0.95 photo lenses, my bet is that these are the same lenses, only rehoused in a cine enclosure. The geared aperture ring is, of course, clickless. The aperture consists of...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 6 January, 2022