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7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 Full Frame L-mount

sergun80

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https://www.l-rumors.com/7artisans-...l-mount-lens-will-be-announced-on-december-9/

7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 Full Frame L-mount lens will be announced on December 9​

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7Artisans 18mm F5.6 pancake lens specs:

  • Announcement: December 9, 2024
  • Close focus: 0.3m ~ ∞
  • manual focus
  • Supported mounts: E / L / RF / Z
Full Frame
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P/S But there is a problem, everything that this company has released before has not been implemented in L mount
 
Looks nice and compact!
 
Quentinquirelino said:
Yes. And I don't know how much smaller compared to the 18-40 zoom, which has AF, is faster and has the extra range.
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Agreed. The 18-40 looks like a better option. If this 7Artisans were an f2.8 it might be a different story.
 
I'm really happy that the 20-60 is in hand to still any cravings for superduperwide focal lengths. At least that particular place in my kit is covered!
 
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I saw this announcement the other day and I have to say I'm really considering it, just waiting for some reviews to pop up. Although I'm sure there are overall better options out there, including the fantastic 20-60mm I already own, having a very small ultra-wide for just €99 would be very convenient. I often travel with my Sigma 24-70/2.8 which is already big and heavy so adding the 20-60mm or the 16-35mm adds considerably more space, so a tiny lens like this that gives me an extra 6mm would be handy.
 
There's some feedback and even a few images here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1887734/

It still looks interesting but with the news that Viltrox is seeking an L-mount license their 20mm f/2.8 (which is cheap plastic but two stops faster (and not a fixed aperture) and has AF) might be a better option as a cheap and compact UWA.
 
Jonathan-Mac said:
There's some feedback and even a few images here: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1887734/

It still looks interesting but with the news that Viltrox is seeking an L-mount license their 20mm f/2.8 (which is cheap plastic but two stops faster (and not a fixed aperture) and has AF) might be a better option as a cheap and compact UWA.
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But it could take some time until Viltrox lenses for L-Mount get introduced. Look at Samyang. There was s still only one lens available.
 
Quentinquirelino said:
But it could take some time until Viltrox lenses for L-Mount get introduced. Look at Samyang. There was s still only one lens available.
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Yep. Even if I bought the 18mm new for €99 and sold it in a year at a 35% loss, €35 isn't a lot to pay to have a lens for year, and I have a couple of upcoming trips where a compact UWA would be handy.
 
Has anyone here actually bought or used one? I have a bit of an affinity for the weird & unloved, for $149 Au I'm a bit tempted to pick one up to partner my Lumix S 26mm. And adapted EF 40mm pancake. Or does anyone have any links to some real world user images? Cheers
 
These are the only images I've found

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Santuario di Stezzano BG by Vitantonio Telegrafo, on Flickr

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Chorus Life - Bergamo by Vitantonio Telegrafo, on Flickr

And I've watched a couple of videos on it





The first of those videos has some nice-looking B&W images from it, but hard to tell how good they really are from a YT video. Response overall seems mixed but the edges seem quite poor, but even if you crop them off you've still got a ~20mm ultra-wide that's compact.

I had decided to get one but then last week I was using a vintage Vivitar 17mm f/3.5, which is admittedly bigger and heavier especially when you include the PK to L adapter, and was impressed with it. I haven't used it that much since I got it because it's soft wide open and needs to be stopped down to f/5.6, but that's the aperture this new lens uses all the time anyway. It also took one of the best photos I've ever made. Regarding the size and weight, I often have an adapter for vintage lenses with me anyway, so I'd only be adding the lens on top of that.

So I'm still undecided.
 
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