The TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro has just been released at a very competitive price.
With such a low price tag, it’s hard to even think it won’t be worth the money. And yet it’s better to check out some reviews before making any buying decision.
Down below you can find the review of Damian Brown and Christopher Frost.
Back in May we shared already some images of white and red Viltrox lenses. You can see them here.
Since then, we have not heard or seen anything about those lenses anymore… until today.
In fact, Viltrox just said on their official social media channels:
On a coming special day, Viltrox is ushering in a new style of 23/33/56mmXF lens series — ❤️RED❤️ Limited Edition !!
What would they look like？
Might fit well on one of those fancy red Fujifilm X-A bodies.
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After Adorama here, now also the official Fujifilm retailer Moment has the Fujifilm GFX100S available here.
Now, I am Fujifilm GFX100S shooter myself, so I might be a bit biased. But to everyone who has the budget and is out there looking for the best image quality, then just get one and enjoy its power.
DPReviewTV published a video about their favorite camera and lens combinations for portraits at different price points.
Before we go to their top picks, a few thoughts.
In all combos below $3,000, DPRTV picked third party AF lenses to couple with Sony, Canon or Panasonic bodies. This just shows how precious third party autofocus lenses for a system are, as they help to keep the overall costs down by offering at the same time a good image quality.
Only for Fujifilm, who won the sub 2K category, DPRTV went with the Fujifilm X-S10 and native Fujinon lens: the XF56mmF1.2 (which according to our sources will get a refresh in 2022). Btw, that lens was one of my reliable and trusted workhorses at the recent wedding I shot.
Overall this denotes that Fujifilm just made a terrific error to close their mount for so long. An error, that they finally fixed. Better late than never.
Also, APS-C dominates the sub 2K segment, showing that this sensor size (and lenses) just offers a terrific value for money.
For bigger budgets below 10K, the Fujifilm GFX100S wins coupled with the Fujinon GF 110mm F2.
And if money was no issue at all, they’d still get the GFX. It’s simply the best of the best, if you value also features like autofocus, eye detection and other advantages a modern digital camera can offer.
With that said, here are DPRTV’s top picks:
Under $1,000
Under $2,000
Under $3,000
Under $5,000
Difficult to pick Canon R series, as there are not really nice mid-range options and the better lens options are too expensive and break the budget
Under $10,000
Dream Combo (Money No Issue)
Get Yours
The new TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 is now available for $114 at AmazonUS here (free shipping) and directly at TTArtisan here ($99 for the lens plus $24 shipping to USA).
You can also get it AmazonUK here and at AmazonDE here, as well as for $119 ($99 for the lens + $20 shipping to USA) at Pergear here.
You can find samples at the dedicated AmazonUS TTArtisan 40mmF2.8 page.
