JemHayward
pfm Member
It was my birthday last weekend, and as usual, we can't find anything to buy each other that we haven't got, actually need, or can afford. This has resulted in such romantic gestures as a potato peeler (from my wife) and a finger pointing trowel (from me to my wife). This year much the same, so after the Porsche and the electric mountain bike were rejected I went onto Amazon to look at photographic accessories I've not actually got, and definitely need. This inevitably leads to Neewer, and I found a useful clamp thingy that clamps your camera to things... then I spotted what looked like the 7-Artisans 25mm f1.8 lens Fuji fit, £47.99, so I added that to my list, and she took the bait. Having queried my previous lens spending (£800 for the Fuji 90 f2 led to a 'discussion') - I was now asked how a £50 could be any good, and I explained that wasn't the point.
It's arrived, and it is a bit quirky, and I think 'faulty', but I don't think I'll send it back, as the fault is something I'd not encounter in normal use.
Here it is at f16
_E3F6638 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
f4
_E3F6640 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
f2
_E3F6642 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
Other apertures on my Flickr photostream, though the exif is totally fictitious, they are in order f16,f8, f5.6, f4, f2.8, f2, f1.8
Basically at f16 something goes horribly wrong in the centre. As the aperture widens you get more vignette, and the corners are always distorted and blurry, but centrally at wider apertures it's pretty good. I'm going to use this zone focussed at f5.6 as a 'street' lens, if and when I'm allowed out in public again.
Fun lens and for £50 who can moan.
It's arrived, and it is a bit quirky, and I think 'faulty', but I don't think I'll send it back, as the fault is something I'd not encounter in normal use.
Here it is at f16
_E3F6638 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
f4
_E3F6640 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
f2
_E3F6642 by Jem Hayward, on Flickr
Other apertures on my Flickr photostream, though the exif is totally fictitious, they are in order f16,f8, f5.6, f4, f2.8, f2, f1.8
Basically at f16 something goes horribly wrong in the centre. As the aperture widens you get more vignette, and the corners are always distorted and blurry, but centrally at wider apertures it's pretty good. I'm going to use this zone focussed at f5.6 as a 'street' lens, if and when I'm allowed out in public again.
Fun lens and for £50 who can moan.