so who out there loves a good fisheye lens well if you're looking for a fisheye lens on
a budget and for the micro four thirds system this one might be for you today i'm talking to
you about the tt artisan's 7.5 millimeter f 2.0 fisheye lens and i'm going to do a quick
breakdown an unboxing show you some examples and if this lens is right for you so let's roll
what is up everybody my name is stephen of stephen and jannica and you know you've kind
of hit a rite of passage when companies start to send you lenses to review on your channel
and so we're extremely grateful to the good folks at tt artisans for sending us our first
lens to review on the channel and ultimately give away to you guys so before i begin i just want to
make a quick disclaimer that i'm not paid by tt artisans to say anything about this lens
these are all my honest opinions and reviews on using this lens for the first time and also if i
can recommend it to put it in your kit so what is a fisheye lens well a fisheye lens is a lens that
renders a 150 degree angle of view to produce a distinct visual appeal characterized by dramatic
distortion and a creative depiction of space now this helps to create a very wide angle of view
as well as a very innovative style at looking at your footage or your subject because you'll
often see a bit of a warping effect happening on the outside of the edges of your view and that
kind of creates that unique angled in approach at being able to set your focal subject when you're
doing your shooting this isn't for everybody and it shouldn't be used in every single scenario
but if you're looking to capture that unique aspect of warp and distortion in your footage
then a fisheye lens is definitely something you should think about picking up so let's break down
this little lens and talk to you about the key specifics and characteristics that you get so this
is a f 2.0 to f 11 fisheye lens and it has two ld elements as well as three high index elements for
both manual focus and a manual aperture now in this case it's also a clickable aperture
which is something that's unique to me because most of my lenses that i i've used don't have a
clickable aperture and trying it for the first time it's kind of a bit of a welcome change and
i'm not used to that kind of clicking effect to know i'm stomping down or stopping up but in this
case it's kind of helpful especially not shooting outdoors on my camera utilizing this lens for the
first time so one of the unique characteristics of this fisheye lens is that they also send you
a little mini nd filter and this little nd filter can screw in to the back of the the iris mount
right here and you can screw in that little nd filter all the way up to nd 1000 so that's that's
pretty impressive and shooting outdoors that gives the option of having to stop all the way up to f11
but i think it's a nice little feature to have because you often don't get little built-in nd
filters into your lenses when you receive them so a nice little bonus for the people at tt artisans
and i really think it could be a good addition if you're shooting on a very bright day now with many
lenses you get you often get a lens hood that's also detachable that you can put onto your lens
to block out some light when you're shooting on a bright day in this case it's an integrated lens
hood so it's fully attached to the body of a lens so you can't remove that and that's something to
consider when you're looking to do your shooting because you don't have a full coverage over top
of the surface of that lens so you really should make good use of that nd 1000 or 10 stop filter
when you attach the back of your lens to shoot on bright sunny days as you're really going to need
that because there's not a lot of surface coverage when you're shooting outside so this lens has a 7
blade diaphragm it's a well-built lens it's got a bit of heft to it and it's a null metallic design
so there's a little bit of weight to this lens so it feels good you can tell that there is a
a nice smooth throw for the focusing as well as for the clicking aperture here as well
but it's all metallic parts both the uh the back mount as well as the front part of the lens so
it's a nice well-built lens and price point we're looking at about 185 canadian on b h and so that's
not a bad price for a fisheye lens of this low aperture as well as focal length for a micro four
thirds camera so it's a good budget conscious lens if you're looking to add something to your kit
without breaking the bank so enough the details on this little lens let's take a look at the lens in
action and a disclaimer again i actually don't even own a micro four-thirds camera right now
however i do own a z-chem e2s6 and i picked up one of the interchangeable micro four-thirds
mounts for this camera so that's a big bonus if you're looking to pick up a cinema camera
the zcam e2 s6 has the ability of being able to pop out that ef mount and you can put in
a micro four thirds mount and that's super helpful if i look to shoot on my sarui anamorphics for
example or even glass they have is micro four thirds because this allows you to adapt a whole
host of different lenses without breaking the bank on a super 35 millimeter sensor anyways enough
of the plug for zcam let's take a look at this little lens and see what it can do i shot this
lens outside on a bright sunny day in toronto i didn't have any nd filter on this and i forgot to
put on the little 10 stop here so this is totally stopped down to f11 but the results are not bad
so what do you guys think that was all shot on the zcam e2 s6 with this little micro four
thirds mount as this is a super 35 millimeter sensor now it shot in prores 422 in 4k 60. i also
didn't grade any of this image it was all shot in rec 709 it's nothing fancy when it comes to
coloring and first impressions it does have a fair bit of focus breathing and it's not the sharpest
lens when you're looking at having a minimum focus depth between the subject and the lens
but if you're shooting any kind of wide landscape style of videography or portrait photography this
little lens does do a fairly good job speaking of photography i didn't try shooting photos with this
but i'm sure it could get some great results if you're looking to kind of capture photos with this
lens on a micro four thirds camera so bottom line is it worth it to put this little lens in your kit
well i'd have to say that yes for the budget and the price of 185 canadian dollars
this lens definitely does tick off a lot of boxes it's well built it's a it's a lens that gets a
good result and it's something that you can expect to receive that proper exaggerated look and that
kind of surreal image when you're trying to think of a fisheye and a fisheye set up to your shot so
thanks again for watching everybody and and please leave a comment if you shoot on fisheye lenses
i'd love to hear what your idea of the perfect fish eye is and also if you have one in your kit
but if you're thinking of picking one out for the micro fourth or systems this little
tt artisans might be a great option to consider and please hit that like and subscribe button
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think of shooting on official eye it's a cool warp surreal effect but it definitely packs a punch