Hidden Gems: 10 Ultra Low Budget Lenses That Will Blow Your Mind
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If you're looking for a way to improve your photography without spending a fortune, then you should check out these ultra low budget lenses. These lenses are perfect if you're budget constrained, and they'll help you take better photos!
In this video, I'll show you some of the best features of these lenses and how they can help you improve your photography. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced photographer, these lenses will help you take your photography to the next level!
* LINKS TO ALL THE LENSES IN THE DESCRIPTION *
Impressive. But I'm still using a Rebel camera (EF-S).
Were can i see the links,?
I noticed the last lens was a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8; however, I hope to purchase a Full Frame camera. Would I, therefore, go for that lens, or should I take the plunge instead on their 28-70mm f2.8 FF model?
Finally someone who knows what budget means... jesus christ... everyone puts like $500 lenses at the lowest and calls them budget
Yeah right, lenses costing anywhere near the price of the body ain't budget , especially primes , zooms especially fixed aperture aren't likely to be budget anytime soon
"If you don't know what kind of camera you've got, you've got a crop sensor camera" Yeah, sounds about right, from experience of course, but most often I find that people who don't even know that generally have bridge cameras so no lenses for them either way
And if i have full frame?
Do you have full frame?
@@markwiemels I am an amateur wildlife photographer with a tight budget, I use a crop sensor camera from canon (1.6x crop) to get 480mm out of my 300mm lens. I prefer full frame for portraits though, but at f/1.8 it's more than blurred enough for me... Also APS-C cameras are lighter. Could never recommend a bridge camera though, the image quality is way too phone-like and photos just look messy. Also apertures are narrow without a way to change them (except getting a new camera).
Right? Gave me a good chuckle.
@@spark198rus His point is, if you did, you'd know you do.
I graduated from film school at SMU in 1971 and later got a Master's in film criticism while I was making a feature length film in China in 1984. I made my first Western when I was 29 with 2 Panaflex cameras. Your reviews are really excellent. I wish you'd do more in depth interviews using various camera charts. Still, I find your reviews refreshing, especially for beginners. Even with over 50 years as a feature Director/DOP, I always consider myself a beginner. That might be why I'm still working at 74 today (yes, my birthday is today!). No matter what, keep up the good work. You've got a great eye and great understanding. So many vloggers have no idea of why any of this is important. Well, I should go out on a limb, and say 99% of them are full fledged idiots.
Hey, happy birthday man! Sorry I'm 3 weeks late. Love your comment.
Happy late birthday!!
happy belated birthday, i would love to talk to you so much about life as a DOP if we ever could meet
Happy late birthday!
Happy late birthday!
Should be called "10 Ultra Low Budget Lenses That Will Blur Your Background"
Low light
Man, how I love your channel and the way you explain things. You have an extraordinary gift and this episode shows it clearly. Thanks, Mark....never change!
the crop sensor joke at the beginning, instant follow!
It's true though, right? ;-)
@@markwiemels hahahah yeah I guess, that’s why I think the joke is so funny, but to actually say it out loud in a video and not looking condescending is gold!
I just rewatched it, it’s the way you say it, without stoping and acknowledging the joke and just say it like it is and that’s it that is killing me.
In addition to the Imagon history, I used to shoot even in the eighties with it. The lens is a simple anastigmat! They get sharper with a small aperture so a box camera with an f16 lens had a reasonably good image. An improvement from a single element lens. Also linear distortion was way better. The spherical aberrations from the edge were really a bad side effect until Rodenstock found a use for it. It was trade marked so could not be copied. B&W made the duto sheibe (spelling may be wrong) a filter with concentric etched lines in it. It created a similar effect except a smaller aperture used the Center of the filter more so it bypassed these etched rings at the edge and created a less diffused. The benefit was that the variable softness required no changing of lenses or its aperture discs. This Chinese lens at this price is a great way to do all this. I may just get one for my portraits. What a great way to make people get excited about this.😊
Thank you for this video, really interesting and helpful! Well done!
Would love to see that astrophotography video! Just recently found your channel and really appreciate the information you provided. Keep up the great work.
I would absolutely LOVE if you could do a video on astrophotography, especially tips on photographing the milky way. Either way, your videos are always so helpful. Thanks Mark!
Thanks for the encouragement, I do need to do that.
Merry too please
1. stop down the lens at least 1, if not 2 stops from maximum aperture (so, if 1.4, stop down to f2). This is to increase sharpness, remove CA, and remove coma from the stars. 2. focus manually, using the live view mode on your LCD screen on a bright star at 10x. Tape the lens' focus ring to avoid movement if possible. 3. Read up on the 500 rule to work out your TV value (shutter exposure time). 4. Set ISO to desired value based on AV and TV settings. 5. Frame your shot (a lot of people love to shoot the Milky Way). The wider focal length that you are shooting, the longer you can shoot in seconds before you get star trails. Some non-photography tips: 1. I recommend driving at least an hour outside of the city skirts, if not further to reduce light pollution. 2. Use a tripod, use a remote control, and if using a DSLR, use a custom setting to set the mirror up to reduce vibrations. Also, using a self timer, preferably 10 seconds (over 2 seconds, which imho, is too short) 3. avoid the moon. Shoot on dark moon (i.e. no moon) nights. If you really like it, fork out the money for a star tracker, which when set up correctly, will move with the Earth's rotation and elmiinate star trailing, meaning you can shoot for much longer exposure times (and importantly, reduce your ISO setting). This also opens up using longer focal lengths to hone in on large nebula such as m42 (Orion nebula) etc. It is a good idea to learn the night sky and a cheap sky atlas such as Sky & Space's star charts is a great investment.
PS I'll add that astrophotography can get VERY expensive, REAL fast if you get sucked into it lol. I'm currently looking at around 7k AUD for my setup. And that's just for wide FOV imaging setup using a SkyWatcher Esprit 80mm and doesn't include my solar imaging setup or planetary imaging setups.
And we are still waiting for that astro tutorial from you!!! :) Thanks for this video - added to my list on Amazon :D
I know :-(
Thanks Mark, these videos of budget lenses is very helpful. I picked up the Meike 60mm macro (looks like other did as well) from your last recommendations. I really like it. Thanks again, take care fella.
Yes, that's such a great lens! I almost put it in this video too.
I just love your channel. You are so great and helpful as I fumble around trying to figure things out and start a youtube channel!
Oh, that's so nice to hear! Thanks.
Thanks for this video. I ordered a 35 mm 1.4 and have high hopes. Regarding the first lens shown, the Holga toy lens: have you tried the toy camera setting on the Canon M50's creative filters mode? Maybe you could do a side-by-side. Thanks again.
Thank you buddy. Mark. For the 17mm f1.4 recommendation. I have been using it from a long time and i personally had no issues with it. I watched your original sigma v ttartisan video btw
this came out just in time. thank you!
Great to hear!
Great video, I'd love a full frame version of this, hard to find stuff
Hi Mark, Your reviews are much appreciated. The Chinese inexpensive lenses are indeed a very good value. Brand names do not always make what we want and attachments or editing needs to modify the results to what we had in mind. As a product photographer my lenses did not need speed but corner to corner sharpness was important. With film, color rendition needed to be uniform from lens to lens. Now for these lenses that may not be its primary goal. For creative photography the result can be whatever you want and the equipment here has some great new choices. You can nearly buy all of these in one swoop and spend less than a single brand lens. My most important point I want to make is the cheapest lens. The lens opening value is the total light passing the multiple irises. the 30ties and up to the 60ties this type was made to blend spherical aberrations from the lens edge with a sharper image from the center aperture. The center aperture cut off the spherical aberrations from the edge of the lens but in portraits or other creative images the edge aperture created an overlay over the sharp image with spherical (flared) images. It created not only the fuzzy overlay but it added some depth of field due to the individual much smaller apertures. The best known lens was the Imagon lens. It came with a number of discs that had a larger to smaller center hole surrounded by smaller holes like this one. Due to the fact that the aperture did not have blades it allowed you to pick an aperture that suited your lighting. Modern Imagon types are generally relatively expensive. Every brand medium format had them available and was used mostly for in studio portraits. Have a look here for some help with this type lens. www.pentaconsix.com/imagon.htm
This sounds so cool! Thanks for sharing that bit of history. I love hearing stuff like this.
Thanks for this video copping some new lenses 🎉
This sounds great 👀 I’m going to check this out when I come back from the gym
Thank you so much for this video!! I kinda want to buy them all now 🤣
I agree that your skill level is most important, but also, using "budget" lenses like ttartisan that still provide good quality have helped my skills grow enormously. There is much more to learn on a classic manual lens than a super expensive point and shoot lens. Lenses like these have made my journey so fun.
Yes for sure!
Great recommendations! Wish I had this video when I started out. Definitely recommend the 12mm f2 and 18-50 f2.8 as smallest, best kit for APSC. If your camera body has IBIS, you’re unstoppable in low light.
Excellent video. I own 7 of these lenses which I use on my Sony a6000 (also have the old NEX-6 which is also a very good camera). Keep up the good work, Mark. 😊
I would love to watch any and all camera and lens tutorials you have. Do you have recommended vids or a playlist of your tutorials? Thanks for the video!
kzhead.info/sun/ZrJpYLeqp3SCa6M/bejne.html - kzhead.info/sun/aqxuoJyOhmN9enk/bejne.html one of these videos is about the Canon M50, but the settings and concepts are the same for any camera. The other is a general tutorial.
Love your work Mark. This is my new favorite video. Thanks for your work. Go Saints!
Thanks! Yes, the Hawks are random this year, never know what you're going to get. Ya know, I had an fishing channel before I had this one (noticed the fish in your profile photo)
@@markwiemels I fly fish exclusively these days. Do a bit of guiding. I’m really trying to learn to be a better cinematographer just to make fishing films. I have a plan for some work in NZ this year. The only problem is to stop fishing long enough to film. If you are into fly fishing or ever want to give it a try I’d be happy to take you up the high country. Free of course.
Oh I forgot. Hawks will beat the saints by 40 points. 😩
@@peterquigley2700 Yes, I have the fly fishing kit, but my game is not good. I think it would be hard to film and fly fish, you would really have to just film others. Probably dedicate some days to filming and other to fishing. Thanks for the offer, my hearts not in the fishing at the moment, but I should get the boat fixed up and and get out for snapper this spring, I miss cooking and eating fresh fish.
@@markwiemels we have a lot in common. I agree with you on filming vs fishing and I’ve nearly made the transition. Cheers.
Great work on it!
Great video, appreciated. Ordered the Holga one :) Love TTArtisan. That 35mm f1.4 is incredible, can't believe the sharpness in it.
I know, that TT Lens is crazy good for the price.
Great ideas for content! Very helpful…1st party lens are very expensive in my country and these 3rd party lens are almost 50% or less.
Great video, great work! Thanks for enthusiasm and sharing! Keep it up:) I love my Viltrox 23mm and Samyang 12mm. Also I love my 7artisans 35mm f0.95 which is a bit expensive then other manual lenses u have mentioned in video. Wanted to try 55mm f1.2 but have too many vintage glass of that focal length adapted to Fuji 😅
That’s a great idea for a video. Compare a new $118 50 f1.4 to a vintage 50mm f1.4 of about the same price.
@@markwiemels There are too many good 50-55mm 1.4 lenses though :))
Great list!!
Unfortunately, r7 has an ibis bug problem with full manual lens. Initially, ibis works until the screen dims, changed mode or power off. Only way to fix it is to turn ibis off and on from menu. It's really frustrating to only use focus peaking with shaky screen. Im currently using full manual apsc lens on r5, which has no problem with ibis. Works flawlessly. For r7, i will wait for cpu manual lens. Hopefully, voigtlander next year. I still watch all your videos. Haha. Thanks for your hard work videos.
Great video Mark. You may also want to consider the Viltrox 13mm 1.4. Its about $425 and blows the samyang 12mm out of the water. I have both lenses and have not touched the samyang 12 since getting the viltrox 13.
Yes, I love that lens so much that I have a copy for Fuji and Sony. I almost put it in, just left it out because of the little higher price point. That lens is in my top 5 APS-C lenses of all time.
The Holga lens is available in lots off different mounts not just canon i have the nikon one and it also works on full frame cameras not just crop sensor
this video has helped me to remember the feo things I know about Lens. Thanks so much.
No worries!
Would you consider giving some advice on lenses for top down video and flat lay photography? I have the canon m50 mk2 and the kit lens and I just cant afford to risk spending too much money on a lens that is just totally inappropriate for the job. I draw and make things, so need a few inches in focus fairly close to the camera. I have no need of the blurry background every youtuber seems to desire. I'm totally stuck, with no idea what to buy with no clue where to start, not wanting to waste money getting the wrong tool for the job. Thanks for any help you can give.
I used both the 17mm and the 35mm TTartisan lenses for video work at my 9-5. On e i got the hang of adjusting theseanual kemses on a gimbal, I dont reach for my Sigma 18-50 as much. The f/1.4 came in clutch when i had to shoot in a dark lobby (I didnt have room for a light because of the crowd). I kove thise lenses.
I have a couple of those, including the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8. You forgot to mention one of its strengths. It has every close focus, and specially at 18mm. And good sharpness and contrast when focused close.
Yes! That’s true!
I have the Samyang 12 f2 af version & 75mm 1.8 great compact af lenses, managed to find both for around $350 each.
Thank you for your. I recomended konica 40 mm 1.4 It's amazing, 50 mm pentax smc 1.7 and konica 135mm 2.8
From what I can see the tt artisans 17 and 35 f1.4's match very well. They sell a 23 f1.4 that also matches with those two as well. Very good budget manual lens set, gonna make sort of cinemoded set out of them
Thanks for showcasing Melbourne, Australia.
TTartisan 35 f1.4 was the first lens that i've bought for my Olympus OM-D E-M1 over a year ago. And it's still one of my favorite lenses for portraits. Even when I have 50 f1.2 and also some AF lenses
Yes, it has no business being as good as it is, for the price. I have mine on a $290 Fuji X-T1, it's such a great, and super cheap, setup.
Very nice video! I have a Fujifilm X-S10 and currently I own just the Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 and the XC 35mm f2. It's more than enough for 99% of my needs.
I have an x-s20. With the 18-50 too, I would look at that 50mm f1.2, I use it on my fuji and it’s really good, especially for the price.
I love your very informative videos on lenses. I have a viltrox speed booster to adapt EF to E. I adapted my canon efs kit lens to ef but seems to lose all auto features. Out of these lenses what would you recommend for a good video lense?
35 mil equivalents, which this is, are super useful for portraiture, just not headshot portraiture, but rather environmental portraiture where you off- center the subject and keep a respectable distance away, like 5 feet, and this allows the surroundings to be shown either in focus, or blurry with the big 1.4 ap. it is my personal favorite, as I use 65 mm on 6x6, or 75mm on 6x7 cameras to get a similar effect. the advantage of the 23mm on APS-C would be a much easier camera to carry around town!
Excellent video, thank you.
Thank you so much!
can you use the last one, sigma 18-50, for video on full frame?
I fell in love with one of your latest recommendations - Meike f2.8 60mm Macro. Got it directly from Meike around 60$ cheaper than from Amazon (170 instead of 230$). Manually focusing on very small objects is incredibly hard, but the results are really rewarding IMO.
Oh, awesome. That is a great little lens, I really like how small it is too. A joy to use. It could have easily been in this list.
Back when there were no computers and only film photography, I had a Canon A-1 or AE-1, I forget. But it had a 'hair-line' split screen in the middle that was easy to see and did not interfere with the viewing the image as a whole. It was super easy to manually focus. I understand all the modern Auto-Focus features...but I would throw all that away for a return of that simple 'mechanical' way to focus. With such a camera, it doesn't matter what kind of lens one would use, like the one you mention. Would make it easy.
Love this video. Thank you. I'm in Arizona and shoot video outdoors in ultra bright, mid-day direct sun light. What lens recommendations do you have for this scenario? If you have a video on this, please post link.
I got Sigma 16 f/1.4 and Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 and love them
I have that Holga lens. It's a fun little cheap lens. I wish they all had the standard Canon EF-S mount instead of the EF-M mount.
Excellent review. thx. Did you ever notized die tree AF Sigma lenses 19mm, 30mm and 60mm all f2.8.
HI Marc, Thanx for your good work and inspiring videos. Got me the TTArtisan 35mm. Got 2 newbee*s questions: 1.)With that MF lens mounted, do I have to turn off AF on the Camera (for not to brake anything) or just leave it as it is? 2.) With an AF lens (like RF 50 1.8 STM). How would my autofocus setting be if I want to achieve a shallow depth of field. Let's say camara starts behing some flowers or tree branches which should remain really unsharp, lifting camera up to my model which the should then be sharp. Do I completely turn off AF and pre-focus manually on my model before (What if model is walking/moving)? Or do I set AF on with people tracking? Thanx for a start point into cinematic videography... 3.) Wher do I turn off AF a) just at the lens, b) at the little switch on the front of the body or c) in the menu. Does this make a difference or better: Is there THE correct way. Thanx for getting started Doc from Germany
mannn glad tt artisan 17mm got mentioning! i got offer on last year Black Friday in very low price took gamble, until now it never detach from my camera that smooth and moody look on 17mm are something that i need for video and photo big downside for me are 40.5mm filter thread thats it and maybe planning grab another TT Artisan product in future
Thanks a lot. One of the best videos concerning budget lenses. Which one would you recommend for streaming and educational youtube videos? I like a blurry background but would like to ask for your choice. Thanks in advance
For sure the 17mm f1.4 lens.
@@markwiemels Thanks a lot!
@@markwiemels Got the lense and got the Sigma 16mm f1.4 from a friend. In most of the talking head shots you cannot tell the difference, just as you said. I am looking for a second lense for interior photography of rooms and for portraits. I am eyeing the ttartisan 35mm f1.5 or would you recommend another lense? Currently, I followed your recommendations and videos and am very happy with everything I bought. Thanks for you! And yes: Unfortunately I am on a budget..
Please do a similar video for full frame lenses.
the ttartisans 17mm is not the best at f1.4 at all. however when shoot at f2 above, its fine and decent. but i strongly recommend the 35mm f1.4. very sharp and clean. i also recommend the ttartisans 23mm f1.4 as well. small (quite heavy) compact yet have decent sharpness. i would also like to aim the samyang 12mm f2 to replace my 17mm in future
I use the TTArtisan 17mm on my Nikon Z50! For the price it's absolutely fantastic. f/1.4 works in a pinch but I usually shoot it at f/4 or f/5.6 for better sharpness. Personally I rarely use a wideangle lense because I mainly shoot animals with tele lenses, so I wasn't willing to pay a fortune for a wideangle. So this was perfect for me. I work at a zoo as staff photographer so I needed a lens for general shots. Landscapes and such. So since I don't use it to shoot our critters I didn't care about autofocus :)
Thanks for sharing. It’s very hard to beat for the price!
If you don’t know what kinda camera you’ve got, you got a crop sensor camera 🤣🤣🤣 the most true and funniest gear roast!
Just additionally: The Sigma 18-50mm is not available on most mounts, it's much older brother, the Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8, is still a really sharp lens and an equally fast one, definitely worth getting.
Good Tip.
i've got that viltrox 23/f1.4 for my zv e10. my second (or third including the 16-50 kit lens) after my wife bought me my very first prime sony 50mm/f1.8. i wish i could buy something wider than the 23 but i'm just a grade school teacher, and it took us a long while to save enough to buy these 2 lenses. but i love both. the viltrox 23 for videos, while the sony 50mm for portrait photography.
Perfect setup! Yes, in time, getting something a bit wider would be a good addition to that setup.
Thank you so much I purchased the 50mm 1.2 for doing some marketing talking head videos. Previously I was using a green screen to hide my background. This lens blurs out the background enough I have lots of options now to shoot these videos. Paired with the ZVE10 and a Boya wireless mic it looks and sounds amazing and set up time & post are reduced drastically!! THANK YOU!!
0:27 in my experience as a camera salesman, people who don't know what they have tend to have a bridge camera. The APSC crowd tends to be a little more knowledgeable about their gear. Personally, I would steer people who are more interested in photography towards secondhand gear. Specifically full frame secondhand gear. For instance something like a Sony A7 combined with nice fast vintage 50mm is a great beginner setup for photograpy. Such a setup can be had for as little as 300 euro where I live.
Personally one lens that I have used for years now is the old Promaster 28-200mm F3.8-5.6 it is an old Nikon lens so you will have to use an adapter for a mirrorless camera but you get the advantage of the crop factor. Used to use it almost exclusively on my Nikon and 65 35 mm film camera. I'm not using it with my Fuji xt20 with an adapter. It's a dumb adapter so I have to manually focus it. I pretty much switch between that lens and my RISESPRAY 35mm f1.6 Manual Focus MF Prime lens
Hi Mark. Absolutely LOVE your videos. Big fan here! I recently bought the TT artisan 100mm 2.8 bubble bokeh lens. I have not received it yet but I might return it as I also bought a vintage Vivitar 100 mm 2.8macro telephoto. Could you please let me know if this lens is a good one for fashion portraits. I rarely shoot at night. Thanks.
If you are not going to take advantage of that bubbles created from the specular highlights, then that removes a good part of the character of the lens, and the vintage lens may work as well.
can you tell me something about the Vivitar Lens
@@ShellyCohen-id3iu I don’t really know about it. They are a brand that has been around for a while and had made a lot of lenses. The are a reputable budget brand.
You could mention the Yongnuo 50mm F1.8 STM and the TTartisan 35mm F1.8 (AF) as well.
I have problems with manual focusing (aging eyes) so I get my cheap lens via ebay. WIth the right adapter you can use film era AF lenses on my E-mount bodies - lenses like the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 or Minolta AF 50mm f1.7 offer great iamge quality and AF for under $50.
I already had the TTARTISAN 35mm f1.4, f.95 and the 25mm f2 with my Sony and they're all great. I especially really liked the 25mm f2 which is roughly a 35mm FF equiv on my Sony. So now that I switched to m43 system. im eyeing the TTArtisan 17mm f1.4 for that same 35mm look but its a tad bit more expensive for me rn.
I have not tried the 25, I will check it out, thanks for sharing that.
@@markwiemels it also has that distinct lo-fi look with its soft and vignette prone corners. But I love the look of its images. Its especially sharp at the center and surprisingly doesn't suffer much or any at all with chromatic aberration. Its also really compact too!
This was great. Do you have a version of this video for full frame lenses?
I am planing to make one at some point.
Found the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 for $199 with 20% coupon so couldn't resist. Can't wait to get it
Which one would you recommend for street and landscape photography?
ok that first lens looks lovely, good bit a chromatic abberation. those ttartisan lenses seem pretty neat. i do want me one of those samyang wides thye seem pretty nice and are fairly affordable.
dude, using that ttartisan 35mm right now on a beach trip! such a good little lens. feel like i’m getting similar quality to my canon 32mm but without the fear of the beach destroying it. got it on prime day for $66 based on your rec. thanks!
Awesome! Such a cool lens, and a real joy to use too.
I love this lens. Bought it last year and it's my favourite APSC lens to this day. Pictures are sharp, handling is smooth. color rendition is solid too!
@@sertaysakizoglu5553 it really is impossibility good for the price.
Another great video. Wish there were more lens' available for Canon R7, but what can you do, it is what it is. :(
Hopeful we will see 3rd party this year.
Very Nice Video Though I wish you had a video on the "best video cameras/lens to use for filmmaking"
A lens hood should help the flare issue on the 50mm 1.2 lens.
I have the TTArtisan 23mm f/1.4 on MFT ... LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOVE this lens. It's remarkably sharp and just FEELS so good. I also have the Zhongyi Mitakon Speedmaster 17mm f/0.95 BUT .... as much as I love the cine-look, I suspect I've got a one-off that's just not as sharp as it should be. [Big Sigh] ... so considering the Voigtlander Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 ... but that's FARRRRRR from Ultra Low Budget! So for now I find my Leica 12mm f/1.4 is the best for sharpness, with optical quality AND POP! (Plus the convenience of autofocus IS an added bonus). The Iaowa 7.5mm f/2.0 is beautifully sharp and really good value but ... no background bokeh damnit! I do wish that the ultra-low budget lenses would have a massive focus throw on them. Then at least you could fine tune and (hopefully) compensate for that focus-breathing. But with a lot of these lenses, there's minimal difference between blurry and sharp-as-hell. And even then, the focus-breathing means that "sharp-as-hell" then changes and isn't quite so much ... garrrrrrhhhhhhh I've yet to try the Rokinons though. They DO have a good reputation but I probably need to check on the focus-breathing and focus-thrown to see whether there's any real improvement over what I already have.
Is this one for photography or videography
I keep finding reviews that are all about odd artsy effects or getting blurry backgrounds with "boca". I am interested in getting a maximum clarity image (as much of the whole image as possible) while still being compact. This seems to be difficult to find advice on as it seems everyone is focused on having a blurry image in the background. Any advice?
Which budget manual lens would be best to capture my Lorekeets as they jump off perch to fly across room inside? I have a Sony A6100 room is 4 meters wide well lit.
I loved it when he said "If you don't know what camera you got , then it has to be APSC camera Hahahahhahahha"
"If you don't know what kind of sensor you have you have a crop sensor" Call the fire department because some folks got burned!!! lol
Even if you can forego some of the features like auto focus, you can find A LOT of cheap budget friendly lenses that are both fun and decent (or in some cases, better) quality for far less than what you'd pay for an auto-focus version. While glass optics do play a role in price (better optics = higher price usually) a lot of money also goes to things like auto focus and in-lens stabilization systems too, as these add costs for manufacturers, which are then passed along to the buyer in the form of a higher price than a cheaper, more basic manual focus lens. I've found that actually prime lenses that are manual focus are the cheapest usually because they are generally more simple to design (have fewer lens elements). Now despite this, lenses like the Nikon 50mm 1.8's (for the DSLRs) are a heck of a deal and dirt cheap for what you get (and yes, most are auto focusing). I was able to find a good used one for as low as $150 and if I could only have one lens, It would probably be a 50 1.8 due to its versatility.
Used lenses are great. Mirrorless seems to have made it easier/cheaper to make seriously sharp lenses, but there are loads of recent to old used lenses with great sharpness and/or characteristics. Since you were already bringing up the 50mm 1.8G I might as well throw the 300mm F4 into the mix. Will be hard to use on a mirrorless camera without an autofocus adapter, but if you can look past that it's a great lens. Extremely sharp from 5.6 onwards and great colors.
Is there a lens, manual one, which is going to be good for video?? Which one do you recommend?
Hello Mark, which affordable manual lenses would you recommend for videography? if you had to recommend one.
Generally around 23mm is a good all-rounder, but I don't think I have any budget 23mm lenses. The TTArtisan 17mm f1.4, and 35mm f1.4 are options I would consider.
@@markwiemels I have the tt artisans 35 1.4, thank you. So for me to get a 23mm, would it be okay to get a 17mm? Since I have an apsc camera?
@@kuramafox1290 I was talking APS-C numbers, 23mm on APS-C, but I have not tested a budget 23mm lens yet. So I don't have a specific recommendation.
@@markwiemels Thanks for clarifying mark. So the 23mm would give me a full frame equivalent of 35m. Would this be too tight for social media and vertical video?
So weird hearing the accent but seeing local places in the samples,... Are you giving the prices in local or US$? I was thinking of grabbing some of the TT Artisan lenses, just to have a set with consistent colour I can put on budget Cine & Stills cameras, but the limiting factor on these, is they appear to be only available in the shorter Mirrorless mounts.
USD, yes, only mirrorless lenses. Most KZhead Views are USA.
@@markwiemels These are all still good value in AU$,... But lets face it, the coffee is better here ;)
can't find a similar video for dslr ff, is there anything out there? i'm a beginner with an interest in peculiar lenses, and i've been gifted my best friend's 6D
Have bought a few great vintage lenses in m42 (from professional vendors, privat is a lottery) with adapters for all my cameras who cost around 70 to 190 € and beat most of the new 2000 € lenses , yes its manual but the old zeiss and even russian ones are sturdy and superb image quality.
Do you write for short films ?
For Micro 4/3, another great lens is the Laowa 17mm F/1.7.
Fantastic video
Hey man watching your Thank You video. You are doing awesome. See your videos still helps so many people improve their photography.
is there anything under 20mm for an EF/EF-S mount DSLR?
I would like to get into astrophotography with my Canon R7 - would you recommend the Rokinon with the R7 if I had an EF adapter?
You can't adapt this one to the RF mount. They would need to make an RF version, and it does not look like they have made one yet.
The same for EF/RF? Can’t find a good under 40mm 1.8 lenses
Does the last lens exist for Canon RF or EF mounts?
Hi Mark, nice to see you again. You are my top Canon M50 expert, I watched all your M-50 videos. Do you think that in the near future Viltrox will release 13mm 1.4 for Canon-M? or will Sigma release 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary for Canon-M? Or am I just dreaming.....
Unfortunately, I don’t expect to see any new EF-M lenses. Viltrox has told me they don’t plan to release anything new on EF-M. I suspect the other manufacturers are thinking the same.
@@markwiemels I was thinking about that too....... So sad news for the Canon M system....As always, thanks for your very quick and realistic answer Mark.
I would love to see a tutorial on astrophotography especially showing how to do shots like at 8:16 where you have fairly bright lights in the foreground.
I'm somewhat new, but I have some slight but probably obvious advice. A tripod is a simply a necessity for it.
@@Gunslinging_Photographer Yes that is obvious, but I was talking about shutter speed, aperture, iso etc so that enough light gets in to show all the stars, including faint ones, without the house lights blowing out too bright. I thought it might have been 2 photos of different settings merged in post. I've never done astrophotography so I was just asking. If it was simply a case of putting a camera on a tripod and taking a photo, there wouldn't be a need for tutorial videos so I figured there must be some tricks to how the final shot is achieved.
Can you please make a full-frame version of this video?