The new Full Frame lens is now in Stock at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.
Marc Alhadeff from Sonyalpha.blog tested the new 7Artisans 50mm f/1.05 FE lens:
The 7 Artisans 50mm F1.05 (486$) full frame manual lens has vocation to be an affordable ultra fast aperture lens. It deliver very beautiful portraits with a very nice and dreamy atmosphere. Strong points are the background blur, bokeh balls , very good and natural color rendering & good contrast. Sharpness is only average on a 61Mpix but will be perfectly ok on a 24Mpix camera.
The lens is very well built and its ergonomics are very good for manual focusing. Compared to the Mitakon 50mm F0.95 – Dark Knight (800 euros) the lens is more compact and less heavy.
- The Mitakon is definitively sharper both in the centre and in the corners but its color rendering is more vintage , contrast is less good and the bokeh balls are more polygonal than rounded as of F1.4
- The 7Artisans is globally less sharp but has a better color rendering , bokeh balls , and better contrast
The choice will depend on which criteria is more important for you. A very nice artistic lens to discover the world of F1.0 lenses at reasonable price