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| sent on 09 Ottobre 2025
Pros: Size/weight, sharpness, price, exceptionally extreme focal length
Cons: Lack of electrical contacts for exif data, very exposed front lens
Opinion: For some time I had been considering the opportunity of an extreme focal length such as 9 or 10 mm, but of all these focal lengths and more or less of all brands you could read different pros but also different cons, and this 7Artisan was no exception. For this reason I was very skeptical about its purchase, even if the pros, reading here and there, seemed to outweigh the cons. The point that left me most perplexed was the need for manual focus, mitigated, however, by the fact that being a wide-angle lens it would have been possible to focus a lot on the use in hyperfocal, as well as by the possibility given by the mirrorless (in this case the Canon R6 mkII) to use the focus peacking (which later turned out to be completely useless) and by the possibility of relying on manual maf indicators, practically non-existent due to the fact, I assume, that the camera works as if it were in the absence of a lens, thus not activating the manual focus indicator function. From the first tests made, not even hyperfocal proved to be a safe method, so there was nothing left to do but focus manually in the true sense of the word... Fortunately, using the lens mainly on a tripod, the maximum magnification function of the framed scene allows you to see the correct maf sufficiently, and in fact I did not have to discard any photo due to unwanted blurring. I would therefore say that the use of this lens is quite demanding but very precise and reliable, and given the results I would recommend it to anyone who wants an extreme focal length at a fairly low price. I said "seen the results" because my skepticism vanished as soon as I viewed the first image on the monitor...! I was seized by an inexplicable enthusiasm so much so that the photo (and also the subsequent ones gradually viewed) was of a sharpness worthy of the Canon lenses that I normally use, with the addition, of course, of an angle of view that in the Canon house today can only give the RF 10-20mm L series, but at a cost of five times higher! Other points in favor are the almost total absence of barrel distortion and the possibility (despite most reviews give it as impossible) to mount rear screw filters with a diameter of 34 mm, just like the equivalent marked Brightin Star, so much so that in the purchase options it is provided with one or two rear filters supplied. Final judgment, therefore, taking into account all the due proportions, I would say that I would give it a full 10. |
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