The focus ring has a nice, well dampened resistance and turns about 90° from the minimum focus distance (1.0 m) to infinity. The original Leica 28mm 5.6 Summaron had been released in 1955, so having a look at this lens’ mechanical design is a bit of a trip down memory lane.įor focusing you need to use the small focus tab, the barrel itself is so small there is nowhere to grab it. Handling/Build quality TTArtisan 28mm 5.6 M The TTArtisan 28mm 5.6 M was kindly provided free of charge by TTArtisan for reviewing purpose for a duration of 4 weeks. The lens can already be preordered from the manufacturer’s shop and B&H (affiliate link) and the price is $298 Disclosure Number of Aperture Blades: 6 (inwardly curved).Weight: 150g (without hood, without caps).The TTArtisan 28mm 5.6’s full specifications are: From the outside the TTArtisan 28mm 5.6 looks almost exactly like the Leica 28mm 5.6 Summaron-M which sells for 10 times as much, the optical design is completely different though, so we are not dealing with a 1:1 copy of an old Leica lens like we have seen from Light Lens Lab lately.
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