Nifty Fifty wrote: Mystik wrote:
OOTOH I've been testing out these TTartisan and Viltrox lenses that I picked up for some up coming travel, and am blown away with how well they do, particularly from a rendering standpoint, at a 1/3 of the price and size and weight.
It's a shame you don't have a 1.2/50 GM alongside your TTA 2/75. I'd be interested in a 1:1 wide-aperture image comparison between the TTA in full frame and the GM in APS crop mode.
I mean if you're questioning how a compact $200 lens compares against the center part of a larger $2,000 lens, then I think we know what the answer will be. The fact that the two lenses are even in the same conversation says a lot though. I think the main question to ask is whether the technical differences matter enough to rationalize both the cost and the size/weight, outside of camera fanatics on the internet and whether the differences matter in real world shots. For my the ttarisans 75 is more a compact alternative to my 85GM, and if I were to be honest with myself, from what I've seen so far, it feels like the ttarisans can do most of what I've done on the 85GM for 10 years. But the gear nerd in me loves the GM.
My main hobby these days is guitar and its interesting that a similar type of debate occurs when people compare $2k American made custom guitars to mass produced Chinese sub-brands. I have my American Fenders but fully acknowledge that the Chinese Squiers can do just as much at a fraction of the cost.
