Leica 7Artisans 75mm F1.25, shipping next month.

[Brian]

7artisans 75mm f/1.25 lens for Leica M-mount specifications and sample photos - Leica Rumors

Here are the technical specifications of the new 7artisans 75mm f/1.25 lens for Leica M-mount: And the first 7artisans 75mm f/1.25 sample photos from Weibo: More sample photos from Instagram: View this post on Instagram #7artisans 75mm f1.25 photo by CHENMINGXI A post shared by 陈明曦 (@leicachen_china) on Apr 12, 2019 at 8:33pm […]

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The 7Artisans super-speed lens is now on sale, delivery starts in September. Under $500 with tax and shipping, ordered from the US.

I could not resist. I will be comparing it with the Canon 85/1.5, which I picked up for about the same price.

The new lens is stated to be based on a Sonnar, but from the optical diagram looks more like a Double-Gauss design. I would like to see that explained. F1.25 is fast, 1/2 stop faster than an F1.5 and the lens is less than 1/2 the price of the Voigtlander 75/1.5. Under 5% of the cost of the Leica Noctilux.

I'll post back when I get the lens, will test it out on the M9 and M Monochrom. The 50/1.1 sharpens up quite a bit with a Yellow filter on the M Monochrom. I'll be interested in what this one does.

 

[Woodallp]

Given that this and the Noctilux are the same basic spec and are released around about the same time it would be great to see a direct comparison though I feel the intersection between users of both lenses must be pretty small. I'm sure one of the 7A lenses is winging its way to Wetzlar as we speak

 

[Brian]

I'm sure the Leica will outperform this lens- at $12,000 it should be a highly corrected masterpiece of engineering.
For under $500, I could not pass this lens up. Also had some Paypal funds left over from repairing and selling a lens. I'm looking forward to comparing it with the Canon 85/1.5, as I paid about the same for the 60 year old lens. The latter is bigger and heavier, and is very under-rated.

 

[Woodallp]

Agreed about the Noctilux outperforming it, it would be worrying if it didn't at that price; but looking forward to the Canon test.

 

[TraamisVOS]

If they released a 90mm f/1.4 or a 120mm f/1.4, I'd jump on those in a heartbeat.