Richard Wong TTArtisan Interview: TTArtisan AF 35mm f/1.8, TTArtisan AF 55mm f/1.8, and Maybe A New Camera

• 8 months ago

Richard Wong had the opportunity to interview Mr. Li the founder of TTArtisan. During the interview he talks about two new AF lenses the TTArtisan AF 35mm f/1.8 and TTArtisan AF 55mm f/1.8 in addition to teasing a future TTArtisan camera. There is a summary of the interview below or you can watch the subtitled interview above:

• TTArtisan is still very small with only 50 employees at this time
• 1/3^rd of the company does R&D so about 15 people
• They have experts in optics, assembly, electronics, software, etc…
• Photography is art so TTArtisan tries to establish its own character to set itself apart from others
•  TTArtisan differentiates itself from others with image rendering and aesthetic design
• Something TTArtisan should have a consistent design for all its lenses, but they believe it is better to consider the pros and cons of different designs for different series of lenses
• Each series of lenses has its own character.
• Mr. Li would like to improve and update some of TTArtisan’s older products
• TTArtisan wants to release unique lenses like the 100mm f/2.8 bubble bokeh lens
• TTArtisan is doing research into making a camera and we will get more info next year
• It takes about 15 months on average to make a new lens
• If a lens design goes smoothly it could be as quickly as 12 months, but if there is trouble it could take 2 years
• Traditional double gauss or sonar lens designs are pretty quick to design
• If you use more than one aspherical lens element then design and prototyping takes a lot longer
• If it is an AF lens then they need to spend a lot of time testing the compatibility
• TTArtisan tries to make lenses that users request, but a 50mm f/0.95 AF lens isn’t feasible based on their studies
• Mr. Li likes landscapes and street shooting
• Can’t pick a product he is most proud of but will likely have one next year and it is not a lens
• Mr. Li is excited about 360 cameras and VR because he likes VR but it isn’t easy to create content for it
• They will make AF m43 lenses
• TTArtisan already released the TTArtisan AF 27mm f/2.8 for X-mount and in the future, they will release a TTArtisan AF 35mm f/1.8 standard prime and TTArtisan AF 55mm f/1.8 for portraiture.
• TTArtisan will consider a 135mm f/2 equivalent lens
• TTArtisan already has an APS-C 27mm f/2.8 and Full Frame 32mm f/2.8 AF lenses for Z mount and there are more to come
• They will consider joining the L-mount alliance
• Mr Li thinks there aren’t AF fish eye lenses because it is hard to make a good one and manual focus is faster than auto with a fish eye since 1m out is in focus

TTartisan 27mm f/2.8: B&H Photo / Amazon

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