TTArtisan APO-M 35mm F/2 ASPH
Wide-angle prime lens • Digital era
- Announced:
- · July 2022
- Production status:
- ● In production
- Country of design:
- · PRC (People's Republic of China)
- Original name:
- · TTArtisan APO-M 1:2/35 ASPH
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
Abbreviations
| APO | Apochromatic optical design. |
| ASPH | The lens incorporates aspherical elements. |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 35mm | |
| F/2 | |
| 12 elements in 9 groups | |
| 1 ASPH, 3 ED | |
| Leica M | |
| 63.4° (35mm full frame) | |
| On Leica M8/M8.2 APS-H [1.33x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 46.6mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/2.7 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 49.8° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 10 (ten) | |
| Focusing: | |
Coupled to the rangefinder: | Yes |
| 0.70m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 510g | |
| ⌀60×77mm | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 52mm | |
| Snap-on rectangular vented |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
From the editor
In its marketing texts, TTArtisan assures that the field of view of this lens is close to that of the human eye, hinting that the TTArtisan APO 35/2 ASPH can replace a standard lens for street or casual photography. It is difficult to agree with this, since the lens turned out to be heavy (510g) and not the most compact (77mm, and this is without a hood). In fact, it goes against the very concept of the LEICA M, which is based on light weight and compactness, thanks to which handheld street and travel photography become possible. Did TTArtisan understand this when they developed and then released the APO 35/2 ASPH? The original Leica APO-Summicron-M 35/2 ASPH. is unbeatable: it's a whopping 190g lighter, 3.6cm shorter, and it focuses down to 0.30m and uses tiny 39mm filters!