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7artisans 28mm f/1.4 Leica M lens review: wide and bright

Fore-foreword: Hi, I’m Aloysius! Peter has kindly allowed me to share my review of the 7artisans 28mm f1.4 on LR via a guest post! You can find the original article on Medium here and you can find me on Instagram here!

The new 7artisans 28mm f/1.4 lens is now in stock at B&H Photo | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR | Amazon CA.

This review unit was loaned to me by 7daydeals, the distributor for 7artisans products in Singapore. However, this review remains unbiased and all opinions stated in this review are strictly my own. The lens has been returned to them at the time of publishing.

28mm is a popular focal length for street and documentary work. A favourite of street photographers such as Daido Moriyama and Garry Winogrand, its wide perspective provides context and creates a sense of dynamism. My feet are quite firmly planted in the 50mm camp, but I can certainly appreciate the angle of view that a wider lens provides.

As the most recent addition to 7artisan’s lineup of M-mount glass, the 28mm f1.4 has drawn a lot of attention for its combination of the aforementioned 28mm focal length and a fast f1.4 aperture. It is a lens of rather exciting specifications: the only other 28mm lens for M-mount with an aperture this fast would be its obvious parallel, the 28mm Summilux from Leica. Even more obvious, is the difference in price between the two.

Coming in at USD$480, it’s the most expensive lens 7artisans has released thus far. Still, it looks like a bargain next to the 28mm Summilux’s price tag of USD$6595.

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