Night Vision Lens

I still owe you the images from the second night of “Viggiona by Night”. Different bands, different street food. I wanted to shoot with a different lens, and put my night vision lens, the TTArtisan 50mm .95 prime “Nifty Fifty” to a real test. I attached the M-Mount lens via adapter to the L-Mount Leica SL2-S. I was really curious how the manual focus 0.95 China built lens would perform vs the Leica Vario Elmarit zoom I used the previous night in the same conditions. See the results below…

It is noteworthy that the respective M-Mount lens from Leica, the legendary Noctilux F/0.95 sells for 12.000 USD / EUR. The price tag of the TTArtisan is less than 5% of that. While I never had the chance to use the Noctilux, I’m sure it has superior optics. But looking at my results, I’m getting an awesome image quality from my China manufactured 0.95 “nifty fifty”.

After this night in the dark alleys of Viggiona, I’m totally sold on my TTArtisan 0.95 50mm prime. On my Leica SL2-S, it is a true night vision lens. It is liberating being out on the streets at night with equipment that gives you total confidence to be able to shoot in really low light conditions without having to worry you get 90% blurred and unusable images.

All images were RAW converted and post-processed in Lightroom Classic.

More tips and inspirations around night- and concert-photography you can find in the links below and in my free Learning Center. 

Have a great Saturday!

Marcus

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