Adam Maas

These lenses have all been out for 2-3 years and are available in all 4 current APS-C mirrorless mounts (yes even EF-M and Z)

Tokina is just rebadging the cheap but reasonably good Viltrox lenses.

Given all the duplicated lenses were available from Viltrox long before Tokina, any claim they are Tokina designs has very little to stand on.

Tokina’s claim that they do not license from Viltrox...

No, the Viltrox versions are available in X, E, Z and EF-M mounts

Nope, he dropped out of high school to pursue music, had his first charting single at 16 with the band Sweeney Todd and his first major chart success at 21 with his second solo album.

He wouldn’t...

No, he wasn’t a successful photographer before the music made him famous. He dropped out of high school to pursue a music career.

Adams was successful VERY early in his music career, with a single...

You’d actually be wrong on that.

Adams dropped out of high school to play in his first band, Shock, and has been a working musician since he was 15. His first successful album was released when he...

Nikon's 'Nifty Fifty' for Z mount is the upcoming 40/2, not the 50/1.8 S which is a baby Otus for a fraction of the cost. Yeah, the 50/1.2 is better, but that's better than what already was the...

@Impulses

I don't consider the E-M1 III to be a consumer body, OMDS pitches it as a Pro body, it's a relatively expensive body (one of the most expensive crop bodies out there) and offers pro...

It's not just Sony.

Nikon's last DX body (Z50) is Micro-USB, as are the E-M5III and E-M10IV, EOS M50II and G100.

Only Fuji has been putting out USB-C equipped consumer bodies.

Yep, that's exactly the use case, the user with the cheap (new or used) crop-sensor mirrorless looking to build a workable prime kit on a budget.

A used X-T1 is about the best possible combo for...

That's why I've mostly dumped my Fuji lenses. Nothing wrong with them (they're excellent), but in terms of experience I greatly prefer using manual lenses with the traditional SLR UI on the X-T's...

Can't do these for Pentax, the optical design doesn't allow for a mirror box. These are mirrorless/rangerfinder only optical designs.

@CTMRIGuy

I've not heard a lot of good about the 50/1.1, I'm not surprised about your comments. It seems to be the typical 'stupid fast but soft as hell' lens that's endemic with most ultra-fast...

I also shoot Nikon film bodies (FE, F2a) and as a result I find the X-T1 & X-T2 handle very close to the Nikon film bodies.

I don't spend any time at all on the menus with the Fuji's, which is...

It'd be hilarious to see these on the only APS-C L bodies. Buy a $3K Leica CL and mount the TTArtisans trio on it ;-)

This does solve real problems for the Z50 though. Might even get me to trade...

Reviews are generally positive. The matching 35/1.4 is getting good reviews as well.

It's still a $99 lens. Expect it to be on par with a Nifty 50 in optics, just with an extra stop that might...

Which ones have you tried?

The early ones are mostly rehoused CCTV optical units and range from 'It's pretty decent for $60 bucks' to 'OMG, this is absolute trash and I wasted $30'

The later...

These tend to be fairly simple optical designs, very simple mechanical designs and the coating performance is direct from 1970.

The biggest cost savings is in the lack of any auto aperture...

And the irony is the FM10 is the same camera under the skin.

Actually, it was available in many mounts and had been around since the late 70's. The only thing that was new was the Bessaflex branding and the nicer body shell.

This is the same basic camera as...