Just last September I had the chance to use and review an F 0.95 lens by 7RT Sons seems like when the 0.95 lenses come out they really do come out in hordes. Somehow it seems these days that F 1.2 lenses just can't cut it anymore and are a little too slow for everyone. But jokes aside today I will be reviewing a very unique bokeh monster by 7RT Sons. The brand new 50mm 0.95 made for APSC and Micro 4th sense of cameras. This has a quick disclaimer the lens was loaned to me by YL camera and I didn't buy the lens and they didn't tell me what to say in this review. Ok so let's first talk about the build quality of this lens. The lens is made from some kind of metal and I would suspect due to its relatively affordable price it's definitely most probably built from some kind of aluminium. The lens feels quite chunky and stubby and has quite a big girth for its size. It feels substantial in the hand without feeling too heavy. Overall I've seen it has a nice weight and nice size. I'm also very pleased that it seems to me that all 7RT Sons lenses these days are coming out with this very clean modern look and it definitely looks and feels super premium. The lens mount on this lens also spots the new gun metal colour that also was used on the 35mm 0.95 lens. If you guys want to check that review out please click on the right hand side. I'm definitely a fan of this new gun metal colourful of the lens mount and I think it makes the lens look so cool and premium. By the way this lens comes with a slide on cap and I definitely have never been a fan of the use type of slide on caps before this. But for some reason I think they got this slide on cap right for this particular lens and I think it's probably due to the fact that they got the length of a slide on cap pretty spot on with this lens. It's just snug enough when used that it doesn't easily drop off like the other slide on caps from other lenses they've made before this. So that's definitely a very pleasant surprise. In terms of the aperture ring and focus ring it feels super smooth and very premium too. All in all the lens feels very well made and very solid and kudos to 7 artisans. I definitely don't have any complaints in that department. Ok so now let's talk about the specs of this lens. First we will talk about its optical design. This lens is built using 7 elements in 5 groups and includes 2 hrya ultra low dispersion elements to improve contrast and colour reproduction. This lens comes with 13 aperture blades and it is very well rounded. This lens comes straight from factory decals so it will definitely please those shooting videos with this lens as decal lenses are very good at seamlessly allowing changing of exposures from one lighting condition to another. In terms of weight the lens weighs around 416 grams and for its size I would say it definitely is a little heavy but I suppose it's the price you have to pay for having such a fast lens. It's just going to be plenty of glass and the bigger the glass the heavier it gets. In terms of aperture this lens can be opened up all the way to f0.95 and can be closed down to f16. It has a minimum focusing distance of about 45cm and it has a filter thread with a diameter of 62mm. This lens comes with 5 different mounts. The lens that I use was for the FX mount. Being an APSE and Micro 4th lens they could be focal length this lens equals to is around 80 to 100mm respectively on a full frame sensor. But it's what you may call a medium sort of focal length for a lens. Ok so now let's talk about the usability and experience using this lens. Hmm where do I start? In general the usability of this lens was generally good. Everything from the focus ring to the aperture ring was pretty smooth and seamless. However I have to admit that there were times while using this lens I found that the aperture ring was as tight as I would have wanted it to be because 99% of the time I want to use this lens at f0.95. However there were times I noticed it wasn't always set at 0.95. It's sort of like move for some reason sometimes. You know a tiny knock might even get it off it's 0.95 setting. So with this lens you need to be aware of that and just make sure each time before you shoot with this lens just double check to see if the aperture is set or rotated to f0.95 if that's what you want to use. In terms of images this lens produces well it really has a soft haziness to it when it's shot wide open at f0.95. That images look like they have some kind of glow and dreaminess to it especially when shooting bright subjects. Colors this lens produces can look quite washed out depending on the lighting and subject matter but nothing too major I guess. Using this lens during the day wide open is also a challenge if you don't have an ND filter handy. The glow that this lens produces really reminds me of my Olympus vintage glass. It's just so hazy and dreamlike and really kind of milky looking wide open. You can sort the haziness in light room by using the dehazing tool if you don't really want the haziness to be too overpowering. I found that in terms of chromatic aberrations this lens really suffers quite badly. Subjects in the distance were soft and always had some kind of purple or green fringing. I guess this lens strength is definitely when you use it with subjects that aren't too far away like headshots and portraits and other kind of subjects like that. I found that it definitely shines a lot more in that department as it does make your portraits more flattering when shooting with a lens like this as it does a good job at softening any blemishes. The bokeh that this lens produces is quite nice and not too busy looking too. However bokeh balls do have a cat eye appearance towards the edges of the frame and they definitely are far from being super round. I was hoping to achieve that Helio swole in my shots which I have seen on other reviews for this lens but somehow I didn't really nail getting any shots that could show you guys that effect on this lens. With this lens lens flaring can also be quite an issue. It definitely does flare quite a bit if you are shooting directly towards strong light. So that's something that you definitely need to be aware of. You can definitely mitigate it a little by blocking out some of the light if it's coming from an angle and stopping the lens down to does help a little. I feel the one thing this lens should have come with is definitely a lens hood but unfortunately they didn't include one. Here are some tests I did for lens flaring and lens breathing. I was quite surprised that lens breathing seemed to be quite well controlled for this lens. Flaring is definitely an issue but if there's one thing about this lens you need to heart why in your brain is that this is a character kind of lens so it's definitely not in any stretch of the imagination going to have really clean images wide open. I've been said stopping this lens down to even 1.4 or F2 ambion can produce quite sharp images. It's just when this lens is wide open when the lens really does breathe have up in my opinion. However despite all the shortcomings I just mentioned to you guys I feel somewhat drawn to test it in a proper portrait shooting environment as I feel it would really fit a lot better. But unfortunately at the moment I still am unable to shoot weddings due to current situation here in Malaysia. Yeah I guess I would love to revisit this lens again given the chance. Okay so what's my conclusion after using this lens for a few weeks now? Who do I think should really get this lens? Hmm for me this is quite a difficult question to answer because this lens is just so subjective. It's one of those lenses that gets me all excited using it because of its F0.95 aperture. However when I do shoot it wide open I am met with optical disappointment most of the time. It doesn't work as well as the 7.0 FD35mm to 0.95 lens in my opinion. I think this lens works best in environments where you have opportunity to shoot in sub-dute lighting. Also with this lens you need to be having the right frame of mind of what type of look you would be able to achieve with it and it is a lens that has character and it's definitely far from perfect optically and in my opinion it is lens for you to achieve that dreamy kind of look. Along as you have that in mind I am sure in the right hand this lens can read it quite beautiful images. However if you are out there just to get yourself a super sharp low light beast then you may be buying the lens for the wrong reasons and you might be quite disappointed. But that's not to say that this lens is totally horrible it isn't. It's just a lens that needs to be understood and you need to nail what you want to use it for. Right so that's it then I hope you did find this short review helpful and if you did please don't forget to give me a like, share and subscribe to this channel. Also I've left links to all the gears that I used to make these videos and also I've left a link to buy me a coffee if you'd like to support this channel. Right then see you guys in the next video. Peace.