TTArtisan might not be a household name yet, but this Chinese company has been steadily building out its lens selection for the past several years. Originally focusing on Sony’s E-Mount (due to its popularity and openness), TTArtisan is now starting to build lenses for Fujifilm’s X-Mount and now Nikon’s Z-Mount too.
With its latest TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 lens there is no denying that it has been inspired quite a lot by the Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR lens. Fujifilm’s lens has been caught up in a lot of stock issues in recent times, so it is welcome that there is an alternative for anyone keen on the compact pancake lens form factor that can’t get their hands on the Fuji version. The lens is also available in Sony and Nikon mounts, which both have their own first-party pancake lenses, but none that quite match the TTArtisan so perfectly. I am testing the lens for Fujifilm, alongside the X-E4 and Fujifilm X-T5 cameras.
