Celebrating the 80s with Artralab 24mm F1.7

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I have never heard of Artralab until they contacted me. And I was pretty excited about their product after they shared with me the details. A re-creation of a 1980s Nikon lens. Its name, Artralab Nonikkor-MC 24mm F1.7. It’s a manual lens. (Duh!) I started my photography journey as a young lad with a hand me down from my dad. A Nikon FM with a 36-72mm zoom lens. So you can understand my excitement of mating such a lens to a X-series camera.

The construction of this lens is metal. A solid vintage feel. A clickable aperture ring from F1.7 to F16. All in full stops. No half stops adjustment. Full manual lens with no electronic contacts. This lens minimum focusingdistant is a respectable 23cm. A 52mm filter and fits X-T5 beautifully. In fact this lens will fits beautifully on any X-series camera. 100% retrolicious. 

What is point a good looking lens and having poor glass. I think it’s the Artralab glass that shine the brightest. When I started shooting with it; the photo it yields does give me a vintage Nikon feel. Something that I could relate to. This is especially true as it gives the feel of the film era. The SOOC shots brings me back in time when I first started shooting with the Nikon FM. If one is looking for a new lens that has a vintage Nikon feel. This Artralab lens will be it.  Well done to the guys from Artralab.

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Published by ivanjoshualoh

Ivan Loh, A Fuji X-photographer is known for his quirky and different approach through his lens. He has received numerous accolades from the International Photography Award, New York and Photography Master Cup. Most Recently a Gold, 1st Place at the 2014 PX3 Prix De La Photographie in Paris . Ivan started shooting since his teenage years with his father’s Nikon SLR and he hasn’t stopped since. He has lensed campaigns for clients such as Singapore Airlines, MTV Asia, Nike, Bossini, Nanyang Technological University(NTU) Tuas Power, Allianz Insurance, Manulife Insurance, HSBC Insurance, DHL. TNT, UOB, CAAS, Hilton Group, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Raffles Hotel, Diegeo, Embraer, Carlson, TATA Communication, HDB, Clark Quay, HOT FM 91.3, Kiss 92FM, JIA 88.3, Power 98, and CHIMJES. His editorial works have appeared in magazines such as Conde Nast, Home+Living, TopGear Singapore, Her World, Cleo, Seventeen, FHM, Parents World and Home & Decor. His works have also glossed the pages of international magazines such as Asian Photography and Digital Photography(UK).

1 Comment

  1. A seriously interesting lens. And one which looks like it should ideally go on one of the smaller rangefinder style bodies – an X-E1, 2, 3 or 4. None of which I have at present but this lens is tempting. I’m curious about one thing, one their website it says the lens must be pre-ordered – but apparently almost no one has actually (yet!) gotten their hands on one, or tried it out on a Fujifilm camera… except for you! Which makes me wonder if the lens is actually in production… or is (alas) some strange form of what computer programmers used to call ‘vaporware’? Hmmm… do you have any thoughts on this? I’d appreciate hearing them.

    Nicely written piece, too – and your accompanying photos are quite compelling.

    Cheers from the Pacific Northwest (i.e. Oregon)!

    Miguel

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