There’s a strange thrill in convincing yourself you’ve found a bargain alternative to the thing you really want to buy. For two years I carried around the TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 Asph on my Leica M, telling myself I’d outsmarted the system.
Here was a lens that looked the part, felt decent in the hand and produced images that – at first glance – seemed close enough to the legends it mimicked. For a fraction of the price, I had what looked like a classic Summilux. I was very happy, mostly.
