Image courtesy: “Zetton”.
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These are the images of the Kowa 8.5mm f/2.8, 12mm f/1.8, 25mm f/1.8 MFT lenses. The release is scheduled for summer 2014! These are Cine lenses. Kowa is know for making such lenses and you can find plenty of them on [shoplink 44740 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Image courtesy: “Zetton”.
Image courtesy: “Zetton”.
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Here comes the long-awaited super wide prime.
A Dream comes true! :]
Exactly!
Can’t wait to see how it performs.
It could be mine! 😉
Wow.
manual focus, right?
All manual… YES!
What’s the point of 12mm f/1.8 and 25mm f/1.8 lenses? There are faster high quality lenses out there with those focal lengths… And some with AF as well.
There is no point. they just want to release. Problem?
which 12mm faster than 1.8? Thanks
The SLR Magic 12/1.6…
Thanks!
I will have a look!
I used to own the SLR Magic 12/1.6, but then I quickly sold it.
It is quite soft until I stop down to 2.8 or higher. Mechanically it isn’t very filmmaking friendly.
The Voigtlander 25/0.95 is decent, but image is still quite soft wife open. Most importantly, the focus throw is still too short, especially with the far-away distance. It takes only a few degrees to focus pull to go from infinity to 10 feet.
I hope the KOWA will deliver something better.
The SLR Magic Hyperprime 12mm T1.6 (f1.4 equivalent?) is excellent! Very nice rendering and colors. The build quality is solid and quite good, not on par with Voigtländers, but still very good. The aperture and focus rings tend to be a little bit stiff, but not overly so.
I’ve quite pleased with mine. It was perfect for shooting in dark narrow street and alleys of Marseille and Genoa near the port!
They’re cine lenses
Don’t like the silver part at the front, screams ‘look at me’ even louder than an all silver lens.
Still 8.5mm is handy, price?
I would use the 8.5mm for landscaping and I doubt its silver front hood/barrel would disturb the landscape.. Looking at these lenses, the subject can see the glass and the black paint of the hood. Nothing so shiny.
The only option left, if you need to go unnoticed, is to wear the Invisible Cloacl of Mist and the Magic Boots of Silence. I would pair them with the Silent Gloves, to reduce the shutter noise. 😉
Exactly..that is a nice landscape lens. 17 mm….Now if it performs well, even stopped down, that is great. Wonder what they will cost. Also..they are cine lenses. How will that work…
How will a cine lens work?
Hmmm… lemme guess…
… stick it on the camera…
… set the aperture on the lens…
… focus…
then shoot!
ZOWIE… pure magic!!!!
🙂
According to the descriptions belows, the lenses should already be released in summer 2014!
What’s with the other telephoto in the background? I can see an E-M5 attached to it…
http://kowa-prominar.com/product/telephotolens/index.html
That seems to be an adapted lens of some sort, and appears to have a maximum aperture of f/5.6
Any idea on prices?
oly, pana, cosina, sigma, smayang, slrmagic, kowa are making lens for M43
But there is no 10mm f2.8 fixed lens.
Hope some companyies are developing 10mm fixed lens.
There is the Samyang 10/2.8…
Thanks for that info!!!
What adapter to use for m43, please!
no need adapter. But lens is big.
The 25mm f/1.8 looks like a bazooka.
Keep in mind that these are cine lenses geared towards people using MFT for film. A great addition to the GH4, I suspect.
For all the talkback I read about having a rectilinear UW prime, I am sure that many are holding their breath on the 8.5mm. Not just for video.
It will come down to basically two variables: IQ and price. My guess is that the psychological barrier is the Olympus 9-18 which costs about 700 USD.
Definitely holding my breath for the 8.5mm… I can totally live with manual focus for landscape shots – on the negative side it is pretty large and I don’t need the f2.8, which impacts the price. It’s gonna come down to how expensive it ends up being…
Interestingly, it kind of looks like one old manual lens adapted to m43 with various wide angle adapters added to the front…
Any news on those Sakar/Kodak MF primes for m43
that were displayed last fall?
+1
How much ?
Mmmm, that panda styling (silver/black) kind of kills it for me, I really hope they go with an all black version like they had previously shown. I’m quite interested in the 8.5mm ultra wide and possibly the 12mm, although there are more choices for that FL available right now.
I don’t know if I’m remembering right but Kowa themselves said that this were modified C-mount lenses (from their highest quality industrial line), wouldn’t it be possible to just go and buy the all-black c mount versions ? I’ve tried to find online retailers for kowa C-mounts in the past but never found (a reliable) one, IMO that would probably a much more cost effective alternative, besides the benefit of a black finnish.
Once again it’s really gratifying to see more and more companies supporting and validating the m43 format.
Whine babies, whine like you did for the nocticron price because Kowa doesn’t make lens in china like Oly. Those lenses will cost at least Two grands a piece!
Thats a point. Without checking, let alone knowing about Kowa, I somehow assumed that their price range is comparable to that of Samyang.
…if quality is there, it’s for those who can value it…
has any body used the kowa 500mm f5.6 or seen eny good reviews for it
the 8.5mm might be worth a look
but if they cost more then €1 people here will moan they cost to much and there are not for free
sorry spell cheaker is down (my wife has a cold)
Nice. The more the merrier. M4/3 is becoming a strong format.
so many new lenses , too many choice,too little funds. So my 1st action is to go TFP, that will saveup for some GAS (for me it means Glas Aquiring Syndrome).
i am in a different boat have the funds but no MFT gear out that i would like to buy
i will have to waite a year( more likely two) to get olympus 300mm f4 if it gets made the 40-150mm end of this year
wose have a trip to new york in a few months it would have been nice to pay US prices for gear
i might get my wife a new camera but that means deciding weather to stay with
MFT in a few months instead on the end of the year befor getting any thing concert
on the 300mm so i think i may leave it
i am hopping that there will be some thing out buy then any one heard any thing about the Schneider MFT lens they look to have gone the way of as panasoncis 150mm f2.8 and the dodo
Is that a 62mm filter size on the 8.5? I could start by hoping I still have one lying around somewhere. 😉
What is that monster in the background on the EM-5?
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801818-REG/Kowa_TP556_500_mm_f_5_6_FL.html