SLR Magic officially released their next new MFT lens. It’s the 17mm T/1.6:
PRESS RELEASE
NEW: The SLR Magic 17mm T1.6
SLR Magic expands its micro four thirds lineup with new wide angle lens
Hong Kong, China (December 13, 2013) – SLR Magic expands the micro four thirds lens lineup with the new SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 wide angle lens. With this latest addition, the portfolio of lenses for the micro four thirds system is now comprised of seven focal lengths.
The field of view of this new lens corresponds to a 34mm lens in 35mm format and this fast wide angle of view opens up many new creative composition opportunities, particularly in the fields of interior, architectural and landscape cinematography and photography. Additionally, a fast max aperture of T1.6 makes the SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 ideal for available-light photography.
We place our highest priority in the development on our lenses to fulfill the demands of professional cinematographers and photographers. The design and build of the SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 is solid and reliable.
The SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 will be available from authorized SLR Magic dealers starting end of December 2013.
Technical Data
SLR Magic HyperPrime 17mm T1.6
Lens Type: Fast wide-angle lens
Compatible Cameras:All micro four thirds mount cameras
Optical Design: 12 elements in 10 groups
Distance Settings: Distance range: 0.17m to ∞, combined scale meter/feet
Aperture: Manually controlled diaphragm, 10 aperture blades , Lowest value 16
Bayonet: micro four thirds
Filter Mount: Internal thread for 52mm filter; filter mount does not rotate.
Surface Finish: Black anodized
Length to bayonet mount: approx. 78.65mm (approx. 3.10in)
Largest diameter: approx. 56.3mm (approx. 2.21in)
Weight: approx. 340g (approx. 12oz)
Andrew Chan
Product Manager
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Current SLRmagic lenses for Micro Four Thirds:
SLR magic 11mm f/1.4 lens on [shoplink 22154 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR magic Cine 12mm T/1.6 Lens at Adorama (Click here).
SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 at Adorama (Click here).
Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens on [shoplink 18603 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC lens on [shoplink 14881 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Noktor SLRmagic 50mm on [shoplink 25691 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
SLR Magic Pin Hole Lens at Adorama (Click here)..
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New video test soon ! 😉
Good news Seb, the only problem I have had with SLR magic is availability, the 12mm is as rare as hens teeth 😉
Adorama has the updated 12mm f1.6 in stock.
It’s a nice little lens!
Big and heavy – and no even the simplest chip again to set FL for IBIS and EXIF automatically? Morons.
340g? Big and heavy? Yeah, 340g is absolutely brutal.
Setting IBIS manually? Oh, that’s rough.
Comic relief, right?
Well relatively speaking it is almost 3x heavier than the Olympus 17mm f1.8m 50% longer and 50% thicker. With no AF and no appreciable gain in aperture speed.
A lens that gives the same AOV/DOF as a 34mm F3.2 on FF is hardly a world beater. It is also £70 more than the Olympus 17mm F1.8. It is great that the old fart crowd is catered for with old fashioned, over sized, over weight manual focus options.
When you drastically reduce the size advantage of mFT in an attempt to chase shallow DOF, and capture more light why not do the obvious and go for a bigger format in the first instance.
Obviously as a keen user of these type of lenses .You could get a lot more of what you seem to want in larger formats.
Absolutely. These people are playing ‘let them eat cake’. OTH for Admin, anything goes, provided it clicks and sells.
So we are saddled with steampunk conveyances that better belong to View Cameras. Any other 0.xx funnels for a grand? 🙂
When is the Panny/Leica 15mm supposed to launch…That’s the one!
this lens is for MFT fotographers with +50% video usage. perfect manual mechanism
I don’t think anyone who buys this lens would be using it for still photography. Otherwise, you just get the Olympus 17 1.8.
Or even better, the Voigtländer 17.5mm.
If you’re into that sort of thing, it even doubles as a video lens with the option to switch to stepless aperture.
Of course it’s heavier than the little plastic Oly 17mm, but a bit lighter than the Voigtländer 17.5mm. It’s a metal lens with gears are video focus. Hopefully it’s as good as the other SLR Magic lenses. Aren’t T-stops a bit faster than f-stops? So, T1.6 is about the equivalent of f1.4, give or take.
For available light photography, fast lenses are to keep shutter speeds as high as possible and ISO as low as possible. Sure it allows for some experimentation with shallow DoF, but that’s only one very small element, which allows for some creative flexibility. The whole one-eye-in-focus thing is pretty over done at this point. It’s certainly not worth agonizing over. Or humping a Nikon D800 around.
Oly 17/1.8 is not plastic, it is metal.
And regarding the chip – that Russian guy sells “Dendelions” for $10 or so, couldn’t they integrate one into their $500-$2000 lenses (that goes to Voightlander and others too)? Morons.
Interesting signature. Is your real name Morons?
He could be Welsh, where Moron is the word for Orange!!!!!
When you care about available light photography and using fast lenses for that, it would really really help to actually know what the difference is between t stops and f stops.
T stops have to do with how much light is actually being passed by the lens, based on measurement (or estimate), whereas f stops are simply the relation between focal length and aperture, and no more then an indication of the brightness one can expect.
Given how very ‘fast’ lenses like all those f/0.95 lenses actually are ‘merely’ around t 1.1-1.4, the real-world ‘low light’ gain from such lenses isn’t usually as big as their f stop would suggest.
It is not 50% longer, it is 120% longer (78mm/35mm=2.22). And all that weight comes without AF motor or aperture motor or electronics. Morons.
Weighs almost three times as much as the Olympus 12f2 and is only slightly brighter at f1.6, is much larger and bulkier and is only manual focus. Unless the price is right
it makes little sense to me but it does contribute to a large is still growing diverse range of m43 lenses.
The 17.5 voigtlander may weigh in at 540g but that’s an f0.95 with an option for clickless aperture and has proven quality both in sharpness and exceptional colour and while it has it’s faults even those have a quality and aesthtic that’s not in the least offensive…..
Well at least the guys at slr magic have been committed to making an alternative choice of lenses for those inclined.
there definitely is a market for manual focus manual aperture lenses with a M43 mount, especially in the video market, now not only BM but Bolex.
These guys never have any of these lenses in stock and no longer list prices on their site. Bummer cause I like their lenses.
Weren’t they supposed to release an anamorphic lens?
They are!
http://www.eoshd.com/content/11663/sample-footage-shot-slr-magic-anamorphot
I’ve the 35mm T1.4 and 25mm T0.95. Both ordered directly from slr-magic. No long waiting time and no problem.
Both are great for movies but I still need to practice to get the most out of them with my e-m5. Here’s a short sample of the 25/0.95 if someone is interested :):
http://vimeo.com/77744458
I’m not into video at all, but I love the mood of that of yours. (I noticed a little CA in a bright scene, but it was not a problem as it would be in a photo)
I’m with you to an extent Marco but feel it would have been far better as a Power Point slide display, there were some really lovely images there which were crying out to be stills. As you rightly point out though, there is some dreadful purple fringing on highlights.
Thanks for watching and for your feedback 🙂
Yes, the purple fringin’ is massive. The scenes were shot wide open and I should have stopped down in that particular one. Well, I’ll try harder next time 🙂
I really like the video. Can you explain your camera settings and if you did a any post processing as far as color or exposure adjustments?
Thanks!
Sharpness -2
NR off
No pp or color correction. Both slr magic lenses got nice color renderings (my personal taste).
The scenes were taken during sunset.
Happy shooting!
Very nice video. Shows the ability of the lens to isolate areas of interest. Keep filming and take any criticism in stride. You should offer the Vimeo clip to the hosts who rented you their home. I’m sure they’d put a link to it on their rental site. Please, so not listen to the closed-minded “photo-only” folks who suggest this would be better as a “Power Point” stills presentation. Maybe they were just joking?
Not joking at all, as a video it was dreadful, so much excessive movement, at least try and keep the camera still and when panning do it smoothly, a tripod works for video just as much as stills.
Very nice video. Dreamy.
Thanks!
Your video using the lens and the EM5 looks fantastic. Thanks for the link. Video is smooth and fluid (I imagine that’s thanks to good technique by YOU and the EM5’s famous 5 axis stabilization??), and the DoF looks suitably shallow and cinematic, and bokeh look pretty silky-buttery-bokehlicious-smooth to me. So much for M43 “struggling” to do that! Thanks for the link!
I think these video snippets would turn out better with a ND filter; at such wide apertures there is too much light coming in. Even high shutter speeds are sometimes not enough to reduce light, and it adds an unwanted staccato effect.
I thank y’all for your comments!
Cheers 🙂
with the speed booster, even t1.6 doesn’t seem that fast anymore lol
Would be nice with a “rumor only” filter on this site. Despite its name, this site has 90% news and product links type of posts and rumors are actually a bit of a rarity.
Your wish shall be granted:
http://www.43rumors.com/category/rumor/
Would be nice to have an Olympus 75mm. My dad’s photographer with large Family to maintain.. god will bless you all!
Wow a 34mm f3.2 thats amazing…..lol.
Wow. Viezevure still doesn’t get the facts: it is a 17 mm FT 1.6, not a 34 mm 3.2.
Sure if that makes you happy….
Whether it makes me happy or not is not really interesting. The fact remains: your messages are totally without physical basis. And it seems like you don’t even understand it.
Someone ask Viezevure to see his portfolio. He has a big, big camera and some big, big lenses, but his pictures are not so good. He can’t understand why…
So much repeating focal lengths and still no UWA fast prime (8/9 mm)…
I’m with you on that. Although, SLR magic is not repeating their focal lengths. I mean, they are competitors of other lens makers, and they want to have a piece of the cake, too. And of course we get all those standard focal lengths because that’s what exists as CCTV lenses.
Choice is good. This lens looks pretty interesting, as does the Voigtlander. Yeah, it is “another” 35mm equivalents, not a new field of view. But man, the M43 world sure feels luxurious to this former NEX owner. So much great glass, in a variety of sizes and features. I’m loving this system. F*** FF! 😉