SLR magic launched a new Toy Lens Bokemorphic lens for the NEX system which is based on the current [shoplink 11186 ebay]28mm f/2.8[/shoplink] design. You can read a first review of the lens at Koofle (Click here).
SLR magic launched a new Toy Lens Bokemorphic lens for the NEX system which is based on the current [shoplink 11186 ebay]28mm f/2.8[/shoplink] design. You can read a first review of the lens at Koofle (Click here).
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I don’t know if we can expect any more exciting specs for a pancake. Probably 2.8 is all we can get. An f2.0 would be a very nice surprise.
If it’s SLR magic, it will not have AF. Considering all the legacy lenses out there, either the IQ or the size should be a strong point of the lens.
ANOTHER SLR magic lens that wont be available to physically purchase?
Great. Still waiting on that 23mm f1.7 lens from them.
SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm f/1.7 has just been cancelled: too expensive to produce, too poor an image quality
http://www.zone-numerique.com/news-12658-objectif-hyperprime-23mm-f1-7-slr-magic-le-fait-disparaitre.html
You forgot to add that it is a collector’s item now. 🙂
I think it is quite good for the price. I am sure if they will sell it for 4300 USD they can make it as impressive as their 50mmT0.95 lens in Leica M mount. I find the quality quite acceptable as it is does not cost 1100 USD like the Zeiss 24/1.8. I would rather buy a NEX-7 if I had to pay 1100 USD for the 24/1.8
I went to their shop today and asked Anderw about the 23mm f/1.7. They said it will only be available in small numbers then there will be a new one. They will make one with better image quality but price might be double of what it is now. I still went ahead and bought the 23mm f/1.7 as I have a tight budget.
Ugh, 3rd party? Unless it’s from Tamron or Sigma with AF, I am NOT interested. I’d rather wait to see how small the new Sony fast standard will be (and remember Sony did promise more compact lenses awhile back).
different strokes for different folks. this lens will serve its purpose as a fun lens, or as they market it… toy lens.
another wonderful lens for nex system…;)
+1
Joins the legendary Sony 16/2.8. 😉
PS: Love that lens rear cap! 🙂
This is one step forward, two steps backward for SLR Magic. Was expecting something good after their 50/t9.95. Not this crap.
As strange as it seems, this little lens could have a space in my camera bag!
It’s a bit like all those gimmicky Cokin “effects” filters from yesteryear, they don’t have universal appeal and could certainly be overdone, but at the right time and in the right circumstances (provided the lens isn’t expensive) it could be ideal.
Parties, weddings etc …
You can do that yourself on a 50mm for example, which will give you much better bokeh. Take a look here: http://youtu.be/H5jjr_vKruU
I did the same thing with a simple achromatic doublet mounted onto a helicoid focussing tube with BluTak. You can cut any shape out of black paper to act as a diaphragm.
Good for Christmas lights.
Cokin filters are still on sale, and could be used with a NEX.
It’s proof that SLR magic makes crap lenses, for kids.
so kids can’t have fun too?
It’s labeled as “toy lens”, there’s not much to complain about
I LOVE and I WANT!! Obviously a girl talking here… Gents, you don’t understand how much girls would give to get cute special bokehs! (though of course they could’ve just used a piece of cardboard at the front of any lens…)
You won’t get much in the way of bokehs from a 28mm f2.8 lens on an APS size sensor. They should have gone with something longer and faster.
Exactly the same bokeh that you would get from a 28/2.8 lens on a full frame sensor. It depends on the lens, not the sensor!! If anything, APS-C is a crop so the bokeh would look subjectively bigger (but same size relative to the subject). When are people going to get this straight…
And please, take a look at the pictures on the review before commenting. It has a lot of potential as the “toy lens” they are marketing it as. I can see swarms of Japanese and American girls alike rushing to buy this…
I think you’ll find that this lens is only compatible with the pink NEXC3.
It won’t work on any other nex camera.
A pink lens cap would have been better? Hello kitty has a whole range of bags and accessories to go with that set up. 🙂
just bought a water housing for my nex-5, full controls!! and “they” say it goes until 40m deep… lets see
http://www.ebay.de/itm/130629028958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3869wt_1139
Wow be careful, try it in your sink before going swimming 😛
tht’s ok, i’m trying to get a excuse to buy a Nex-7 ahah
I got my NEX-7 kit yesterday after 4 months of waiting and I really appreciate it. It is about the smallest camera that I can hold in my hand, but the ergonomy is O.K. Now the lenses…
I always wanted to have hearts in my bokeh, yeah, esp on the Nex 7 and imagine how beautifully the best APSC sensor renders blurry edges.. that’s what we all have been waiting for, right? how ironic that Sony isn’t capable of giving us a decent standard pancake
BOKEHMORPHIC