The Jackar Snapshooter 34mm f/1.8 is an old-school look cheap lens made in China that can now be pre-ordered for the Fuji X-mount at Adorama for $175 here. ephotozine tested it on the [shoplink 13887]Olympus OM-D E-M5[/shoplink]. Read the whole review here. The conclusions:
“This is an interesting take on the fast prime lens for Micro Four Thirds and NEX cameras, and the solid metal construction of the lens is re-assuring, although with the lens’ relatively low price, it’s clear that the optical quality of the lens isn’t likely to be the strongest feature. However, saying that, this lens performs better than other lenses we have tested (cough Holga, Toy-Lens, Pinwide cough), and with a sharp centre, bright aperture, and soft edges, this lens may be ideal for anyone looking for a good compact lens for portrait photography, low light, or creative control over depth of field.
If you want a manual, compact lens, then the reasonably price and high build quality would make this a good choice, however, for landscape shots and situations where image quality is more important, it may not be the ideal lens, but for low light, wide-open shooting, and portrait shots, it could be ideal.”
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a waste of money, as you should put great glass on these fantastic cameras. And, what is the point of this lens, as Fuji already has that covered. Someone should make some fast primes in the 85mm -135mm range, as Fuji will not be introducing anything like that for a while.
Thats not the point. These lenses are fun to use! I would recommend a Chinese 35mm cctv F1.7 though. A lot cheaper and no vignetting. I got one for about $ 60 with x to c adapter. It’s a creative specialty lens that puts out an Instagram effect without post processing. Swirley smooth bokeh, saturated colors and only the center is truly sharp. It is for the holga-like crowd. For $ 60 it’s a steal, but for $ 175 I am curious how this lens compares to the cheaper cctv lenses.
*correction I bought it for € 27 and not € 60 as stated above.
I bought it for $40 myself. $ is different to €.
For this money you can buy one very nice (or a couple more) Olympus OM, Pentax SMC, Canon FD, Minolta MD, or whatever you prefer, including adapter. If you’re looking for something ‘fun’ to use, at least have it take a decent picture and look the part. 🙂
Jim, if you don’t mind, could you post a link for the lens with x mount adapter, i have found the lens but only for olympus and sony mounts, many thanks
Here you go: look for Objectnr.: 261070283136
I was on my mobile though and local eBay don’t know where you are from. Alternatively look for: cctv 35 mm x pro1.
many thanks