At Photokina SLR magic announced two new E-mount lenses, the 35mm t/1.4 and 23mm f/1.7 E-Mount lenses. If you already own a [shoplink 3514 ebay]SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 lens[/shoplink] you can join that trade in program. Details (offer ends by Feb 28th 2013):
1) Need [shoplink 3514 ebay]SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 lens[/shoplink].
2) Copy of receipt from authorised resellers dated before Dec 1st 2012.
3) Items 1 and 2 shipped to us in Hong Kong by registered post with tracking number.
4) SLR Magic 35mm T1.4 will cost $259 instead of $349 after trade-in price.
People interested in the upgrade program can contact SLRmagic at support@slrmagic.com
P.S. Current SLRmagic lenses for the E-mount system:
[shoplink 11187 ebay]SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 11186 ebay]SLR Magic Toy Lens 28mm Bokehmorphic lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 11185 ebay]SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 11186 ebay]SLR Magic 28mm f/2.8 lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
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I always wondered how serious a company SLR magic was.
Isn’t it about time that they put together a decent website with a product line-up of all their lenses and, dare I ask, some samples, specs, prices information ?
It s really hard to find information about their products.
Seems like a pretty serious company, look: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/01/23/world-exclusive-1st-look-slr-magic-hyperprime-lm-50mm-t0-95-for-leica-m-mount/
That lens is discontinued.
This lens was announces with a MSRP of $279 and now suddenly it is $349? Odd.
what I’m interested in is the physical size compared to other e-mount lenses… one thing I really like about my 35 f1.7 slr magic lens is its portability. Anyone have any ideas?
Length: 70.3mm
Filter: 52mm
Weigth: 370g
So not as portable as the 1.7.
Man, SLR magic is stepping their game up. I wonder if I might get this instead of the Sony 35f1.4… I guess it depends on whether OSS and autofocus is worth the extra $200…
And the Sony 35mm is a bit smaller and not even half the weight of the SLR Magic one.
You also have to take into account that the difference in price will be less than $200, because you will have extra costs with this deal: shipping your old lens to Hong Kong, maybe shipping costs from SLR to you and import taxes. Lets say in total about $50 extra, which brings the difference back to $150.
Then if you sell your “old” SLR 35mm 1.7 on eBay or whatever for about $80, the difference in price between the new SLR and the Sony will decrease even further.
This deal is not worth it in my opinion. If for about $60 to $70 more I can get a smaller, lighter, AF, OSS lens with about the same IQ, I know what I would choose. Only a huge difference in IQ would let me decide otherwise.
I’m currently in the middle of a rolling review of this lens on my blog at lensporn.net if anyone is interested. So far I have been pleased with it!
Dave.
SLR Magic, huh. Interesting. Have you shot the Sig’s 2.8 35 & 50 equivalents yet? I love my 2.8 50 equivalent.
I haven’t tried those lenses yet, I’m very keen to try the 50mm eqv lens and it’s very affordable too but I just haven’t got any spare cash at the moment due to personal issues that I haven’t been able to prevent much to my sadness. (separation)
Sorry to hear that, Dave. Keep your head up as much as you can till it gets better. It will, and when it does, get that 50.