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A mysterious new 35mm f/0.95 lens from “ShenyangZhongyi”

The Chinese company “ShenyangZhongyi” is developing a new 35mm/f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds! The picture on top shows the lens design (rendering). But some first early image samples have been posted on Xitek (Click here). Click the thumbnails below to enlarge the size of the picture.

This would become the fourth m43 lens with f/0.95 aperture. The other three are the:
[shoplink 15659 ebay]Nokton 25mm (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 30452 ebay]Nokton 17.5mm (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 25691 ebay]Noktor SLRmagic 50mm (here on eBay)[/shoplink]

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    1. That’s why it has a rather unusual focal length. 35mm will be roughly 50 on aps-c. They even said this lens will be available for X-pro 1, NEX in the forum

      1. So this lens will be in an e mount? Do they discuss price and due date? But no micro four thirds mount mentioned?

  1. Not really sure about relations between this company and SLR-magic, but through the discusion in that forum it seems to me that shenyan zongyi “formal partner with Mitakon” has produced some lenses labled with SLR magic. Same company or just OEM?

    1. Too bad the bokeh from this lens doesn’t look very good judging by these pics – hollow circles with striking bright outer rings (“condoms”)… Though the overall IQ looks pretty amazing.

    1. 80% Gold award! Best m4/3, but still a percent behind NEX-7. Do proper grip, flash and focus peaking beat five stop IBIS by percent?

      1. I have to agree with this quote from the DPreview conclusion:
        ” If you’re absolutely unwilling to compromise on image quality then spending twice the money and moving up to the bulk of a full-frame is the only way of gaining a significant step up from the E-M5.”

        I guess they agonised how to word this. Basically saying there is no point in the size/cost/lens choice compromises you get if you buy into the NEX or X-Pro1!

        1. Well, Sony strategy makes one wonder what they are trying to accomplish with a system that has more bodies than lenses. In the short term, they may gain market share by going after P&S upgraders, but once those people wish for something more from their NEX cameras, they’ll have to look some other way.

          X-Pro1 size defies the prime reason for going mirrorless. In that price/size range there are much better choices out there.

  2. It looks kind of similar to the Olympus high-quality, non weather-sealed line (12/2, 45/1.8, 75/1.8) — as opposed to the weather-sealed line (12-50… ok — maybe not top quality, and the 60/2.8, and hopefully a 3-400 fast birdie lens).

  3. If it’s a metal body and the images look as good as the samples imply… My god… I’ll preorder the moment it’s available as long as it’s under $1000.

  4. This thing needs to exist in m4/3 mount, AND autofocus… If it does I’d be willing to plunk a good amount of money on it, but if it’s just another manual lens, Meh…..

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