The Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 MFT lens got a $350 discount at Adorama (Click here).
Panasonic Preorders:
Black G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm and 14mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Black G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm and 45-150mm lens kit at BHphoto.
Olympus Preorders:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.
15 Responses
Wrong lens.
The lens is fine, it’s just one of admin’s typos. Great deal by the way.
how are these ‘cine’ lens perform when it is used as a normal photography lens? do they have certain edge compared to normal lens?
You can’t say cine lenses in general have an edge. Some have an edge, some don’t, just like any other lens. And some cine lenses are the counterpart of a regular photography lens, with identical optical performance.
I bought this lens for general photography and returned it. The lens is obviously manual and the geared focus ring makes it hard and unpleasant to autofocus. I compared it to my Panasonic 25mm and while there was shallower dof I almost always preferred the images from the Panasonic.
Oh and the deal breaker was flare especially at night at fast apertures this lens had a lot of problems with street light although I had the mark 1, maybe they fixed that in mark 2.
The 25mm 0.95? I never had any flare problems. I also have the mk 1, but mk 1 and 2 are optically identical.
Cine lenses are manual focus lenses with gearing around the focus ring for the use of follow-focus devices.
Most MFT lenses are wire-focus, i.e., turning the ring basically sends an electric signal to a motor which the focuses the lens. Great for auto-focus systems, but not really precise or reliable for shifting focus during a video shoot. If you shoot stills, wire-focus lenses are terrific. If you shoot video, cine lenses have great advantages.
Good price, but Rokinon offers a 24mm f1.4 lens, and the reviews indicate that the Roki may be a bit better if not as fast.
The rokinon surely is better on ff cameras, but the reviews also mention it’s not very sharp wide open.
this lens is shaper than the nokton 25/.95
1st or 2nd version of the Voigtländer?
The second, with stepless aperture option, supposedly improves sharpness. I have the 1st version and it’s always seemed quite sharp, but I tend not to agonize about such things.
I was talking about the version I. I don’t think there is much difference between I and II.
I’ve read that v2 is a bit sharper than v1 wide-open. V2’s stepless aperture is a nice option, especially for videographers.
The Voigtländers have MUCH better build quality than SLR Magic lenses. I have the 12mm T1.6 and while it’s okay, it’s NOT in the same league as any of my Voights.
This is my favourite lens. Never had the flare problems others mentioned. I like manual focusing although I can understand why others don’t. The bokeh is exceptional and it’s tremendously sharp, better than the voigtlander. Beautiful solid build quality with a built in hood. Only thing I dislike is the screw on lens cap, but that’s easily changed.