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Dont get to excited about that news. What we are going to see is a new manual and cheap quality lens from China. Zhongyi Optics announced that they are developing a 28mm f/2.8 lens for NEX, which will have a 4 group and 5 lenses design. I believe this is the same company that makes the [shoplink 5594]Loreo 3D lens for NEX[/shoplink]. Price will be around CNY 500 (around 80 USD). UPDATE: Image samples can be found at Xitek (Click here). Thanks Wang!
We already have two cheap chinese NEX lenses:
SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 [shoplink 3514]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
3D Loreo lenses on [shoplink 5594]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]
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wow, awesome!
very special aperture, no blades anymore…
“gearwheel revolver” make aperture “Bokeh” fit on 1 shape “circular”
Hmm. 80 USD? What can you expect from a lens that costs 80 USD?
should be a “good/best/special” Nite landscape lens,
28mm close to F8-F22 still DOF “circular”,
shape and special, nomarlly for us,
DOF is become Star, Would expect
close Jupiter bokeh.
Sorry, what?
+1
That optical formula looks like a Sonnar derivative. Really weird choice for a wide angle. Assuming that is the actual formula and Andrea didn’t just use an image from an unrelated lens.
The design isn’t particularly telecentric, so expect soft corners, vignetting and some colour shift. On the other hand, it could potentially be quite sharp stopped down a bit. Given the low price, it might be worth a try.
http://forum.xitek.com/sorthread.php?threadid=832422
There are some samples of the uncoated prototype of the lens if you are interested.
Seems reasonably sharp in the centre, but I can’t say the bokeh is very appealing.
The only concern is the size. There is a lens called Industar-69 28mm f/2.8 for the Chaika half frame camera. It can be used on NEX if you do some modification.
The size is really compact. But of course, the focus is not close enough for just 0.9m. It is a trade off deal to the limited focus extension. Let’s wait and see. This company used to surprise us by the 35mm f/2 prototype though it is still not launched so far.
I’m very curious!:)
looks not too bad to me.. but the strange thing i noticed was, on the lens it says: Nikon-NEX !??! and this is not an adapter, as its writen on the front end of the lens.. so either those lensmakers have no clue what they are working on or “wild guessing mode on”: Nikons mirrorless compact might share the same mount? mhh
Would make perfectly sense, if the rumor “Sony buys Nikon” would be true… 😉
Otherwise: Nikon’s F-mount doesn’t work for mirrorless. So, Nikon needs a new mount and lenses when they bring a mirrorless cam. So, why not joining the party? Would be a win-win situation for everybody (except for Oly and Pana): The more companies share the same interfaces (mount) the more lenses are available from different manufacturers and the larger is the base of potential buyers — and thus lower production cost. Moreover, you would not be bound to a certain camera/lens manufacturer which in turn stimulates competition. Competition again means better cameras and lenses…
A long time ago we had this situation already with the M42 mount….
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The prototype is made based on a nikon-nex adapter,and that’s it.