Olympus and Panasonic rumors Blog Archive The need for speed…and the need for cheap SLRmagic 35mm f/1.7 hi, i thought i might just want to share the SLR Magic 35mm f1.7 lens. I took some great photos with it and it is already in native m4/3 camera mount with lens hood too! i did a small review here SLR Magic 35mm f1.7 lens sample photos: Micro Four Thirds Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
Got it Well they do ship them... I actually got mine today. Packaging was ok. It took a week or so to arrive. You can by them from eBay here.
Nice idea to release a "CCTV"-lens with m43 mount. Or I am incorrect to assume this is a CCTV lens? - Either way it, to my understanding it is a manual focus lens and corner image quality is a serious concern, right? CCTV lenses are of course not as good as the "old" full frame lenses, but what is actually the difference (all depends on the price/quality balance)? - Worse glass (or even plastic), but still F << 1 - CCTV is optimized for sensor smaller than m43??? Does it make sense to do a comparison with some legacy lens? - And only look at e.g. 50% of sensor size? (so your 35 doesn't become 70, but even more (and reduction of resolution)) I would be happy with cheap manual portrait lens with reduced resolution!!!
Can't you get a legacy 50/f2 plus adapter for that kind of money? I have a Pentax 50/1.7 and adapter that cost me about £40 in total. I would be seriously disappointed if it didn't totally blow away a CCTV lens in terms of IQ. Mike
Flippin right! I have a brilliant Cosinon50mmf1.8 plus adapter : £26 total! But nevertheless this 35mm is a 35mm ... a different kettle of fish and quite interesting.
But nevertheless this 35mm is a 35mm Eh? A 50mm is a 50mm - if you want a 35 then go get a Pentax 35/2.8 M for about 30 quid or I think I can use my 35/f2 (but that cost an awful lot more) as it has an aperture ring. Pentax is what I know I'm afraid. If I am unkind I am not sure why anyone would stick a CCTV coke bottle on a lovely camera like the EP1 when there are such excellent alternatives. Mike
If you can find it there was a Vivitar Series 1 28 F1.9 or the 28 f2 that can solve your problem speed and relatively short focal distance. I cannot guarrantee the sharpness of the lense i personnally do not own it , but to my knowledge there is no alternative to this. If you need anything longer simple look at the range of the 50mm lenses. A VERY GOOD M42 screw lense that you can find for almost nothing Helios 44 ( any version are good ). A 58mm F2 lense that has a swirly bokeh and you can get it for around a tenner. Why bother with lenses that will offer you poor IQ and that are more expensive ?
