The Japanese manufacturer Yasuhara announced a new macro lens for Micro Four Thirds. As you see from the image on top it looks more like a machine gun! On Nonoha’s website you can find a description written in English: “The magnification is much more than ordinary macro lens. The magnification is up to x5. It means 1 pixel on the picture is about 1 micrometer on the shooting target. With NANOHA, you can find small wonders easily without using microscopes. And we added some patented features for your good shooting.”
UPDATE: Yasuhara made some really nice lenses in the past liek the [shoplink 22469 ebay]MC 50mm/f2.8 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)[/shoplink]. The company went bankrupt or something around 2004 I think, and this is new starting project. (Thanks Mice for sharing that info). Yashuhara also said that the mass-production lens would be far better both in the shape and image quality.
It’s really amazing what that lens can do. Take a look at the image samples posted on DC.watch (Click here). I don’t know when the lens will be available, but price should be around 450 Euro. But those are the specs:
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Product name |
NANOHAx5(E) |
Lens mount |
SONY E |
Dimensions |
Diameter 61mm, Length 86mm(From the lens mount to the top of lighting unit) |
Weight |
320g(with lighting unit) |
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Product name |
NANOHAx5(M) |
Lens mount |
Micro fourthirds |
Dimensions |
Diameter 61mm, Length 84mm(From the lens mount to the top of lighting unit) |
Weight |
320g(with lighting unit) |
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Magnification |
x5 to x4 |
F number |
F11,F16,F22,F32 |
Electrical contact |
No(Set the camera body to “release without lens” mode.) |
Lens construction |
7 groups 10 elements |
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Hope to get soon more details about the lens! If you are in business for a cheap macro lens take a look at the macro reverse adapter you can find on [shoplink 22465 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. The adapter allows any 52mm mft lens to become a marco lens.