SLRmagic lowers the price of the 11mm f/1.4 lens
As you know one month ago SLR magic announced a new lens with Micro Four Thirds mount, the 11mm f/1.4. The list price of $209.99 seemed too high for many of our readers and it’s good to see that SLRmagic recognized that and lowered the prize down to $129.99.It now has a different design with different MC coating to exclude the lens hood. It has a Micro Four Thirds mount (you don’t need any adapter). You can see some image samples taken with the lens on eBay (Click here). You see there is a lot of vignetting you have to deal with (they call that toy effect). Those waiting for a high quality lens in that focal length should wait for the Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens. But the SLRmagic lens is many times cheaper than the future Oly lens.
Preorders are also available on that link on eBay (Click here).
XA4
3 years ago |Will wait for HG lens. Olympus prime lens update still coming today?
admin
3 years ago |Yes!
yatototo
3 years ago |Agrivar
3 years ago |Oh yeah! I want the 12mm & 50mm Oly native primes!!
mochapaulo
3 years ago |$129.99 is still too high, I just know the similar spec CCTV with the circular vignetting property just around $29.99. Please, please, please don’t fool us anymore.
Jim
3 years ago |where can i buy it for $29? pls send a link
TR
3 years ago |Yes, the price is still too high for me as well. And the image samples on ebay don’t really excite me too much. They just don’t seem to have enough ‘character’.
rUY
3 years ago |#1, I don’t believe what they called if it is 11mm and the aperture they claimed, I believe it is 12mm with F1.6. But you are right about the price, I did not find a US$29. but a lot cheaper piece….as below. all those are in RMB.
http://s8.taobao.com/search?q=CCTV+12mm&commend=all&ssid=s5-e&pid=mm_14507416_2297358_8935934
fta
3 years ago |Still probably 400% markup on it. I need to get in on this and start selling crappy MF lenses to m43 users. I’m gonna be rich!!!!
Bob B.
3 years ago |I don’t think this lens and the new Olympus prime should even be mentioned in the same sentence. The Oly is a high-functioning quality lens (hopefully!) and this lens (TOY! duh) is for funky fun images think Holga/Diana/Lensbaby here…that kind of head.
SLRmagic had a contest to win a lens (and shoot images for their marketing) and I sent in samples of my work and won one (they notified me last week)…which I should have in a few weeks. Should be a fun lens coupled with a little Alien Skin tweaking!
rUY
3 years ago |I think I like SLRMagic to provide option to make the camera more creative and fun to play with; and in fact, their pricing make more sense than Noktor, but just get the price lower to penerate the market is a better strategy for them, the price is still kinda of not realistic, if one know what is CCTV lens.
davide
3 years ago |Does any of the CCTV lenses easily adapt on m43 (i.e. correctly focus infinity) and provides a corner-to-corner not-darkened image (i.e. does not have more than 1.5 stops of vignetting)?
wife
3 years ago |Yes, they use low end 12mm lenses, effectively 11mm that sell for very cheap (see rUY post above and realize that 7RMB = 1USD).
And c-mount adapters are pretty cheap.
So you’re effectively paying about $80-$100 dollars for the glue and the packaging.
Happy shooting.
Jim
3 years ago |i tried the lens RUY listed before. it is not usable, does not focus to infinity, and only has less than half frame coverage. the seller was nice and told me it does not work but i did not believe him and bought it as it ws cheap…arou d 50 shipped. but does not look as good as the samples of the 11mm f/1.4 toy lens
rUY
3 years ago |Jim, I think you got the one with CS mount not C mount, which are for shorter flange distance. even NEX is too long for it. Dig deeper, and you will get it.
Jim
3 years ago |i tried to twist deeper but now the screw is damaged and rotates forever. but still the coverage is only half and not large coverage like the Toylens sample photos.ni dont think its the same lens unles i need to have the lens machines by someone but it will cost too much and not worth the effort
D
3 years ago |Those of you who are interested in this, do yourselves a favour and get a Computar 12.5mm f1.3. I got one for around $30. The price of this is insane.
rUY
3 years ago |Nope, I mean you should get the one which is C-mount not CS Mount. you cannot make it work on m43.
John
3 years ago |Dont get the computar! i bought it as i read about it in forums and it does not even focus and aperture does not work well. i bought a used one….that could have been the cause of the problem. there was no focus control either. i think there are many variations to the computar. took foreve to arrive a well to find out it doesnt work for my EPL-2