New Kamlan 32mm f/1.1 MFT lens announced

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The Chinese company Kamlan announced the new 32mm f/1.1 MFT lens. It will be available for sale on their store on February 12th for a price around $300. I guess it will be available on Amazon too as you can already buy their 50mm f/1.1 lens there.

Google translated press text:

■Launch Overview
Product name: KamLan KL 32mm F1.1

Price
Suggested Retail Price: Open
Estimated market price: Around 32,000 yen (tax included)
* The market forecast price is the price that we expect to the last.

Scheduled release date: February 12, 2021

■Product Features

Optical design using high refractive glass
With a new optical design of 9 sheets in 7 groups using 5 high refractive glass, the F1.1 lens is extremely bright, but the peripheral dimming is suppressed as much as possible, and the influence of the aperture diet is also reduced.

Easy-to-use angle of picture equivalent to standard lenses
Since it is an angle of view equivalent to a standard lens in full size conversion, it can be used for a wide range of applications. When the aperture of F1.1 is opened, you can enjoy a gentle depiction with a very soft and abundant tone and beautiful bokeh.

・ Beautiful bokeh by circular aperture
By adopting “circular aperture” with 11 aperture blades, beautiful bokeh is realized. Squeezing 2-3 steps also improves contrast and sharpness, so you can enjoy various expressions with a single lens.

Ideal for nighttime snaps
In addition, the extremely bright open F value of F1.1, combined with the high sensitivity setting, is effective for shooting in dark places such as nighttime snaps.

Clickless aperture for movie shooting
The aperture ring is a clickless type, so it is also ideal for movie shooting. Please enjoy the expression that takes advantage of the brightness of F1.1.

■Main specifications
Format: APS-C
Focal length: 32mm
Angle of picture: 48°
Aperture range (F-value): 1.1-11
Lens configuration: 9 lenses in 7 groups
Number of aperture blades: 11
Shortest focusing distance: About 40cm
Focusing: MF
Filter thread: 62mm
External dimensions: Approx. 92mm×70mm*1
Mass: Approx. 601g*2
Mount: Sony-E, Fuji-X, EOS-M, Micro Four Saas

*1: Not including hood
*2: Includes hood. The mass varies depending on the mount.
* Company names and product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
* Product specifications are subject to change without notice due to improvements, etc.

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Yongnuo launched the new 25mm f/1.7 lens

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Yongnuo announced this new 25mm f/1.7 lens. You can find all specs (in Chinese) and images at hkyongnuo.com. Here are the translated specs via radojuva;

For mirrorless cameras of the Micro 4/3 system
Relative Hole: 1: 1.7-1: 22
Focal length: 25 mm (EGF for Micro 4/3 cameras is 50 mm)
Closest focusing distance: 20 centimeters
Maximum magnification ratio 1: 5
Optical design: 7 elements in 6 groups, the design includes 2 ED elements and 1 aspherical element
Automatic focusing by STM motor (focus stepping motor)
Aperture: 7 rounded blades
AF / MF focus mode switch
Filter Diameter: 52 mm
Weight: 150 gram
Price: unknown.

The lens will be available soon on their official Amazon Store.

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Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT tested by Opticallimits

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You can preorder the new Laowa 10mm f/2 ZERO-D MFT lens at BHphoto and  Venuslens worldwide store.

Opticallimits tested the new lens and concluded:

The Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT is a fun lens that also has the capability of delivering some serious results. In terms of optical performance is shines with a very high resolution straight from f/2 and it’s darn sharp at f/4. As the name implies, it is a fully distortion-corrected lens – which is a rare quality in mirrorless land. And this raises the question of why Olympus/Panasonic can’t do the same here. The high corner quality can also be contributed to the fact that distortion correction isn’t necessary at all. That being said, auto-correction DOES help when it comes to vignetting. The raw vignetting is on the extreme side at f/2 so unless you are after a keyhole effect you should keep it activated. Even so – some obvious vignetting remains at f/2. Lateral CAs are pretty low and nothing to worry about. Flare can be an issue in extreme lighting situations. If you are after sun stars – yes, the lens can give you these in qualifying scenes when stopping down and the quality is good. We haven’t executed a formal analysis of the bokeh but as you can see in the sample image section, the out-of-focus blur is pretty smooth. This is a rather rare quality in an ultra-wide lens.

The Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT is a tiny and super-lightweight lens. This doesn’t mean that the build quality is suffering – on the contrary, it is actually very good. The lens body is made of metal and the focusing is smooth. There is no weather-sealing though. Unlike early Laowa offerings, the lens is fully coupled thus you can select the aperture on the camera rather than on the lens. EXIF data is also provided. However, you still have to live with manual focusing only. Given the ultra-wide nature of the lens, this shouldn’t be a big deal for most users at least.

We quite enjoyed our time with this little marvel also because it highlights what’s cool about the Micro-Four-Thirds system – a nice size factor combined with low weight. It may not be perfect in every optical aspect but if you are after a fast ultra-wide lens that doesn’t go bonkers in terms of field-of-view, you should have a deeper look.

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