BH Photo Explora – Mikaton Zhongyi Lenses Bring on the Speed and then Some
Today I would like to share a rather massive lens roundup.
It will include:
It’s a lot of stuff ;).
Third Party / Adapted Lenses
I have been contacted by Oliver from Pergear and main distributor of Zeapon, Viltrox, Godox, ZhiYun, FeiYu, Hohem, etc.
He informed me they launched the Pergear 25mm f/1.8 lens for Fujifilm X Mount.
The lens is now available at Amazon here.
This lens looks very similar to the Meike 25mm F/1.8 and Brightin Star 25mm F1.8.
I asked Oliver is this is just a rebranded version, and I will update this post as soon as I get reply.
UPDATE (thanks Mistral): The 7Artisans 25mm f/1.8, Meika MK 25mm f/1.8 and Brightin Star 25mm f/1.8 include 7 elements in 5 groups. This Pergear 25mm f/1.8 includes 5 elements in 3 groups. It’s a different lens.
Sometimes I wonder, why do I stick with APS-C and plague myself into a world full of photographic shortcomings?
It’s frustrating, for example recently, when I edited an image of my wife watching a sunset.
I exposed for the highlights, and my wife turned out basically pitch black, you can’t even see her shiny yellow dress.
Now watch the image below (or link to the video) and see how impossible it was to recover her with my APS-C Fujifilm X-E3 file. I needed hours and hours of editing, but it turned out completely unusable anyway. A memory thrown away due to my underperforming APS-C camera.
But my case is just one of many that fall under the section #photosfujicanttake.
So, I will list a few more images exposing the terrible shortcomings of Fujifilm APS-C, all shared at our Fujifilm X-T User group, which is full of depressed photographers dreaming of full frame or even medium format.
Sure, some brave guys try to compensate for the immense APS-C limitations with creativity and skills, but that’s not going to work at the end. We all know true photography is all about specs, 500% magnification and 10+ stops push.
I know it’s hard to digest, but the images below show that APS-C simply can’t deliver. Luckily Apple gave us a Pro photographer iPhone 11 Max. I think I am going to try with that one.
NOTE: I hope your sarcasm detector is ON ;)
I guess many of you were (and hopefully still are or are going soon) on holidays in these weeks.
So maybe, between a jump into the refreshing water, a mountain hike and a whole day city exploring, you might have missed some of the articles we have shared in July.
Hence, for your convenience, here are the top 15 FujiRumors articles for July.
Personally, my travel is done already, as I have been to stunningly beautiful Croatia with that fanboy SonyAlphaRumors guy.
We will see if I can sneak in another trip into what remains of my summer break. If so, make sure to follow my Instagram to see where I am hanging around.
But even if I can’t travel, I live in a wonderful spot of this planet. Beauty is all around me, and my Fuji is always ready to capture it.
Oh… and my wife is starting out with photography this summer, so I can’t be more happy than this anyway :) #proudhusband
Enjoy your summer!
In the last few weeks, we covered a couple of new Chinese Fujifilm X mount lenses here on FujiRumors, such as the brand new 7Artisans 60mm F2.8 1:1 Macro and the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 MK II.
In 2019, a lot of buzz has been created also by the first third-party reverse-engineered autofocus X mount lens, the Chinese Viltrox 85mmF1.8, whereas in 2018 the Lawoa 9mm f/2.8 was the very best seller here on FujiRumors (yep, it sold better than ANY Fujinon XF lens amongst FR-readers).
Chinese lenses: the price is (mostly) low, the quality goes up and the sales explode!
Here are the best selling ones.
It looks like the lable “made in China” is no longer something photographers are too skeptical of.
Today I’d like to ask you if you own any of these lenses, and if you want, you can share your feedback in the comments down below. Your feedback might be helpful for the rest of the Fujifilm community.
Kipon has just announcedthe Kipon IBEGON 12mm f/2.8 wide angle lens for Fujifilm X mount.
The Kipon IBEGON 12mm f/2.8 allows you to focus as close as 10 cm as opposed to the 18 cm of the Fujinon XF14mmF2.8 R.
The Kipon 12mm f/2.8 will be shipping in September and be available for pre-order ahead of release at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama
Other Kipon lenses for Fujifilm X mount:
There are lots of third party lenses covering the 12mm range for Fujifilm X mount, in some cases just rebranded Meike or Samyang lenses:
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Time for a major Fujinon XF lens roundup, focussed on Fujifilm’s most modern lenses, the XF80mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro, XF 16mm f/2.8, XF 8-16mmF2.8 and XF 200mm F2.
A little bonus is the Fujinon XF lens disassembly series by our friend yukosteel, whom long time FR-readers will remember for his XF35mmF1.4 vs Mitakon 35mmF0.95 quiz.
You’ll find it all down below :).
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We already reported about the Kamlan 8mm f/3 and 50mm f/1.1 MK II back in March here.
Now Sainsonic announced that they will release the Kamlan 8mm f/3 on April 20 for around 25,000 yen ($223).
It will be available for purchase at AmazonUS here.
You can find all Kamlan lenses for Fujifilm at AmazonUS.
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Meike recently added the very affordable Meike MK 35mm f/1.4 lens to their already vast manual focus lens offering for Fujifilm X mount.
You can get the Meike MK 35mm f/1.4 at BHphoto, AmazonUS, AmazonDE, AmazonUK, AmazonFR, AmazonIT and AmazonES.
Meike already offers other fast options, like the even cheaper Meike Neewer 35mm F1.2 and the Meike 35mm F1.7.
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