Hong Kong-based company MEIKE have just announced the latest addition to their cine line of manual focus prime lenses: Meet the MEIKE 8mm T2.9 Cine Mini Prime lens for M4/3. This new 8mm fisheye expands the already available range of mini primes for the M4/3 mount to a total of 8 focal lengths: fish-eye: 8mm T2.9wide angle: 12mm T2.2 / 16mm T2.2 / 25mm T2.2standard: 35mm T2.2 / 50mm T2.2 / 65mm T2.2telephoto: 85mm T2.2 image credit: MEIKE MEIKE 8mm T2.9 M4/3 Cine Mini Prime MEIKE is known for their very affordable cine lenses and if you’re starting out, telling purely from the specs, these lenses seem to be a decent choice, since they offer proper 0.8 pitched focus and iris rings (the focus ring offers 270° rotation with hard stops). Full specifications below: Lens Mount:M4/3Format:APS-CMin Focus Dist:25cmFilter Thread:ø77Weight:540gStructure:17 Elements in 12 GroupsFocal Length:8mmAperture Range:T2.9-T22Iris Blades:10Focus Rotation:270 DegreeDimensions (Ø x L):Ø 80 × 71.6 mmFOV on S35 cameras:Diagonal: 108.6°Horizontal: 96°Vertical: 80° Weirdly, the MEIKE 8mm does cover APS-C sensors but it is only available with a M4/3 mount for now. MEIKE lists the following camera bodies as compatible: Olympus mirrorless camera E-P1 E-PL1 E-P2 E-PL2 E-P3 E-PL3 E-PL5 E-PM1 E-PM2 OM-D E-M5 E-P5 OM-D E-M1 OMD-EM10 and other Olympus Micro 4/3 cameras Panasonic Lumix G9 G1 G2 G3 G5 GF1 GF2 GF3 GF5 GF6 GF7 GH1 GH2 GH3 GH5 G6 GX1 GX7 GX8 GH4 GM1 GM5 -D E-M5 E-P5 OM-D E-M1 OMD-EM10 and other Panasonic Lumix Micro M4/3 MFT cameras...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 16 October, 2020