lgstoian
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Just discovered that a Hong Kong company under the name Jackar has launched a new MFT(comes for E-mount too) prime lens , the Snapshooter 34mm f:1.8. It costs 190 usd with free shipping and comes in a nifty package that includes a lens hood and a pouch of so called " Genuine Leather". From what I can see it seems that it might be a re-cased C-mount Chinese lens , kinda like the 35mm f:1.7 Fujion. But I have a feeling it might actually be a new lens or at least one with somewhat improved optics over these C-mounts. From images I think that the diameter of the first optical element of the lens is larger then that of the Fujion , but that could be just my mind tricking me. I went over their Flickr examples and to me they do look better then what you get from these C-mounts. The bokeh is by far not the best but is smoother and less crazy ( not as swirly and distorted ). The center sharp area seems a bit larger then on these lenses. Also if none of the images are cropped it looks like it actually can cover even the APS-C sized sensor of the nex completely. I have one of the aforementioned Chinese C-mount lenses ( though not the Fujion ) and I can tell from first hand experience that they vignette like a bitch even opened at max aperture , a problem this Jackar seems to lack. I'm curious if you folks think that this lens has , or not , better optics then the C-mounts.
Here is their site : http://snapshooter.jackarlens.com/eng/pageOverview.php
Flickr samples : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackarlens
Here is their site : http://snapshooter.jackarlens.com/eng/pageOverview.php
Flickr samples : http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackarlens