boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
Caught this in my email inbox:
dexdog
Veteran
Wow, that is unique! No idea what market this lens is supposed to address, though.
Archiver
Veteran
Gynecologists, clearly. 😆
No, the target market is commercial video and film makers. Watch the YouTube clip, and think of the many commercials that use a macro 'glide' through/past objects or between small objects. Many food commercials are shot with probe lenses like this.
dexdog
Veteran
I had no idea about this, not having seen a commercial in years. Interesting concept and I can see how it would be useful
Duofold RF
Well-known
Thypoch lenses made by DZ optical, its main business is cinematic optical lenses
qqphotos
Well-known
Is this the same lens as the Laowa/Venus one? Laowa 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe - LAOWA Camera Lenses
boojum
Ignoble Miscreant
It may be my fanciful thinking but I see some spillover from cinema lenses into their still lenses. To me they seem quite cinematic and retro. Kind of what Cooke has in the lenses that can be used as still lenses. And Cooke's sweet, old Amotal.
tortellini_man
Established
i have seen people use probe lenses for tidepooling - they work well to see into crevices or just beneath the water line
i imagine they would work better in situ for a lot of kinds of small wildlife than a traditional macro kit
i imagine they would work better in situ for a lot of kinds of small wildlife than a traditional macro kit
qqphotos
Well-known
octopus paparazzi!