SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC lens for Micro 4/3

2020-09-14T08:08:36

This lens gave me great bokeh at a fraction of the price for the cheapest cine lens! I wish it had hard stops but that’s the most I can say bad about this great lens! As a starting cinematographer you need something of this nature as a crutch for cinematic footage! This just crushes most lenses at this price point for what you get! Perfect for any YouTube studio set up and even better for low budget short films to get you cinema grade quality for cheap! I received it in timely manner and the packaging was safe and secure.

JONATHAN Q.

2018-04-10T08:34:20

Not much of an effect. Difficult for a guy with big fingers to work.

Sven B.

2012-09-17T21:00:00

This isn't one of SLRmagic's toy lenses per se, but it does have creatively niche attributes. It can be acceptably sharp in dead center. Everywhere else is relatively soft. This is useful for bokeh, which goes beyond the standard characteristics of throwing the background into a blur. This lens extends the softness with a blur on the edges and a different shape depending on f-stop. Thus, it's probably wise to keep the subject centered unless you're going for a totally creative atmosphere. The aperture ring is clickless. I didn't know that beforehand but that's what I wanted for cine purposes. After I ordered this 35/1.7 lens SLRmagic announced a larger 35/1.4 lens, touting it as a cine lens because of clickless apertures. Well, this one, the 35/1.7, is also clickless and should be advertised as a cine lens. This is my first cine lens and I embrace the clickless approach and am considering the 11/1.6 version for a wide angle on an m43 body. I might prioritize this 35/1.7 for video interviews, but I won't know until I shoot talking heads, or if I should stay with my old Nikon 50/1.4 for serious shooting. 35mm (70mm) is better for headshots since I don't have to move as far back vis-a-vis the 50mm (100mm) lens. This particular SLRmagic lens is tiny in diameter and gets up to 75mm long with filter and hood. The hood is threaded rear and front for a uv or nd 37mm filter. A very strange lens in appearance and function.

Eddie F.