SLRmagic announces new 35mm f/1.4 and 23mm f/1.7 E-Mount lenses.

And here are two new manual focusing but fast E-mount lenses from SLRmagic. Read the press release to learn more about it:
PRESS RELEASE:
Hong Kong, September 15th, 2012.
During Photokina 2012 in Cologne, Germany (September 18-23), SLR Magic will present attractive new CINE products as well as its Toy Lenses, all of the highest technical quality. Among them, will be a new SLR Magic CINE 35mm T1.4 lens in stores by the end of 2012. SLR Magic would like to invite all participants of Photokina fair held in Cologne to visit our stand in Hall 3.1 B059. SLR Magic will present its entire range of camera lenses, cine lenses, spotting scopes, and camera accessories during Photokina.
A major attraction is a high-performance mirrorless format cine lens with manual focus. With a focal length of 35mm and aperture of T1.4, this lens joins the family of cine lenses designed for demanding users. The reason why the 35mm T1.4 lens is not in the HyperPrime series is because T1.4 is not the fastest speed we can design for this 35mm lens.
Ever since the release of the HyperPrime CINE 12mm T1.6 lens, cinematographers have been requesting for a set of HyperPrime CINE lenses. In addition to our new CINE 35mm T1.4 lens, we will also showcase our 25mm T0.95 (MSRP: US $649) in mFT and 35mm T0.95 (MSRP: US $1,249) in mFT, X-mount and E-mount concept lenses that are based on the optical design of the HyperPrime CINE 50mm T0.95 lens.
Due to difficulty to source a particular material to manufacture the HyperPrime 23mm F1.7 for E-mount announced on December 8th 2011 it was discontinued within 3 months of launch. During this time, we have re-designed the lens, increasing image quality across the frame yet keeping the lens size and price similar to the original. The new design also supports mFT and X mount cameras.
All details concerning the optical type and physical size of the lens will be published at a later date. The SLR Magic CINE 35mm T1.4 lens in mFT, X-mount and E-mount (MSRP: US $279) will be introduced for sale in December 2012. The SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm F1.7 (MSRP: US $399) in mFT, X-mount and E-mount will be introduced for sale in February 2013.
SLR Magic CINE 35mm f/1.4
Mount : mFT mount / E mount / X mount /
Black Magic Cinema Camera mFT mount
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 70mm[mFT] 52mm[E] 52mm[X]
80mm[Black Magic mFT]
Minimum Focus Distance : 0.3m
Maximum Aperture : T1.4
Minimum Aperture: :T16
Optical Design : 8 elements, 8 groups (4 x Tantalum)
Lens Length : 70.3mm
Lens Weight : 370g
Filter Thread Diameter: 52mm
SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm F1.7
Mount : mFT mount / E mount / X mount /
Black Magic Cinema Camera mFT mount
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 46mm[mFT] 35mm[E] 35mm[X]
52mm[Black Magic mFT]
Maximum Aperture : F1.7
Minimum Aperture : F22
Optical Design : 9 elements, 8 groups (4 x Tantalum)
Lens Length : 61.3 mm
Lens Weight : 265g
Filter Thread Diameter: 49mm
P.S. Current SLRmagic lenses for the E-mount system:
SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC (here on eBay).
SLR Magic Toy Lens 28mm Bokehmorphic lens (here on eBay).
SLR Magic HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 (here on eBay).
SLR Magic 28mm f/2.8 lens (here on eBay).





David
9 months ago |o-o
Abit77
9 months ago |Nice!
Rawit
9 months ago |I’m curious how they will perform. The first version of the 23mm wasn’t even close to the Zeiss. Blurry corners at all aperatures, distortion… Hopefully Sony will offer a prime with the same focal length too, a non-Zeiss one that is.
Ray oody
9 months ago |And it’s manual ??
Rawit
9 months ago |All SLR Magic lenses are manual focus.
Booe
9 months ago |Heavy and no AF. Unless performance is stellar (and I doubt this), not interesting.
spaceman
9 months ago |Attractive for the video users I guess, but they are all too big for being manual focus lenses. The SLR Magic 35mm has got impressive specs with its T1.4 but pretty bulky, if bulk does not matter why not getting the 35mm 0.95 then, and have Voigtlander 35mm F1.4 for walk around
The manual focus SLR Magic 23mm 1.7 has about the size of the Zeiss 24mm 1.8 and weighs more, and the Zeiss is a good AF performer as well.
Although the SLR MAgic 35 1.4 is not too comparable to the SEL 35 1.8, then the Sony has got OSS and AF AND is significant smaller (almost half size in length and weight)
Gabriel
9 months ago |280$ for 35mm F1.4 (52mm equiv) is a good offer. Voigtlander is around 500$ and not in native e-mount. Sony announced price is 400$. I’m curious to see test of the SLRMagic lenses.
spaceman
9 months ago |True, the price seems to be a very strong point. For walk around it is just way too bulky for me for a MF lens to ever consider it, but esp for people with the Sony E-mount Handycams like the VG-20 etc, then it could be very interesting I guess.
Linh
9 months ago |Definitely is, assuming quality is there.
zecr
9 months ago |will this offer ff coverage?
Joel Richards
9 months ago |Yeah, these lenses have me really interested–or would have me interested except I’m dying to know how the 24mpx FF does in the VG900. Do the edges and corner totally fall apart with compact M-mount glass like the voightlanders and biogons? Manual focus doesn’t bother me if the quality this there but I’m not investing in any glass until I start seeing reviews of the VG900 because that’s where the NEX is going I’m sure of it.
kai
9 months ago |I’m pretty interested in the 23 1.7, could be a nice walk around lens.