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7Artisans 10mm f/2.8 ‘Fisheye’ II lens review

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BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of November:

1. Canon R10 with 18-150mm lens (last month 2nd place)
2. Canon R50 double lens kit (last month 1st place)
3. White Canon R50 double lens kit (3th place)
4. Nikon Z30 double lens kit (7th place)
5. Sony ZV-E10II double lens kit (4th place)
6. Sony ZV-E10 with powerzoom kit lens (10th place)
7. Nikon Z50 double lens kit (12th place)
8. Sony ZV-E10 with double kit kit lens (6th place)
9. Sony A6400 double lens kit (5th place)
10. Silver Fujifilm X-M5 with kit lens (new entry)
11. Panasonic G100 with dual kit lens (9th place)
12. Canon Kiss X10 double lens kit (11th place)
13. Sony ZV-E01II with powerzoom kit lens (13th place)
14. Olympus E-P7 with double kit lens (13th place)
15. Sony ZV-E10 (WHITE) with powerzoom kit lens (was out of top 50)
16. Fujifilm X-M5 with kit lens (new entry)
17. Silver Olympus E-P7 with double kit lens (39th place)
18. Silver Nikon ZFc with 16-50mm kit lens (8th place)
19. Sony A6400 (Silver) double lens kit (14th place)
20. Canon R100 double lens kit (16th place)
21. Black Canon R50 with 18-45mm lens (18th place)
22. White Canon R50 with 18-45mm lens (22th place)
23. Panasonic G100 with kit lens (21th place)
24. Sony A6700 with kit lens (31th place)
25. Olympus E-M10IV with double zoom kit (was out of top 50)
26. Silver Fujifilm X-T5 body (was out of top 50)
27. Silver Fujifilm X-T50 with kit lens (25th place)
28. Fujifilm X-M5 body (new entry)
29. White Olympus E-P7 with kit lens (was out of top 50)
30. White Sony ZV-E10II lens kit (24th place)
31. Nikon ZFc with 16-50mm kit lens (20th place)
32. Nikon D7500 with kit lens 17th place)
33. Nikon Z30 kit lens (33th place)
34. Nikon Zf with 40mm lens (32th place)
35. Black Sony A7cII (30th place)
36. Sony A7cII with kit lens (34th place)
37. Canon Kiss X10 kit lens (was out ot top 50)
38. Canon R6II (26th place)
39. Sony A7cII with kit lens (48th place)
40. Canon RP with 24-105mm lens (29th place)
41. Fujifilm X-T50 with kit lens (46th place)
42. Sony A6400 with kit lens (was out of top 50)
43. Sony A6700 body only (19th place)
44. Canon Kiss X10 (was out ot top 50)
45. Silver Fujifilm X-T50 body (27th place)
46. Canon Kiss X10 with kit lens (35th place)
47. Panasonic G100 vlogger kit (was out of top 50)
48. Sony ZV-E10 (WHITE) double zoom kit (23th place)
49. Silver Fujifilm X-M5 body (new entry)
50. Nikon Z8 (41th place)

A couple of things you learn from that ranking:

• Brands ranking: Sony (15 camera kits) Canon (12) Nikon (8) FujiFilm (8) Om Digital (4) Panasonic (3)
• Of the 15 Sony cameras listed 7 are ZV-E10/II kits
• Only one DSLR made it into the ranking (Nikon D7500 on position 37)
• 4 Olympus camera made it into the top 50 while none of the new OM Digital cameras made it
• Panasonic L-mount camera are not present in the top

7Artisans posted some new images of the new pancake lens. The lens should be listed any time soon on their Amazon storefront.

7Artisans 18mm F5.6 pancake lens specs:

• Announcement: December 9, 2024
• Close focus: 0.3m ~ ∞
• manual focus
• Supported mounts: E / L / RF / Z
• Full Frame

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Today Cosina Japan announce the new Nokton 28mm f/1.5 FE lens. There is no pricing info and preorder will open in January only. A couple of image samples can be found on that official product page.

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Compatible with Sony E-mount
Equipped with electronic contacts, the lens usage status is reflected in the Exif information of the shooting data. In addition, since it has a built-in distance encoder, it supports 5-axis image stabilization on the camera body. It is also possible to enlarge the viewfinder by operating the focus ring.

Optimized Optical Design
In addition to ensuring a full-size image circle, the optical design is optimized for Sony E-mount sensors, maintaining high resolution even at the edges of the screen and suppressing phenomena such as color casting.

The minimum shooting distance is 0.28m
The minimum shooting distance from the subject to the imaging plane is 0.28m. The perspective unique to a wide-angle lens and the maximum aperture of F1.5 enable images with shallow focus, especially in close-up areas.

Beautiful bokeh with 12 aperture blades
A 12-blade aperture is used to make the aperture shape closer to a circle, resulting in natural depiction of out-of-focus areas and soft bokeh of point light sources rather than polygonal shapes.

Manual focus for precise focusing
The all-metal helicoid unit is machined and adjusted with high precision, and the use of high-quality grease that produces just the right amount of torque makes focusing feel smooth and allows for subtle focus adjustments.

Aperture click switching mechanism
The aperture click switching mechanism allows the aperture ring to be opened and closed steplessly without making a clicking sound. This eliminates the need to worry about the sound of the aperture ring being picked up during video recording, and also enables precise depth control by fine-tuning the aperture ring.

Main Specifications

• Mount: Sony E
• Format: Full size
• Focal length: 28mm
• Lens construction: 10 elements in 8 groups
• Maximum aperture: F1.5
• Minimum aperture: F16
• Aperture blades: 12
• Minimum shooting distance: 0.28m
• Maximum magnification: 1:6.9
• Filter diameter: φ49mm
• Size: φ62.6×55mm
• Weight: 320g