Picked up mine after the video to see if I have the same results, not really. The flaring might be an issue with a defective product, the image quality is fine, i mean I got it one sale for like 30 bucks I think, but its ite, same with edge sharpness, nowwhere near this bad. But I have to agree with the focus ring being just meh and the fact a couple reviewers hyped it up to be such a great budget lens. Shouldve just gotten vintage glass tbh.
I've got a Pergear 25/f1.8 which looks identical to the reviewed lens. It has a tight match with the 24mm manual frame in the finder of the X-Pro series. I agree the ergonomics are a bit iffy but the image quality is great across the frame from wide open. It's difficult to find 25mm vintage lenses as compact as these.
I don't follow you on this one. You've clearly never shopped around for CCTV lenses, they're way worse than that. Sounds like you got a bad copy of the lens that isn't working right. I haven't had any problems with their lenses. They are some of the best. You get a lens like that for those imperfections, but I would never buy a lens that cheap unless I wanted that look.
I'm sorry, you are entitled to your own opinion, but I have been using this lens for a while and it's fine. Perhaps you received a bad copy or something, and that sucks, but what you are describing sounds ridiculous and this is nothing like a cctv lens.
Just search for 25mm f1.8 and cctv lenses come up with the same optical formula. A new company is not going to invest in developing optics that already exist, when they can just buy cheap lenses made a few miles away in Hong Kong. It's nothing new, but somehow this one feels more dishonest.
and yet all youtubers highly recommend this as a good budget lens
this video is not sponsored. lol
Picked up mine after the video to see if I have the same results, not really.
The flaring might be an issue with a defective product, the image quality is fine, i mean I got it one sale for like 30 bucks I think, but its ite, same with edge sharpness, nowwhere near this bad.
But I have to agree with the focus ring being just meh and the fact a couple reviewers hyped it up to be such a great budget lens. Shouldve just gotten vintage glass tbh.
I've got a Pergear 25/f1.8 which looks identical to the reviewed lens. It has a tight match with the 24mm manual frame in the finder of the X-Pro series. I agree the ergonomics are a bit iffy but the image quality is great across the frame from wide open. It's difficult to find 25mm vintage lenses as compact as these.
I don't follow you on this one. You've clearly never shopped around for CCTV lenses, they're way worse than that. Sounds like you got a bad copy of the lens that isn't working right. I haven't had any problems with their lenses. They are some of the best. You get a lens like that for those imperfections, but I would never buy a lens that cheap unless I wanted that look.
I'm sorry, you are entitled to your own opinion, but I have been using this lens for a while and it's fine. Perhaps you received a bad copy or something, and that sucks, but what you are describing sounds ridiculous and this is nothing like a cctv lens.
If he really found that the optical formula was identical, he would have shown both diagrams.
this sucks. how did you find out it was originally a cctv lens?
Just search for 25mm f1.8 and cctv lenses come up with the same optical formula. A new company is not going to invest in developing optics that already exist, when they can just buy cheap lenses made a few miles away in Hong Kong. It's nothing new, but somehow this one feels more dishonest.
@@dirtyoldlenses your frankness is much needed and I hope this info gets around