Meike 35mm F1.7 Manual Focus Prime Lens for Micro 4/3 MFT M4/3 Compatible with Olympus and Panasonic Mirrorless Cameras GH4 GH5 GH6 GH7

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. I almost gave up on my m43 camera. It's an older one that was kind of cheap even when it came out but it's still cheap and anywho I'm just now getting into photography and I was beginning to think that maybe this camera wasn't for me because I just couldn't figure out what to do with it. This lens changed everything instantly. The camera's autofocus isn't great and as a result manual focus lenses work better. For reference it is a Yi M1 mirrorless micro four-thirds camera. I don't have any reference photos yet because I was just taking test shots in my apartment because I literally just got it like an hour ago. I will try to remember to update this review after I go to the park tomorrow. But regardless, I am a very beginner photographer and chances are my photos are going to suck right now. So does it take great pictures? I don't know, I don't care. It's easy to use and that's what I need right now for learning.

My Panasonic Lumix lens is lost with USPS, so I went with this lens. Seen the mixed reviews and thought it was worth a shot. Works good for a point and shoot lens. Easy to adjust. It fit my Lumix G85 pretty well. It wasn't the smoothest to put on, but I also didn't have to force it on either. I'll share my unedited pics so you can see what image quality to expect. Some shots were close up, some a few feet away and some from far away. Overall, I'm happy with this affordable lens.

looks awesome. handles low light pretty well.

I bought this for my Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 to replace the original 14-42 kit zoom lens that came with the camera. The zoom was nice, sharp, and fully auto - but it was also slow (f3.5 max), long and cumbersome. I wanted smaller and faster, near ‘pancake’ style lenses, so I decided to try the two inexpensive independent manufacturer fixed length lenses available on Amazon (the other is the 25mm f1.7 7Artisans, which is still on it’s way from China). As a photographer for over 40 years, I can say it’s a nice, simple, ‘old school’ style lens - VERY solidly made of apparently machined aluminum (specs say copper core as well), and nice multi-coated glass. The focus barrel rotates very smoothly with no grind spots, and the diaphragm also opens and closes very smoothly. The focus turn is about 5” overall, which is a good standard length for manual focus lenses - it gives more precise focus than a short throw, and once you set focus the barrel stays put, with no slip or movement. The same can be said of the stop ring, which has no ‘click’ stops, but that doesn’t bother me. I assume that choice of manufacture was made either to simplify build, keep costs down, or for ease of use as a video lens to be able to smoothly change exposure during shooting. Either way, I don’t view it as a problem, although you need to take care not to shift your f/stop accidentally - you actually need to pay attention to what you’re doing! From the brief testing I’ve done, the glass is decently sharp with nice color saturation and contrast. For use with M4/3 cameras, it gives very good results for the price. For photographers who don’t mind doing the work (instead of leaving everything to the camera on AUTO), and for that ‘lomography’ camera vibe while keeping the convenience of digital, I think it’s a terrific buy.

I just bought the Olympus OM-D e-M10 Mark II mirrorless camera and this lens to go with it. I was not inclined to pay a lot of money for an automatic lens. I am very pleased with this manual lens. It is well built and very easy to focus. Adding the focus peaking and magnifier features from the camera makes focusing extraordinarily easy. My focus is always dead on and quick, and leaves me little reason to want to use an automatic lens. After having taken over a thousand pictures with this lens, I can say that it lens produces superb pictures. You will not be short changed by using this lens. As with any lens, a little Photoshop or Lightroom editing will bring the most out of your pictures. For group shots, I do have to step back quite a distance to take the photo, but that is okay. I manage. There seems to be a misconception among many (even some experts) that these manual lenses cannot handle motion pictures well. Nothing can be further from the truth. I have attached a couple of pictures with movement. I have been able to take numerous motion pictures with no problem, using focus peaking and the proper settings. I think it actually does better than an automatic - the camera never has to search for focus. The focus peaking makes it quick and effortless.

Love the way this lens shoot clearly with nice bokeh. The pics were set at F2 as I recall. The lack of clarity to more of the photo has more to do with my eyesight looking at the screen than it does the lens. I have to figure out how to get focus peaking set!

Does a great job, manual lens no frills but is nice and clear and does a fantastic job

This 35mm lens is great for short range indoors shots because of the wide possible aperture. It also is fine on longer shots outdoors, but unless you know how to manage the manual focus easily, it doesn't work so well for action shots. I bought it and its brother, the 50mm lens from mike for less than $200 for both so I can practice with manual focus lens. My only disappointment is that my Panasonic camera does not report the aperture because (I guesss) it isn't a Panasonic lens. From my perspective, it takes fine photos; I have no issues with focusing the lens and the focus stays where I put it.

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On est toujours septique pour ce genre d'objectif à faible prix et de fabrication chinoise. Mais Wow: il fonctionne très bien. Belle fluidité des mouvements (ouverture et focus). Pour un Olympus E-M10-III, en mode manuel, c'est excellent. L'objectif est plus lourd que celui d'origine, mais l'équilibre demeure très bien. L'avantage, c'est qu'il n'y a rien de motorisé, rien qui ouvre. Mon objectif Olympus (14-42) est mort après 5 jours de tempête de sable dans le désert Nubien. Donc, cet objectif fixe devrait limiter ce genre de problème. Je le recommande sans hésitation

Fantastic little lens for the price It's a manual focus, manual aperture prime for $100. Works great on my OM-D E-M10 mk2, and have a blast every time I use it. Focus ring can get a little stiff, and the aperture ring has no clicking locks, but it's just something you'll get used to. Lens elements seem fairly crisp, with no fogging or anything

I bought a used camera body that came with no lens. This takes nice pictures and is very compact lens. There are no electronics in this lens however. So your camera will be manual only operation of of both the aperture and the focus. The shutter speed will be controlled by the ISO settings on the camera body.

Dandy lens for the price