Ever hear of a Meike 25mm T2.2 Cine Lens??

[Paul Kepner]

I recently found a lens online made by a company called Meike. They are making what they call a 25mm T2.2 cine lens that has a native M4/3 mount and they are saying it will be available in E and EF later. Have any one heard of this lens or tried it out? All I find are releases about it that are almost a year old but I cant find any reviews about it anywhere. It looks almost like a Veydra lens. Any input about it would be much appreciated.

Thanks!
Paul

 

[Nick Gardner]

Sure looks an awful lot like this no? Different branded Veydras?

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/used...MIrfW0-eix3QIVikwNCh2Q-QAwEAQYASABEgJZjvD_BwE

 

[Paul Kepner]

It looks exactly like it!

 

[David Peterson]

I'd loved to see a head to head review of this against the Veydra, but I suspect they're actually very different

 

[Paul Kepner]

I would love to see a head to head comparison as well. It looks interesting for sure.

 

[Paul Kepner]

I made a review on the 16mm T2.2 lens that Meike has out.

https://youtu.be/swHkerVvXGo

After using these lenses for awhile I have have really appreciated the quality of images these give. I have started selling these lenses directly. I was told the 12mm and 35mm will be released around the June/July time frame.

 

[Phil Holland]

but I suspect they're actually very different

You're in for a surprise, they are identical. But yeah, there's a whole lot of "badness" surrounding this particular story.

 

[Paul Kepner]

You're in for a surprise, they are identical. But yeah, there's a whole lot of "badness" surrounding this particular story.

What is this Badness that your mentioning?

 

[Bob Gundu]

What is this Badness that your mentioning?

Yeah I got a hint of what was up. Seems like a lot of companies are going the TILTA route.

 

[paulcurtis]

The image circles on these are quite small as well. Especially with the wider ones. I don't think they even hit APS-C. I don't think you'd see an EF version because the flange distance is too great. Ideally a Leica M version would be nice because then we could mount them at least and it would be physically possible too.

Lens Rentals did a MTF on the Veydra ones and got really good results. I loved the size of them.

cheers
Paul

 

[Aaron Green]

Yeah I got a hint of what was up. Seems like a lot of companies are going the TILTA route.

Interested in hearing more about this.

 

[Paul Kepner]

Same here

 

[John David Pope]

https://ymcinema.com/2019/04/11/whats-the-idea-behind-the-fb-campaign-boycotttilta/

 

[Dan Kanes]

Not Lens related, but some research related to control interfaces for this Tilta thing

2012
https://vimeo.com/46275147

(fair enough the wireless function on this only worked sometimes, and a person has to be capable of reading Red menus to understand how to use this)
BRUH! This is so good it has a Histogram Exposure tool built in!

2014
https://vimeo.com/105593850

2015?
https://www.red.com/dsmc2-sidekick-camera-control

2018
https://vimeo.com/289717285

2010
https://vimeo.com/13837128

Regarding Meike Vs Veydra

There are highly likely some issues here that people who aren't me know a lot more about, and indeed if this is Stolen IP being sold by someone not authorized to sell it as it appears to be, I do strongly believe the Law will Quash it appropriately.