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The 'All Canon EF-M lenses' club

Started 5 months ago | Discussions thread
Rock and Rollei Senior Member • Posts: 2,899
Re: The 'All Canon EF-M lenses' club
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I've got them all, too. And except for the 28 and 32, at least 2 copies of each, which i need for convenience.I've also got Samyang 8mm and 300mm, Sigma 16 and 56, Laowa 9mm f2.8, Viltrox 23mm f1.4, Lensbaby Trio 28mm, 7Artisans 18mm f6.3 UFO lems, Rockstar 10mm f8 Fisheye ( this and the UFO lens are "lens in a cap" types), and the Neewer 35mm f1.7, 7Artisans 35mm f1 2 and Kamlan 50mm f1.1.

I would generally agree with your assessment, but I think the 28mm Macro is Level 2 at least. And I would introduce a tier 5 for the 18-55, "Not very good" - all 3 of mine have been poor, with one of them really bad. Conversely, the now 5 copies I've had of the much-maligned 15-45 have been pretty good - really more level 3. It actually surprised me how little copy variation there has been on all but the 18-55.

Of the non-Canon lenses, I agree with your comments for the lenses we have in common. The Samyang mirror is tier 4, the Laowa tier 2 except wide open, the Viltrox 4 wide open, then 3 and nearly gets 2 at f8. The funnies - Lensbaby and the 2 cap lenses - are off the scale. I like them, though.

Finally, the 2 35s and the 50 - these were cheap lenses I bought before the Canon 32 and the Sigma lenses were available. Probably 4 wide open, 3 stopped down, but the point of them really is their speed, so not sure overall. They don't get a lot of use these days. I do like the character of thr Kamlan, but focusing it on a moving subject at f1.1? Not so much.

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