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Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 Lens for Sony E-Mount - $375 (Bellingham)
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This lens offers some really amazing creative options. You've likely never used a lens this wide, and it creates such a neat way to play with depth and breadth of view. Compositions that were never possible before become possible with this. Subjects that seemed impossible to capture before, like the majesty of standing under a big tree, can be conveyed! Though a manual focus lens, it has electronic contacts which enable Sony's focus-assist technology to auto zoom in the viewfinder to nail perfect focus. And with a 10mm lens, anything from a couple feet in front of you to infinity is going to be in focus anyway. The manual focus ring is perfectly damped, and the all metal build feels great in hand and inspires confidence in longevity. Doesn't have all the distortion of a fisheye lens, in fact if you take care to level it, it can make some remarkably natural looking photos of architecture with straight lines. It's compact, and can be a great solution for having an extra wide lens in your pocket to compliment a more standard lens for when those unique photo opportunities arise.
Description:
Offering an incredibly wide field of view while maintaining a rectilinear design, the Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm f/5.6 Aspherical Lens from Voigtlander is dedicated to full-frame Sony E-mount cameras, and features an updated Heliar design to limit distortion and maintain consistent sharpness and illumination to suit mirrorless camera designs. One aspherical element is employed in the 13 elements, 10 groups optical design to control spherical aberrations and distortions throughout the aperture range. The lens also uses a manual focus design to permit fine-tuned control over focus placement, with a minimum focusing distance of 11.8", and a Selective Aperture Control System allows you to de-click the manual aperture ring for smooth, silent exposure adjustment to suit filmmaking applications.
Incredibly wide 10mm focal length lens is designed for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras and provides a 130° angle of view. It is also compatible with APS-C models where it will produce a 15mm equivalent focal length.
Rectilinear (non-fisheye) design maintains straight lines toward the periphery of the frame for a more realistic portrayal of architectural and other geometrically complex subjects.
Updated Heliar optical design helps to maintain consistent peripheral illumination, eliminate color fringing, and reduce distortion; making it ideal for use with mirrorless digital cameras.
One aspherical element is featured in the optical design to control spherical aberrations and improve clarity, sharpness, and resolution.
Manual focus design permits smooth, refined control along with a minimum focusing distance of 11.8".
Selective Aperture Control System produces a stepless, de-clicked aperture ring, which provides silent and smooth exposure adjustment that is well-suited for video application. The aperture ring can also be configured to utilize traditional 1/3-stop clicks for more intuitive tactile control over exposure settings.
Ten-blade diaphragm contributes to a smooth quality of bokeh.
Built-in lens hood guards the front lens element and also helps to control lens flare and ghosting.
Contacts transfer all Exif data between the camera and lens in order to permit full use of camera functions, including focus magnification, image stabilization, and lens corrections.