Just announced: new Pergear 14mm f/2.8 II

Pergear announced the new improved 14mm f/2.8 II Full Frame manual focusing L-mount lens (preorder here).

Press text:

The Pergear 14mm F2.8 Ultra-wide lens is designed for Full-frame Sony E-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Canon RF-mount, and Leica L-mount mirrorless cameras, but can also be used with APS-C models where it provides a 21mm equivalent focal length.

13 Elements in 9 groups, 2 aspherical elements and 5 ultra-high refractive index glass, 10 aperture blades help to control distortion and spherical aberrations for improved sharpness and accurate rendering. 3 extra-low dispersion elements are used to reduce colour fringing and chromatic aberrations in order to produce high clarity and colour accuracy.

Impressively wide 114° angle of view pairs with a rectilinear design, which renders subjects with minimal distortion in order to suit the landscape and architectural applications.

The bright f/2.8 aperture is designed to suit work in a variety of lighting conditions and also for controlling depth of field and isolating subject matter. The Nine-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality.

Manual focusing design and a minimum focusing distance of 22cm suit working with close-up subjects. The clicked aperture ring is stepped with the right amount of resistance and click, marking full stops from F/2.8 to F/22.

Equipped with an 82mm filter adapter, the Pergear 14mm F2.8 II provides versatility in terms of creative options. You can easily attach filters to enhance your images and experiment with various effects.

First impression about the use of the new DJI LiDAR on the Lumix S1H

Asobinet reports about a hands-on testing of the new DJI LiDar system when combined with the S1H:

  • Combination of LUMIX S1H and LiDAR
  • No need for calibration, can be used directly
  • The RS Pro3 and LiDAR aren’t cheap, but this whole package, the S1H, is very cheap and the overall image quality is a very good result.
  • Not a bad shooting solution
  • I don’t think you need a stabilizer
  • For now, only RS3 Pro supports LiDAR
    → other support can be expected with updates
  • LiDAR to gimbal, gimbal to camera connection
  • 1: LiDAR captures the subject
    2: Camera focuses on the subject
  • Not only follow focus
  • Focus performance can be improved no matter how dark it is
  • Compatible with LUMIX S5II
  • Currently not compatible with Micro Four Thirds
  • LUMIX S5 is not currently supported