Episode 104: Cheap Modern Lenses

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of affordable modern lenses from Chinese manufacturers and their quality.

We are back with Episode 104 of the Camerosity Podcast. Unlike the last few shows where we didn't come prepared with a topic to discuss, this time we took a suggestion from our Discord server listeners and attempted to tackle all the new lenses that keep appearing from Chinese companies, With ever faster maximum apertures and wider lenses selling for insanely cheap prices, are these lenses any good, and why suddenly is the market flooded with them? Joining Anthony, Paul, Stephen, and Mike are callers Andy Howarth, Brendon Wilson, Fernando Villava, Mark "Cletus" Widhalm, Martin Olsen, Norris Liu, Pat Casey, Robert Rotoloni, and Will Pinkham. We start off the show with a quick announcement that Fernando has started a Spanish language version of the Camerosity Podcast called "Camerosity in Spanish". They've already recorded two episodes, and if you speak Spanish, it is worth checking out what him and his guests are talking about! For this show, we briefly start off our lens episode talking about Retina Reflexes, but thankfully we don't stay distracted long as we move into the wonderful world of modern Chinese lenses. We attempt to cover different brands of lenses and what kinds of…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Eckman

Guests: Anthony, Paul, Stephen, Andy Howarth, Brendon Wilson, Fernando Villava, Mark "Cletus" Widhalm, Martin Olsen, Norris Liu, Pat Casey, Robert Rotoloni, Will Pinkham

Topics covered

• modern lenses
• Chinese manufacturing
• photography equipment
• lens reviews
• camera technology

Keywords

• cheap lenses
• Chinese lenses
• photography
• camera gear
• lens reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Camerosity Podcast, Camerosity in Spanish

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