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SLR Magic HyperPrime 12mm lens

SLR Magic HyperPrime 12mm lens

- Rob, one of my new favorite lens companies is SLR Magic. I just love these guys. They're great cinema style lenses. - [Rob] Yeah, well you know, cinema style in the sense that they're declicked, they're fast in terms of aperture. I mean they don't have built-in rings and stuff. - A lot of those do. This particular one doesn't. - That's what I meant, yeah. But no, they're a great company. They've been making lenses for a while now that have garnered the attention of photographers and filmmakers alike. I think they're overall, as a company, they're making solid quality, well-constructed lenses that are really fast and this one that we have here, this HyperPrime, really fast, 1.6. - [Rich] Yeah, and they even have some lenses that go up to .95. I just like the quality of construction. The built-in, screw-off lens cap type. Really easy to control. Nice ability here. Now, this one is going from 1.6 to F11. And you might be saying well, why not stop down more? With a wide-angle lens, you…

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