Gonz wrote:
Well the Venus (Laowa) 60mm 2.8 macro lens (2:1) came. I'm very impressed with the packaging. It comes with a nice protective pouch, but the very nice thing was that it came in a vacuum packed wrapper around the lens, assuring that no dust would get in at any time. It also came with a clear front filter, a nice touch. The lens feels very solid and well built. No rattling and its nice and hefty too. The focus feels smooth and just the right amount of resistance. Tried a few pics with it and its extremely sharp. I am going to post some pics here but so far it is an amazing lens for the price. The stop-down metering does not bother me. I suppose it could get a little problematic in situations where the subject is dynamic, like a bug or something.
By stop down metering, do you mean like old m42, where you have to stop it down to meter? Or rather that there isn't a lever to stop down the lens when you take a photo, so the aperture is physically what is set on the ring? How does that work in live view? My guess is that live view doesn't even notice.
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