20 Best Lens For Lunar Eclipse (2023 Updated)

I returned my lens in its case and the company reached out saying they were missing the case. Aka, the lens would’ve had to have been received, taken out and then claimed that the case was gone. I called them out for lying and also told them if they charge me for it I will dispute it immediately.

And they never responded to me over it. I’ve had experiences like this with Lens Rentals in the past as well when I returned two high end Cine lenses to which they claimed one was damaged (it wasn’t and our camera team was very diligent in handling the glass well and cleaning them), once I asked Lens Rentals for a photo of the damage they claimed there was they dropped it and didn’t pursue it any further.

Shady business.

This is my first ultra-wide angle lens, and in the month since I bought it I’ve really been enjoying it! With how wide it is, virtually no distortion, and the close focusing distance, makes it so you pretty much have to reprogram your brain when framing shots.

Numerous times I would get ready to take a shot, only to realize I had to get A LOT closer to whatever my subject was. The small form factor is also a huge plus, and the main reason I was drawn to it.

Anything outside of close focusing distances, you can leave the lens set to infinity and even wide open everything will be in perfect focus. There are a few cons though: My copy is a little stiff when attaching and reattaching it to the camera body.

I’m not sure if its a universal issue, but its worth noting. The vignetting is a known fault, but I’ve come to accept it as just a compromise Venus Optics had to make. Its not too difficult to adjust for when processing images.

There is also the problem with filters. While its marketed that the Laowa 9mm can accept lens filters, there is a caveat that comes with it. With such a wide focal length, screwing on filters will introduce heavy vignetting in the far corners of your image.

You might be able to get around this by using a step-up ring and substantially larger filters, but I have yet to test this. Regardless of its faults, I would highly recommend having this lens on hand.

Its small, sharp, handy, and crazy wide.

I like this lens a lot. I bought the EF mount, so that I can use it on several cameras and formats: Fuji GFX and Fuji X cameras, as well as a GFX converted to infrared. This lens covers the GFX nicely, with some pleasing vignetting, and it seems to have no hotspots with infrared photography, so it’s got that going for it.

My only issue is that on my infrared camera, the edges of the image are soft, even if I crop to APS-C format. I’m not sure if I got a soft lens or not, I’ve only heard good things about Laowa’s QC, so I ordered a second lens to be sure.

Will update here if needed, but sharpness is acceptable as is, I suppose I expected it to be razor-sharp. As to its other features, I like the small size, low weight and 67mm filter thread. Those points make it a very easy and enjoyable lens to use, and it’s a great lens for this focal length.

It works well on FF, MF and APS-C. Focusing is smooth and well-calibrated, and build quality is very good. Overall, a winner.

I bought this lens for hiking and landscape shots and had high hopes it would be my new favorite. The positives are it is well built, all metal construction, smooth focusing, very small and lightweight, no color fringing, no noticeable distortion, manual focus with markings and can be very sharp in all areas of the frame if focused properly (more on this later).

But there are a few negatives – it has significant vignetting which is fixable in post. And as another reviewer noted, the markings on the lens are not very accurate (but at least it has them to use as reference points).

Lastly, and the reason I did not ultimately keep it, is that it doesn’t seem to have as much depth of field as other lenses I own. To explain, it is pretty sharp in the middle wide open and gets even better stopped down.

I found f/11 to be the sweet spot in terms of sharpness and depth of field. At f/16 diffraction softens the whole image too much. On my copy, setting the focus at 1m mark put everything in focus from about 3-4ft to infinity (in the middle of frame).

The edges and corners are sharp at close distances, but not at moderate to long distance unless focusing farther out more towards the start of the infinity mark. But when you focus for the edges, everything from near to infinity in the center of frame goes soft.

So the only way for me to get the best performance out of the lens was to shoot for the foreground/infinity at center and then take a second shot focused for distance at edges and combine the two. Too much of a pain for me.

It was not a problem with any particular edges/corners since all were sharp at closer distances and at far distances when focused properly. The problem was getting everything in frame sharp in one shot.

For comparison, when focusing at the same point and using the same aperture, my 16mm, 20mm and 24mm all achieved good results from near to far, edge to edge. The 16 and 20mm actually had more of the frame in focus closer to the camera as well as the edges at longer distances.

In fairness, the Laowa edge performance is really good and better than some of the lenses I compared, but only when focused for those edges, sacrificing everything else in frame. I’m not sure if it’s the nature of such a wide angle or if it has something to do with lens design, but it did not work for my purposes.

If the intent is for indoor use, it is fine since nothing in the edges or corners is farther than 20-30ft.

Very well built. Very clear optics for my 12 dob. There is edge of field brightness I have seen so I gave review 4 out of 5, but for me, it’s not a huge deal. I did after purchasing, looked at Celestron’s site and they do seem to recomend this eyepiece for cassegrians.

Would definitely recommend. Thank you,OPT, for a very fast delivery!.

While I’m not really a 28mm shooter and prefer the 35mm focal length, I’ve decided I’ll make it work. The lens is spectacular. Also, the Ultron 35mm ASPH II didn’t impress me with its rather annoying mid-zone dip and harshness at apertures wider than f/5.

6. The Ultron 28mm ASPH II not only improves optically to the 35mm Ultron, but also the Summicron 28mm ASPH II. The latter being excellent and not beaten by much at all, but still, at this price point the Ultron is remarkable.

The Ultron 28mm is also built slightly better to the Ultorn 35mm. Its assembly is neater, tighter and smoother. The don’t share a simmilar assembly design. At the rear, the lens doesn’t expose the helicoid thread, meaning it not only looks aesthetically neater, but more importantly doesn’t expose the threads to crud that could potentially fowl the focus mechanism and operation feel.

The out of focus rendering of the Ultron 28mm is smoother and cleaner than the Ultron 35mm, but unfortunately it also has too much vignetting. There is ZERO difference in exposure between f/2 and f/2.

5 with exception of a slight central hotspot at f/2. But this seems typical for Voigtlander these days. The Summicron 28mm ASPH II does better for vignetting from f/2 to f/4, after which the Ultron 28mm has less than the Summicron.

Out of focus rendering of the Ultron is also smoother than the Summicron at the centre, but due to the strong optical vignetting, the Ultron can often render blur unevenly with it becoming harsher towards the edges and corners.

The lens has minor barrel distortion. It’s well corrected for colour aberration at the point of focus. High contrast. High Sharpness. High Acutance. Very resistant to flare. Fantastic to use on the M11 for landscapes with corner to corner sharpness already at f/5.

6. It has a very very small mid zone dip in sharpness that is hard to see even on the M11. I have the Ultron 28mm in the hard wearing silver chrome, and I prefer this finish to the glossy black paint.

I can highly reccomend this lens, and it is a significant cut above the Ultron 35mm if you shoot wider apertures. Cosina Voigtlander made an excellent lens here!.

I returned to amateur astronomy after a two decade hiatus this summer, thanks to Comet Neowise, and brought my Celestron “Firstscope” 80mm refractor out of storage and began using it to view the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the showcase Messier objects.

But, one thing I was missing was a Barlow–I neglected to pick one up when I bought my now classic Vixen-made 80mm. This Barlow is perfect for boosting the magnification of longer focal length eyepieces, especially a 14.

5mm one I use regularly now.

This Celestron Barlow, is very good for the price. It provides a good clear view, and doesn’t introduce any distortions or any other abnormalities that I noticed. I like to use this with my 20MM Super Wide Angle eyepiece.

With my 10″ DOB, it gives me 120X and still allows me the good eye relief to view nebula, galaxy’s and star clusters in the wide field without losing much brightness and contrast. The focus is nice and sharp.

It does feel a little on the cheap side as far as quality of construction goes. But the optics are very good, clear and distortion free and that’s what counts. It fits real nice in any Eyepiece case.

If your case has pre cut holes for the EP it will slide right down into one with no problem. I give this product 5 stars even though the construction feels a little on the cheap side. For the price, and the quality of the image, you can’t go wrong with this Barlow.

A Barlow is a very handy accessory to have in the case, and for this price, you can’t lose. A++ to Celestron. I will recommend this with no hesitation at all.

A great way to double the capabilities of your existing eyepieces. I’m just a beginner but this is an economical way to expand your magnification levels. Would recommend!

I have tried several Barlow lenses on my telescope, all under 25 and all with limitations – particularly chromatic aberration which limits the ability to focus down to the best resolution. I splashed out on this more expensive 3x Barlow lens following ‘best buy’ advice on line.

It is certainly noticably better. The image is almost as large as my x5 Barlow but there is almost no chromatic aberration and the detail is clearer. The result is a brighter sharper Mars, and because of the magnification, a less pixelated one.

It seems paying a little more is worthwhile in the world of lenses. My only caveat is that the image quality is now limited not by the eyepiece but by the rest oif the telescope. (I still cannot resolve surface detail on Mars, with my 6″ reflector.

) Any further improvement will require a lot more money! If you can afford it, I recommend this lens which looks and feels like a quality product and does the business.

Nice construction. Feels sturdy and good quality. I have used this a couple of times on my Celestron 127SLT and with an eyepiece attached this was great to view Mars. While still somewhat a dot in the sky, it was a bit larger dot that just with the eyepiece.

My main reason for purchasing was to use in with my DSLR for planetary imaging. However, I have not been able to get a good viewing like this but I don’t believe it’s the fault of the Barlow lens and rather user error.

Still a great piece to have in my telescope tool box.

This 18mm eyepiece is my second LX eyepiece. I also have the 12mm LX eyepiece. These eyepieces for telescopes and Celestron ED spotting scopes give a wide and bright image. The screw up eyecup adds to the convenience of these highly recommended eyepieces.

I use the IRIX 150mm f/2. 8 Macro lens on a Nikon D850. The lens is solidly-built, but not very heavy. Since I shoot my macro either on a tripod, a focusing rail or with flash, the lack of image stabilization is never a factor.

Additionally, macro is best done with manual focus, so the lack of auto focus is not an issue. The focusing ring is large, smooth and very easy to use at macro/close-up distances. Toward infinity, the range of movement is more limited and it takes some patience to get sharp focus.

I have used this lens also for tracked astrophotography with good results, but is best stopped down to f/5 because of some coma at the edges of the full frame. For regular use this lens appears sharpest at f/11, then f/16, then f/4.

I have noticed no chromatic aberration. The bokeh is excellent. The tripod collar is handy and works well. So far, I have found little need for the focus lock function and have noticed no evidence of a focus shift with the lens pointed downward when focus stacking.

Metering and aperture control in camera works fine. As for the most important aspect, how do the pictures look? The images have been very sharp with good detail, contrast and color all across the frame.

I am very satisfied with this lens as well as the excellent and prompt service by B&H. If I were to compare it with another one of my macro lenses I would sat that the images are sharper with this IRIX lens than with my older Nikon 200mm macro lens.

This lens is designed for macro as close as 1:1 and it certainly performs as promised.

This is a big, heavy lens, especially upgrading from the Fuji XT4 and the 16mm 1. 4 lens for example, and it is manual focus only without electric contact with the body. But. The dreamy image it produces at 1.

4-2. 0 aperture, the object separation one can reach is amazing. I have been using the GFX camera and this lens for less than 2 weeks (upgrading from the XT4 where my favorite lens was the 16mm 1. 4) so my experience is limited, but the images literally blow my mind.

And I have to say that I also have the GF 45mm 2. 8, which is lighter, sharper, with more saturation and contrast, and it has AF, but it can simply not produce the images the Irix lens can on a ‘global level (without pixel peeping).

I thought that when travelling I would only take the GF 45mm with me, as it is much lighter and smaller, but I can’t imagine leaving this lens behind when I take the camera, it is simply that good! Manual focusing on Fuji cameras is really a nice experience and the focus ring and precision on the Irix lens are perfect.

The aperture ring is non-clickable so one has to be careful not to accidentally change it while holding. But it is perfectly possible to shoot handheld, especially with the IBIS on the GFX 50S II. Highly recommended lens, not to mention that it is much cheaper than the native GF lenses and I got it reduced even more from B&H.

Alright, first things first, this is one heavy lens. Like do you even lift, bruh heavy. And it’s huge, much larger than you’d expect a lens of this focal length to be. But it’s also blessed with the most amazing manual focus ring I’ve ever seen, plus a focus lock ring on the front.

Another reviewer said something about a severe vignette, I don’t know what lens he reviewed because mine, using my GFX 50R, has such a subtle vignette that it’s a) corrected in Capture One and Lightroom in less than 2 seconds, and b) is almost invisible in real world applications.

I can wholeheartedly recommend this lens, it’s sharp, gives you a great, clean image to work with, and the price is right for a G-mount lens. Just be aware that you need to eat your Wheaties if you’re handholding this lens.

Love this lens! I own a video production company and prior to this had the Canon 50mm f/1. 8 STM and hated it. Pulling focus with a STM lens is the most terrible thing you can try to do. Pulling focus with this is super smooth and since it is longer as well it is very precise.

Build feels nice and the hood snaps into place real well. Ran some tests to see how it preformed with sharpness, contrast, vignetting, and color and liked the results. Would never shoot wide open at f/1.

4 unless I wanted that crazy look, but stopping down to f/2. 0 gets rid of a lot of vignetting and is totally usable. The sharpness is super good all the way from f/2. 0 all the way up. Great value for the money!.

This lens is a great buy, low price for great quality. The build quality is excellent, feeling very solid with its all metal build and comfortable focus ring. The focusing capabilities are outstanding, with very precise measurements and relatively close minimum focusing distance.

At f1. 4 the image can be a little soft in the corners, but nothing so extreme that the image becomes useless, and for the price as low as it is, it’s definitely a deal. Keep in mind this lens is fully manual focus so if you are a sports or nature photographer, this lense is not for you.

Overall I’m very satisfied with my purchase, and recommend this lens strongly. DONT FORGET CROP FACTOR.

This is a solid piece of optics and a lot of fun if you have time and patience. The 2:1 works well with the usual challenges of macro photography. However, one has to be aware that this lens is fully manual in every respect, there is no communication between the lens and the camera whatsoever.

On the plus-side, this being an all-metal construction, it sort of gives a back-to-the-basics feeling. At least on a Nikon, the lens always sends an aperture of f2. 8 to the camera, no matter what aperture is actually chosen.

Since you also always look through the chosen aperture (there is no automatic snap aperture), that is logical and works well in aperture-priority or manual mode. Of course, the viewfinder gets rather dark at closer apertures.

The 1-star-less-than-5 is because an automatic aperture and a communication of aperture-values could have been implemented fully mechanically with no need for CPUs or electronic connectors – at least the pro-level Nikons still support those old-style mechanical connectors, so it would have been a quick win.

BTW, if you wonder where the promised UV-filter is: it comes screwed on from the manufacturer, which is good, since otherwise the somewhat unique retracting inner lens barrel would collect dust and debris in no time.

But no, it’s not missing, it’s just already installed.

Since it arrived, I have been experimenting it in various scenarios. I have to say, it opens up the micro world in its own sense. Importantly it has to be understood and accepted that we cannot compare this with a Macro for DSLR.

It’s 2 different aspects of expectation. I decided to do away with DSLR sometime back and only focus on my phone for photography and I have not looked back at DSLR for close to 3 years already. With Moment Macro, my photography (hobby) shots have expanded widely.

I am even considering the Moment telephoto lens. To summarise it, 1. This is an amazing lens but you have to get the phone case to go with it. 2. The MagSafe for Apple Wallet isn’t that strong in its magnetic force compared to Apple leather cover.

( you cannot have the best of both worlds in reality) 3. You need a steady hand when shooting with your phone and this macro lens 4. One angle doesn’t fit all, don’t blame the lens, explore different angles and answers might be found.

5. It isn’t an Apple to Apple replacement for a DLSR Macro. So accept that first. 6. There are some photos which really might not be able to be captured. Insects that move very fast. For me I love this lens.

It’s one of the best gadget I have invested in for 2021.

This is a great lens. I find that I love using it because of its 1. 4 maximum aperture that allows me to use it for low-light situations. However, at 1. 4, you have to be very calculating about the area you want in focus, because that depth of field is indeed shallow.

I can’t even compute how much but less than a pinky finger’s thickness is right, probably a fraction of that. I purchased it because of its affordable price-point. However, I am returning it because it has opened my eyes to other f1.

4 lenses that offer autofocus. Thank you, Samyang, for this opportunity – your product is a gateway for me to the world of fast lenses. I love the professional look this lens has offered me (shallow DoF, high-level detail from having a low maximum aperture, and overall excellent image-making quality).

Only cons would be the manual-only focusing ability and the fact that the plastic rear end cap scratched easily, making me question the quality of the lens barrel.

If you are looking to get into macro photography without the expense of a new lens, this is a pretty good way to do it. It feels solid and well made, takes up very little space in your bag, and is easy to fit.

I use it on a Sigma 18 – 200mm, which is supposed to be capable of macro but this filter takes it to a whole knew level. The only minor criticism is that it doesn’t come with a case to protect it but I found an old iPod shuffle case fits it perfectly (see images).

Very happy with the results so far and would highly recommend.

A great alternative to a bulky macro lens and at a fraction of the price. Images are crisp and sharp across the whole frame and colour is reproduced accurately. For those of us who wish to travel light this is an indispensable addition to our kit to capture macro images by fitting the Marmui 330 Achromat macro lens to your lens filter mount.

As a retired professional I am very aware of the weight of our equipment and any advance to cut down weight is fantastic.

When I put all things together, I shitched on and I fould out that the menu of the adapter is in Chinese! In the users manual there was no section to describe the menu, so I could go step by step to change the language.

Finaly with a lot of attempts, I somehow changed the language. But for me it is absolutely no sense to sell a good for Europe with a menu in Chinese and no adequate users manual for changing language.

As a minimun I sould recommend to make the manu by default in English.

This lens gives me all l need to tell the story. Well build and sharp it satisfied requirement I needed from a prime lens. I plan to buy 5 more!

I loved how versatile and how well the image looks, with a more manageable sized lens like this. Also CX was on point!

I like the lens themselves for the most part. The fit as correct and the installation was pretty easy. The actual lens are nice too along with the color contrast it provides. The biggest complaint was for the price I paid for the top of line lens they offered for my frames, I expected a better finish on the edges of the glasses.

The edges were a bit sharp with excess plastic too. When I installed the lenses, the excess plastic kept ripping the microfiber clothes I used to clean it. I’m not sure of the QA/finishing process, but it’d be good to spend a few minutes to properly smooth off the edges of the lenses next time.

These Fuse lenses were an excellent and cheap replacement option. Less than half the cost of the authentic Ray Ban lense replacement. They are very good quality, the finish is nearly identical to the authentic lenses.

They fit in the frames perfectly. Sure, they arent Authentic Ray Ban branded lenses with their brand name printed on them, but I don’t care. I payed $350 for the glasses to begin with, and they wanted to charge me $110 for replacement lenses.

I’d rather have these for $45! I will definitely be buying these from now on for all of my lense replacements.

Saw this company on Tik Tok and decided that I would give it a shot. Replaced the lenses in 2 pairs of Hoven Highway glasses. Its like having a new pair of glasses. Installation was easy and they appear to have the same polarization and color as the original lenses.

Definitely a great way to save some money and reuse your favorite frames. In this day an age with companies supplies being so low this is a way to avoid new product delays and backorders. It did take about two weeks to get the lenses but they sent an email out letting me know the situation and a discount for another purchase.

Great company, great product. Thank you.

These are much more out there than I expected but I’m getting used to them now. The size actually blocks the sun well and the lenses are a good colour.