MEKE 25mm T2.2 Cine lens for Olympus/Panasonic Lumix and BMPCC 4K Zcam E2 GH5

I got this lens just a few days ago but I wanted to come right back and write a review for it. Out of the box, it feels like a quality lens. I was pleasantly surprised with the heft and weightiness to the lens and the full metal body makes it feel like a much more expensive lens. I have some Rokinon primes and honestly, with their plastic housing, I feel like they would break if I dropped them from a few inches. This lens from Meike doesn't feel like that at all. I am using it on a GH5 which essentially makes this lens a 50mm and it is plenty fast to capture what I need at T2.2. Definitely recommend checking out this lens if you shot with M43. Will update the review as I use it more but so far I am very impressed with the build quality and initial image quality.

Love it

Having used DSLRs for a long time, the lens change going into primarily manual focus for film has been a need of mine for a long time. The lens is heavy, feels unbreakable, and is super smooth in both focusing and changing your aperture. Now, this isnt a lens where you can track focus hard, but the type of lens that it is doesn't call for that type of action. All in all, affordable, solid, beautiful.

I bought a set of these lenses- the 12mm, 25mm, and 50mm and I think they're amazing! Though, after a few days, I noticed that the 25mm had a grinding noise in the focus gear, so I requested an exchange because it seemed like it was a defect with just that lens. They promptly sent me a replacement, but when it arrived- it seemed like they sent me a previously returned lens that hadn't been cleaned or inspected before reselling it. Everything was sloppily thrown into the box, the rear lens cap was there, but not attached, and there is dirt and hair on the lens. The reason I'm giving 1 star is because the seller wouldn't allow me to do another exchange. I have to return the item and wait the 3-5 business days for them to receive it for the refund to hit, and then wait another 2 days to receive the new item when I order it. All this time I'm without a lens for my projects.

I use mainly vintage lenses with my BMPCC 4K but the add a brownish tint to my image however I decide to buy this one and I'ts the best buy I've ever done specially for my camera and the type of work that I do which is interviews and cinematic shots. great price and great buy.

Can’t believe it’s this cheap. Really sharp, comparable to the Veydra lenses if you ever used them. I got both the 16 and 25mm and use them for professional gigs. Pull the trigger at the price pint you’ll be happy you did.

I love this lens the throw is excellent and smooth. I decided why buy a booster why not use the 4/3 mount. If you need more area back up. Seriously, full frame means nothing.

While it is an affordable lens for the money, there are some quality control issues that drives me crazy. First the lens mount fits loosely on the camera body, which you’ll notice an unacceptable amount of play when adjusting the aperture or focus. Next the focus ring is really stiff compared to the 16mm version of this lens, so you’ll definitely see the lens play in the mount and see it in the footage when racking focus via a follow focus system. Lastly specks of dust can be seen on the glass elements when shining a light into the lens, however in my experience is not noticeable in my footages. Despite all of the issues the lens will indeed produce a clean image when working within these limitations.

I had convinced myself that, for the low price, I was going to be disappointed. But, nothing can be further from the truth. The only dissapointment I have is that I'm never going to have any money in my pocket because I'm now trying to convince myself to buy other Meike cine lenses. Want further proof of how good they are? Try and buy a second hand one... you won't be able to find one because once people see the quality they keep them. A fanastic lens at a great price. Nothing to think about, just buy it!

I'm running this Lens on my BMPCC4k, its wide aperture makes for some unbelievable low light filming, focus gear teeth on the lens work great with the Moza Ifocus motor, I'm definitely building a lens kit around this line now.

Exceeded expectations in its build quality. Amazing lens and the price is just an added bonus. Arrived lightening fast too!