These lenses are full plastic
lenes from Lomography. As they are for Micro Four Thirds cameras, they are not shown on the Sony A7. Just to be able to test the lenses, I bought two cheap Olympus MFT cameras described here. Link opens in a new window.
You don't need an Adapter on MFT cameras, the lenses fit the Micro Four Thirds mount directly.
Box
Box open-
3 lenses and covers.
What's in the box: 3 lenses, 3 covers, 3 back covers, colour filters and a big instructions sheet, not shown in the picture.
The filters have to be inserted to the back of the lenses,
The lenses have a typical Lomography ever ready shutter with N (~1/100s) and B setting...
...and a switch to keep the shutter permanently open for ordinary use
on electronic cameras. This switch has to be pushed with some force.
The Fisheye lens on the camera. It's 160° (~6mm, which would be 12mm full frame) and its aperture is F8.
The wide angle lens.
Wide angle lens on the camera. It's 12mm, which would be 24mm full frame and its aperture is F8 as well.
Standard lens.
Standard lens on the Camera. It's 24mm, which would be 48mm full frame and its aperture is F8 again.
I bought the set from a photo dealer, new, in its original box. But
obviously this was new old stock, they are sold out at Lomography's.
The lens that I most wanted, the 12mm, is defective. I asked the
Lomography service for help, but the couldn't help at all. So some gereral words about Lomography and their service: There is a
2-year warranty, at least in Europe. My personal experience with their
service is very good. As most of their cameras are made of (cheap)
plastic, there is no repair, they just exchange your defective camera.
You have to send it in to their Vienna office at your expenses, which is
not cheap if you are not based in Austria, but they try to compensate
by adding film or so to the return. You absolutely need a proof of
purchase, there was heavy abuse by fraudulent customers they told me.
So if you buy second hand or your camera is gift, be sure to put your
hands on the proof of purchase. After the 2-years warranty period
it's over. They will try to help for the expensive not-so-plastic
cameras like the LC series, but for the rest there is no repair. Keep
this in mind for the prices you pay for older gear.
I will try to repair the lens. So there are no sample pictures yet...
