I was at work, so didn't have a good google lol will try again
Recent Bower lenses are rebranded Samyang lenses from Korea and they are suprisingly good, well beyond the cost. Older lenses may not be as good as the newer designs.
Some of the sweet ones are the 8mm fisheye, 85mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4
One point to note, if you are particularly interested in manual focus lenses, Voigtlander lenses (now made by Cosina in Japan) are not that much more expensive in Australia. In fact Australia is about the cheapest source of these lenses and the Australian distributor, Mainline Photographics has been able to secure very good terms for the local market.
Cheers
PeterB666
Olympus Pen F with Metabones Speed Booster and Laowa 12mm f/2.8 or Voigtlander 10.5mm f/0.95 or Nikon D800 with the Laowa 12mm f/2.8. The need to keep in touch with the past is a Nikon Photomic FTn or Nikon F2A and a Nikkor 25-50mm f/4 AI
Thanks pete. I was looking at a 35mm 1.4 from the US for about $500! Very tempting
BTW - do note that MF in a modern AF camera is quite often a pain in the preverbial due to the lack of a split prism screen. It is a slow and considered process.
So do u think it it's worth buying!
If you are comfortable using MF lenses.
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ive heard good things bout... i think the samyang 8mm? not entirely sure.