The SPEEDMASTER 50mm f/0.95 III coming for the RF mount

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1. Is this the first native macro lens for the EF-M besides the 28mm/3.5?

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2. IDK but isn't Shoten just a (Japanese) producer of adapters? And why would they announce products from 2 different Chinese manufacturers?
   
   Speedmaster is a sub-brand from manufacturer Zhong Yi. And 7Artisans is another Chinese manufacturer. I'm confused...
   
   Otherwise really looking forward to this lens.
   Last year in march, Mitakon already announced a 50mm 0.95 lens for EF, but it turned out to be vaporware.

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3. Here's a review on that lens, in Sony mount....
   
   https://northrup.photo/zhongyi-mitakon-50mm-f0-95-speedmaster-review/

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4. IDK but isn't Shoten just a (Japanese) producer of adapters? And why would they announce products from 2 different Chinese manufacturers?
   
   Speedmaster is a sub-brand from manufacturer Zhong Yi. And 7Artisans is another Chinese manufacturer. I'm confused...
   
   Otherwise really looking forward to this lens.
   Last year in march, Mitakon already announced a 50mm 0.95 lens for EF, but it turned out to be vaporware.

   
   Shoten are a Japanese importer and distributor. Their portfolio includes the Zhong Yi Mitakon and 7Artisans lenses as well as the Techart and K&F concept adapters.
   
   It's Shoten that showcased the prototype Zhong Yi Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/.095 in Canon EF mount last year at CP+2018, see for instance

   https://twitter.com/i/web/status/968360025147273216

   and https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/eventreport/1109858.html.

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5. I assume an MF lens for the RF mount.

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6. I assume an MF lens for the RF mount.

   I would imagine, at this early stage (in 3rd party manufacturing/reverse engineering) that it would have to be manual focus. I would imagine that all of the lenses this distributor resells are manual focus. (But I do not know with certainty.)

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