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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Circle Lens Review - EOS G-206 Grey

Here is my review for EOS G-206 Grey circle lenses, sponsored by MukuChu. These are 14.2mm lenses in a natural style, so if you are looking for a nice everyday grey lens these might be fore you :)

This is the official photo from the EOS site:
Here are the lenses in their bottles:
And here they are being worn in different light:

Natural Light (next to window)
Direct sunlight
Indoor light
Flash
As you can probably tell, these are relatively dark and one-dimension. They are, however, a nice choice if you just want a bit of shimmer in your eyes.

Since these are 14.2mm, I did not expect much enlargement. I would have to say, though, that they look more like 14.0mm when worn. Here are some comparison pics with one lens out:

Natural light
Indoor light
Flash

There is minimal enlargement for these lenses, and the limbal ring is thin. In fact, they are barely bigger than my Solotica Hidrocor Grey!

Natural light
Indoor light
Flash

Sad sidenote: I found out that the other Solotica lens dried out when I took them out for these photos, so the pair is in the trash now. My Beaucon Jewel Pink dried up too, but I don't like them that much anyway.

Here are some comparison pics with my Neo Cosmos Glamour Blue; I am thinking of getting the greys from the same series since I really like the light color.

Natural light
Indoor light
Flash
As you can see, the G-206 Grey enlarges even less than the Glamour Blues, and looks quite dull in comparison. I think my sponsor might have sent me the wrong lenses, since I asked for the G1, which looks more like the Glamour Greys. :\

Here are all the lenses I wore in this review. The top middle is the G-206 grey right side up, and the bottom middle is the lens upside down.
In fact, I think the lenses actually look like the Migwang Aryan A21 Grey:
FINAL VERDICT:
Design: 6/10 - Dark and uninspiring, looks nothing like the ad pic
Enlargement: 5/10 - I think these are actually 14.0mm, so they are small
Comfort: 7/10 - For some reason they kind of irritate my eyes, but maybe it is just this particular pair's problem
TOTAL: 6/10 - I know I shouldn't be dissing these lenses so much since I got them for free, but they are really disappointing. :(

Thank you Mukuchu for the lenses!

2 comments:

♥ Noxin ♥ said...

Oh wow-- can't believe you don't like these lenses-- I think they look great on you! (I can see what you mean about the colour, though-- it's a bit wan.)

And yeah-- they rather look like a 'sharper' version of the Soloticas with a ring around them, oddly enough...

S'too bad you didn't get the G1 Greys-- I'd planned to pre-order them recently. o:

Ariel said...

i actually really like the lenses! especially on you :)

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