Mitakon Zhongyi 200mm f/4 Macro: $400 L-Mount Long Glass

Four hundred dollars for a 200mm macro on L-mount sounds like a trap, but Mitakon Zhongyi has form building niche manual glass that delivers where it counts. The real pitch here isn't the price, it's the working distance. Two hundred millimetres lets you shoot insects, jewellery, or food without casting a shadow or spooking anything alive. If you're on Lumix S or Sigma fp and need a dedicated macro without dropping Leica APO money, this is worth fifteen minutes of your time.