Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.2 LAB FE Orders Started and Reviews

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 17, 2025

Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB: B&H Photo / Amazon The Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB was announced yesterday, and it can be ordered from several retailers today.

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Sony 800mm f/5.6 and Sony 400mm f/4 Patents Found With Sony 400mm f/2.8 and 500mm f/4 Filling

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 17, 2025

Sony 400mm f/2.8 FE: B&H Photo / Amazon/ Adorama Patents have been filed for a Sony 800mm f/5.6 and a Sony 400mm f/4 that were filed alongside the Sony 400mm f/2.8 and 500mm f/4. You can check them out below. overview [Publication number] P2025063175 [Release date] 2025-04-15 [Title of invention] Optical system and imaging device [Application date] 2025-01-14 [Show […]

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Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 16, 2025

Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB: B&H Photo / Amazon Viltrox announced the Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB, which we have been covering for quite a while. 1. HyperVCM Motor: Speed Meets Precision Powered by Viltrox’s proprietary HyperVCM motor, the lens achieves 150% faster focus than traditional STM systems, with micron-level accuracy and lightning-fast 100ms near-far focus transitions. Ideal for capturing […]

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Sony A1, A1II, and a9III Firmware Updates Released

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 16, 2025

ILCE-1 Firmware 3.01 Benefits and Improvements Download Here Fixes an issue where setting Recording Media to Sort Recording may cause a restart during still image capture Fixes an issue where the button registered with Recall Custom Hold may not be accepted ILCE-1M2 Firmware 2.01 Benefits and Improvements Download Here Fixes an issue where setting Recording Media to Sort Recording may cause a restart during […]

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Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical IV, NOKTON 40mm F1.2 Aspherical II, and NOKTON 50mm F1.2 Aspherical II Updates Coming!

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 15, 2025

The Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical IV, NOKTON 40mm F1.2 Aspherical II, and NOKTON 50mm F1.2 are generally M-mount lenses, but I love this line of lenses natively and adapted. I have always found the Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical to be magic, and I have owned every edition of it for M mount. You […]

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Sigma I Series Supply Shortages

By Louis Ferreira | Published: April 14, 2025

Apology regarding the supply situation of the “Sigma I Series (Renewal 3 Models)” Thank you for your patronage of Sigma products. We have received more orders than we expected for the “Sigma I Series (Renewal 3 Models),” which is scheduled to be released on Thursday, April 24, 2025, and production is unable to keep up […]

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