Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

New 7Artisans 75mm f/1.4

7Artisans 75mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon 7Artisans released the manual 7Artisans 75mm f/1.4, which has a pretty slick classic Leica-like design. A short-telephoto prime lens well-suited for portraits, the 7artisans 75mm f/1.4 Lens is a manual focus optic designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras. It’s suitable for creamy bokeh portraits, night shots, still life, travel, and […]

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New Viltrox 55mm f/1.8 EVO AF Coming Soon

The Viltrox 85mm f/2.0 EVO was announced a few months ago, and it seems to be a solid performer. The Viltrox 55mm f/1.8 EVO AF should have many of the same characteristics and now we know it will be coming soon because 1994sSTORE.vn posted a video of stock they have on hand. Viltrox 85mm f/2.0 […]

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SG-image 35mm f/2.2 Pancake Lens Development Sample Leaked

SG-image is working on a compact pancake SG-image 35mm f/2.2 lens, and an engineering sample of the lens leaked. Details: SG-image is developing a 35mm F2.2 lens for full-frame cameras. It’s a pancake-style lens. He says it’s the fourth version of the prototype, which should be the same as the final product. There should be […]

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New Brightin Star 35mm f/1.4 Full-Frame Manual

The Brightin Star 35mm f/1.4 is now available to preorder for E/RF/Z/L mount and is coming soon to X Mount on Amazon. F1.4 large aperture Click / De-click aperture – precise for stills, fluid for video Mount compatibility – E/Z/RF/L/X Minimum focusing distance: 0.3 m Maximum aperture value: 16 Number of diaphragm blades: 5 Lens […]

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7Artisans Announced Its New LITE Series of F1.8 APS-C Lenses

7Artisans announced 3 new lenses for APS-C cameras: 7Artisans AF 25mm f/1.8 LITE 7Artisans AF 35mm f/1.8 LITE 7Artisans AF 50mm f/1.8 LITE They are currently only available for E-mount,  but they will be listed for X-Mount soon. Follow SonyAddict on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Plus our owners’ groups Sony a1 Owners Group Sony a9 Owners Group Sony […]

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OL: Laowa 200mm f/2 Review – A Value Recommendation

Laowa 200mm f/2: Venus Optics / B&H Photo / Amazon Optical Limits published its full review of the Laowa 200mm f/2, and you can read it in full here, or you can check out the excerpt below: Pros Exceedingly sharp from f/2.8 Outstanding build quality Baffling price tag for such a lens Cons A correction […]

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