Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Yongnuo YN 50mm f/1.8 DA DSM II Coming Soon For $135

Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8S DA DSM II: B&H Photo / Amazon Yongnuo has a new YN 50mm f/1.8 DA DSM II APS-C lens for Sony E-mount with improved autofocus from the previous version. The new lens will soon be listed on the Yongnuo Amazon store. Yongnuo is planning to announce five new AF APS-C lenses in different mounts: […]

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Full Frame Tamron 17-50mm f/4 Patent Found

Overview [Publication number] P2023092730 [Publication date] 2023-07-04 [Title of Invention] Optical system and imaging device [Application date] 2021-12-22 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000133227 [Name] Tamron Co., Ltd. Kind Code: A1 A zoom lens and an imaging device are provided which are compact and lightweight and have high imaging performance over the entire zoom range. 2. Description of […]

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PP: AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro vs Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Review

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14: Amazon / B&H Photo The AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro is quite a unique lens that Chris and Jordan decided to review and surprisingly they find the lens to be sharper than Laowa’s Probe lens. The lens is best for video AstrHori is […]

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SAB: Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Review

Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8: B&H Photo / Adorama Sony Alpha Blog posted its full Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 review which you can read in full here. You can check out the pro/cons below: Pros Very good sharpness wide open on A7RIV (61Mpix) and Excellent on A1 (50Mpix) Excellent sharpness in the centre as of F4 Smooth background blur […]

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AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro Give Away

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon AstrHori is giving away an AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro on Instagram and there aren’t many entries with only a few days left. The directions about how to enter and win are below. You can get started here. Win your 18/F8 Macro Probe Lens. ? Like this post. […]

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Voigtlander 23mm f/1.2 APS-C and 35mm f/1.4 Full Frame Patents Found

overview [Publication number] P2023090337 [Release date] 2023-06-29 [Title of invention] Optical lens system [Application date] 2021-12-17 [Applicant] [Identification number] 391044915 [Name] Cosina Co., Ltd. An object of the present invention is to provide a compact and high-performance lens by effectively utilizing an aspherical lens. Example 1 Focal length: 23.6 F-value: 1.22 Half angle of view: […]

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