Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Laowa is Teasing Two New 0.95 Lenses as Coming Soon

Laowa is teasing two new 0.95 Laowa Argus lenses coming 10/25. When the picture is brightened up it is clear they tried to obscure the labels, but you can see that one lens is labeled MFT for micro 4/3, but the other lens has its label obscured more. Laowa has some interesting 0.95 designs on […]

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AstrHori is Rumored to Announce a Manual Focus Telephoto Lens Soon

Nikonrumors received a report that AstrHori is going to produce a manual focus telephoto lens for Z mount, but I have been informed this design will be used for other mounts too. I am curious if it will be a mirror lens since a lot of the better Chinese lenses with a lot of reach […]

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TTartisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt Lens Now Available on Amazon

The TTartisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt that was announced the other day is now Available on Amazon

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Sigma Lens Patents Found For Sigma 17-40mm f/4 OS and Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4 OS

Patent application for optical systems such as Sigma “18-50mm F2.8-4 OS” and “17-40mm F4 OS” Overview [Public number] P2022158386 [Release date] 2022-10-17 [Title of Invention] Imaging Optical System [Application date] 2021-04-02 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000131326 [Name] Sigma Corporation Kind Code: A1 A compact image forming optical system having a small open F value over the […]

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New TTartisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt Lens

TTartisan just announced a new TTartisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt lens for Sony E-mount and L-mount with an X-mount edition coming soon. The lens is only $199 and should be available soon on Amazon.

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Sony Fish Eye Zoom Patents Found

Sony 7.5-13mm F2.8, 8-14mm F4, and 11-16mm F4 fisheye zoom lenses Overview [Publication number] P2022155067 [Release date] 2022-10-13 [Title of Invention] Zoom lens and imaging device [Application date] 2021-03-30 [Applicant] [Identification number] 000002185 [Name] Sony Group Corporation A zoom lens that is compact, lightweight, and has high optical performance suitable for shooting moving images, and […]

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