Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

LT: Rokinon AF 14-24mm f/2.8 Review – A Lens That Makes Compromises

Rokinon AF 14-24mm f/2.8: B&H Photo / Amazon Lenstips posted its full review of the Rokinon AF 14-24mm f/2.8, which you can read in full here or you can check out the excerpt below: Pros: small, shapely, and lightweight casing for these parameters, possibility of using classic filters, very good image quality in the frame centre, good image […]

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New Sirui Aurora 35mm f/1.4 and Sirui Lens Sale

Sirui Aurora 35mm f/1.4: B&H Photo Sirui has a new ultra-affordable Sirui Aurora 35mm f/1.4 listed at B&H Photo that hasn’t been announced yet, and Sirui lenses are on sale. Sirui Aurora 85mm f/1.4: Amazon / B&H Photo Sirui 40mm T1.8 1.33x S35 AF Save $100: Amazon / B&H Photo Sirui 24mm F2.8 Anamorphic 1.33X Save $300: Amazon / Adorama / B&H Photo  Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X […]

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Venus Optics Laowa 200mm f/2.0 First Look

Yesterday, we released the first images of the Venus Optics Laowa 200mm f/2.0, and today, someone posted a video on weibo carrying the lens around. This looks like it will be a great lens for every mount. Full-frame autofocus lens Weight: around 1,6 kg Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon EF first, and later Fuji X […]

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Venus Optics Laowa 200mm f/2.0 Leaked

Chinese social media weibo is blowing up with a new lens they found from what is believed to be Venus Optics Laowa, based on the identifying markings. There are a few shots of this lens, and it will initially be released for Canon, Sony, and Nikon mounts, but it will later come to Fujifilm X […]

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New Viltrox 56mm f/1.2 Pro Photos

The Viltrox 56mm f/1.2 Pro for Fujifilm mount was shown off for the first time at P&E in China, which FujiAddict covered here. We now have some more images of the lens from that event, and it is highly likely this lens will be made for E and Z mounts in addition to X mount. […]

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Sigma Done With Price Increases

We covered the announcement of price increases from Sigma here and which ended up being about 10% here. Now, Photorumors has received news that Sigma doesn’t intend to increase prices any further, so Sigma is probably going to use one of the tactics that I covered here to keep prices acceptable for consumers. Sigma lenses […]

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