Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

TTArtisan 50mm f/1.2 Silver Announced

TTArtisan announced its silver TTArtisan 50mm f/1.2 and it will be available for X-mount soon via B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Additional information: E\EOS-M\X\Z\L\M43-Mount Lens Aperture Range: f/1.2 to f/16 Focusing Method: Manual Focus Operation Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.5m Focus length: 50mm Filter size: 52mm Max aperture: F1.2 Min aperture: F16 Frame type: APS-C/M43 Focus type: Manual The closest […]

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Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE Firmware Update V2 Adds Linear MF Control

Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Samyang Lens Station: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Samyang/Rokinon has added a new Linear MF Control to the Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE in firmware version 2. You will need a lens station to do the frimware update which you can download here and […]

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Venus Optic Laowa Anamorphic Lens Teaser

Laowa has been one of my favorite third-party lens companies for a while now and I can’t wait to see what they do with their Anamorphic lens lineup. The new lineup will be available soon directly from Venus Optics. Follow SonyAddict on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Plus our owners’ groups Sony a1 Owners Group Sony a9 Owners Group […]

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Laowa 0.7X Focal Reducers For Probe Lens PL and EF Mount Announced

24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe: B&H Photo / Amazon / Venus Optics Anhui China, 4 April, 2022 – Venus Optics, the camera lens manufacturer specializing in making unique lenses for photographers and cinematographers, is thrilled to announce the new 0.7x Focal Reducer for 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe. It reduces the crop factor when using probe lenses on APS-C/ Super35 and Micro Four […]

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DPR: MonsterAdapter LA-KE1 Pentax AF Adapter

The MonsterAdapter LA-KE1 has been around for a while but DPR posted a very in-depth review of the capabilities of the adapter that you can read here. In short, you won’t get native performance out of the adapter and it won’t support every last lens, but it is good enough to take advantage of some […]

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Big Tamron Savings

Tamron 20mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 Save $50: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Tamron 24mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 Save $50: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Tamron 35mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 Save $50: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD Save $80: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD Save $100: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Tamron 17-70mm […]

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