Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

LT: Sigma 200mm F2 DG OS | Sports Review – Sensational Image Quality

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 27, 2025

Sigma 200mm f/2 DG OS Sports: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Lenstips published its full review of the Sigma 200mm F2 DG OS | Sports  that you can read in full here or check out the excerpt below: Pros: a solid, sealed, and, at the same time, compact barrel for these parameters, sensational image quality in the frame centre, very […]

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Laowa 35mm f/2.8 Zero-D Tilt Shift 0.5x Macro Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 25, 2025

Laowa 35mm f/2.8 Zero-D Tilt Shift 0.5x Macro: Venus Optics / B&H Photo / Amazon Laowa’s New Tilt-Shift Lens — 35mm f/2.8 Zero-D Tilt Shift 0.5x Macro — Take Control of Every Line & Perspective Anhui, China – November 25, 2025 – Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company Limited (Venus Optics), a leading innovator in camera lens […]

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Viltrox 2x Teleconverter Coming Soon

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 24, 2025

Viltrox will soon announce a new 2x Teleconverter for Sony E-mount. The launch materials have shown up on weibo, but the official accounts haven’t posted anything about it yet. I have translated all the press materials to English, and it is great that Viltrox will support Sony’s 120fps out of the box for 1129 Yuan […]

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Updated Release Dates For The Renewed I Series For Sony E-mount and Shortages Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 20, 2025

Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the release dates for the renewed I series for Sony E-Mount, originally announced on February 24, 2025. Release date: December 11th, 2025 ■ Sigma 35mm F2 DG | Contemporary for Sony E-mount (Black) ■ Sigma 50mm F2 DG | Contemporary for Sony E-mount (Black) Release date: January 22th, 2026 […]

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE Discontinued Abroad and On Sale In The US

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 19, 2025

Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo /  Amazon / Adorama The Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE is a great lens for the price, along with the whole Tamron lineup for E-mount at this time, but it is being discontinued, according to Map Camera. The lens is currently on sale in the US, so now […]

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Voigtländer APO-LANTHAR 28mm F2 Aspherical E-Mount Lens Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: November 14, 2025

Voigtländer APO-LANTHAR 28mm F2: B&H Photo / Amazon Thank you for your continued patronage of Cosina products. Cosina announced today that it will release the Voigtländer brand’s new Sony E-mount product, the APO-LANTHAR 28mm F2 Aspherical E-mount, in December 2025. We will inform you again once the official release date has been decided. Features This […]

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