Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Metabones® Firmware Pushes A7 Mark III Maximum AF-C Frame Rate up to 10 fps

Vancouver, Canada, June 24, 2019 – Two years ago, Metabones® added support for Sony A9 with a maximum continuous autofocus (AF-C) frame rate of 10 fps by firmware to its EF-E Speed Booster® and EF-E Smart Adapter™ lines of fully-electronic adapters. Today, the same feat is extended to A7 Mark III.

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Sigma 35mm f/1.2 Prime Coming

An account that leaks and gives credit on weibo released some news earlier today about an upcoming Sigma 35mm f/1.2 lens coming to Sony E-mount in July. This leak has been repreted by other leakers on weibo This will be one of their first lenses designed for mirrorless and there should be more to come […]

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Small Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE Update

I’ve been contacted about the Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE that was recently teased and it sounds like the announcements and preorders will start this week with European pricing being 999 euros and China being 7,800 yuan so we can probably expect $899-999 in the US. This will be a great lens to […]

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Sony Makes Canikon Reality By Accident: The Dr. Frankenstein Canon/Nikon AF Adapter by Techart

When the Techart Sony E to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter was announced I wondered if it would be possible to use a Canon EF to E-Mount adapter in conjunction with the Techart… It turns out you can! It’s been demoed with an old discontinued Techart EF to E-Mount adapter that most of us forgot about […]

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE Teaser

Tamron teased the 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE on weibo the other day to kick off the weekend. It says we will see you next week. Hopefully, they are serious about us getting more news about the 17-28mm’s announcement because many sites have made up announcement dates to that have come and gone. At […]

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Techart Sony E to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter (TZE-01)

Guangzhou China, Jun 20, 2019 – Techart, who has previously launched the first autofocus adapter for manual lenses, has unveiled another groundbreaking product, Techart Sony E to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter (TZE-01). The new TZE-01 is the world’s first autofocus adapter that allows Sony E-mount lenses to retain the Automatic Focus functionality when used on […]

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