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Venus Optics Will Unveil 8 New & Unique Laowa Lenses at Photokina 2018

Venus Optics unveil 8 new & unique Laowa lenses in Photokina, including the 25-100 T/2.9 Professional Cine Lens Together with the 4 new lenses showed earlier in Beijing P&E, a total of 12 new Laowa lenses will make their Europe debut in Venus Optics’ booth in Photokina (Hall 2.1, D-040) Anhui China, Sept 21, 2018 […]

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Voigtlander Color-Skopar 21mm f/3.5 Aspherical Announced For E-Mount

Main features:  ● Sony E mount compatible With  electronic contacts, lens usage status is reflected in Exif information of shooting data. In addition, because it incorporates a distance encoder, it supports 5-axis camera shake correction on the camera body side. It is also possible to enlarge the viewfinder by operating the focus ring.  Optimized optical design 採用 […]

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New Mirrorless Sigma Lenses Coming Soon

Sigma 28mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Sigma 40mm F1.4 DG HSM Art Sigma 70-200 mm F 2.8 DG OS HSM Sports Sigma 60-600 mm F4.5 – 6.3 DG OS HSM Sports Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary

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Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE Back in Stock and More

The Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE is back in stock at Amazon and should follow at B&H Photo and Adorama. It truly is a great lens for the price and I have used mine for Astrophotography and Portraiture so far and love the results. If you want a versatile high quality zoom the Tamron is currently […]

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Shoten CRF-SE II (C) and CRF-SE II (S) Adapters

On September 14, Focus Kobo Co., Ltd. released the mount adapters “CRF-SE II (C)” and “CRF-SE II (S)” of its own brand SHOTEN. It uses brass material and realizes durability, rigidity and high mounting accuracy. Both suggested retail prices are tax 35,000 yen. Both products are equipped with a helicoid with a payout amount of 8 mm. As […]

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Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S18: Camera Obscura Photography

Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S18 reminds me of the pinhole cameras that I used to make as a kid for 35mm film. They can be a lot of fun and photographing at low ISO can be interesting with them. Of course, you can always sacrifice a lens cap to make your own, but if you would […]

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