Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

First LOK: Laowa 15mm Zero-D

There are a lot of excellent Chinese lenses out there today, but Laowa’s line up is extremely impressive and a great value. I plan on adding a few of their lenses to my collection in the near future once they release their magic format converter, but until then lenses like the Laowa 15mm Zero-D are on my short list […]

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120 Degree Professional Pinhole Lens For Sony E and A-Mount on Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a great place to find and support unique new lenses if you are looking for something different to shoot. The new Pinhole Pro S-Series wide angle lenses by Thingyfy look like a lot of fun and they are inexpensive.

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Tokina FiRIN Lenses Road Map – Old News Becomes New?

It’s a slow day and I missed this the first time around so I figured I would cover Tokina’s lens roadmap since others have reported the news too me. Photorumors reported that Tokina will release: Super wide prime AF lens Fast wide prime AF lens Standard zoom OVER ONE YEAR AGO… I know others have […]

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Commlite CM-ENF-E1 Pro Nikon F Mount Lens to Sony E Mount Autofocus Adapter Firmware Version 6 Now Available

The Commlite CM-ENF-E1 and CM-ENF-E1 Pro have received firmware updates with added Sony a9 Support, but if you don’t own a Sony a9 they recommend you use Firmware version 5 for best compatibility. It seems only Pro adapters with version 6 are shipping now from Amazon though.

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Sigma CEO Yamaki-san Talks About Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary And A Future Sigma Lens

According to Sigma’s CEO Yamaki-san the Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN has glass specifically designed for mirrorless cameras and it has ART level performance. There isn’t a whole lot of information in this interview, but Yamaki-san promises that there will be a mid-level telephoto lens released for mirrorless in the future from Sigma. Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN: B&H Photo, Adorama.

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RAYQUAL Sony α Mount Adapter to Hasselblad V

Miyamoto Seisakusho (RAYQUAL) released 2 mount adapters for lenses for Hasselblad V system on November 15. For Sony E mount and FUJIFILM X mount. The price is open. Direct sales price is 27,930 yen (tax included) each. Designed with emphasis on rigidity and robustness to fit the lens for medium format camera. A tripod seat is provided as standard (detachable […]

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