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Vello Nikon and Canon AF Adapter Deal Zone For Sony Cameras

B&H Photo added the Vello Canon EF (Save $350) and Nikon F (Save $250) Mount AF adapters to their deal zone for today only. Vello AF Nikon Compatibility Chart Vello AF Canon Compatibility Chart I have never used either of these adapters before, but above you can find the list of verified compatible lenses. You […]

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Sigma Working on MC-11 Firmware Fix For Sony a9

Translated Release: For customers using Sony “α9 (ILCE-9)” Thank you very much for your continued support of Sigma products. This time, in the combination of our MOUNT CONVERTER MC – 11 (SA – E, EF – E) and some zoom lenses to “α 9 (ILCE – 9)” which was released from Sony Corporation on May […]

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Sigma MC-11 Firmware Update

Mounts: SA-E Ver. 1.04 Update Date: 2017.05.17 ● It has become compatible with the SIGMA 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary in SIGMA mount (firmware version 1.02). ● It has become compatible with the SIGMA 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Contemporary in SIGMA mount (firmware version 1.01). ● It has become compatible with the […]

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Sony a9: The Sony a9 is Not ISO Invariant and MC-11 Canon Glass Performance

Jason Lanier released the first video demonstrating how well the Sony a9 works with the Sigma MC-11 with Canon glass and it shouldn’t disappoint anyone that plans to rely on it initially. The demonstrated performance in the above video is very impressive for adapted glass or even native glass under the shooting conditions. Below Greg Thurtle […]

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Viltrox Introduces New AF Adapter For Sony E-mount

The Viltrox NF-E1 is a new adapter from Viltrox offering: Function Viltrox NF-E1 mount adapter is designed to allow Nikon F-mount series lens to be used on Sony camera with E-mount lens. By adapter mounting it can achieve functions of EXIF signal transmission, AF(autofocus) and adjustable aperture,etc. Feature *    Gold-plated electronic contact, Auto-focus function, *    It can […]

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KMZ-Zenit lenses: Zenitar 50mm f/0.95, 50mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2 and More

Photorumors reported the return of the Russians to Lens manufacturing and some of their up coming lenses are looking pretty compelling. Lomography-Zenit New LZK 1948+ 5cm f/2 L39/M (a modernised Jupiter-8) Lomography-Zenit New Jupiter 9+ 85mm f/2 L39/M (those two following the New Russar+ 20mm f/5.6 and New Jupiter 3+ 50mm f/1.5) Belairgon 90mm f/8 and […]

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