Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

TechArt Pro Firmware 5.0 Released

The TechArt Pro continues to improve with firmware 5.0. below is a list of improvements and a video showing the new startup time. Camera startup speed has become faster. When storing with the adapter attached, the situation where battery reduction is fast is improved. TechArt Pro B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama via stkb

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AsahiFlex to Sony E-mount Adapter

images courtesy of DC.Watch Rayqual is producing a unique M37 screw mount adapter for AsahiFlex lenses. Asahi Flex of Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. is the first domestically manufactured 35 mm single-lens reflex camera that appeared in 1952. The mount is a screw type with a diameter of 37 mm and is often called M37 mount. This mount, […]

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Tokina FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF Shipping and Review

image courtesy of DC.Watch The Tokina FíRIN 20mm F2 FE MF is now shipping from Adorama and DC.Watch did a pretty thorough review of the lens saying that it has “Almost no extra wide-angle lens distortion with high depiction power up to the periphery of the screen.” The translated review isn’t very hard to read thankfully […]

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New Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt Lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach

New Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt Lenses from Schneider-Kreuznach World’s first Full Frame Cine Primes to offer dynamic Tilt functionality To enhance today’s dynamic cinematography, Schneider-Kreuznach introduces Xenon FF-Prime Cine-Tilt lenses. This groundbreaking new version combines similar form-factor and capabilities of the company’s popular Full-Frame Primes with added tilt function up to ±4°. By sustaining the field […]

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The Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm 5.6 Aspherical Review: E or M-Mount That is The Question…

The Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm 5.6 Aspherical is a unique rectilinear full frame lens that come for E-mount and M-mount. It is the widest of its kind produced and it caught a lot of photographers, attention when it was announced for Sony E-mount and Leica M-mount. At the time of their announcement, I highly doubted […]

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The Meike 6.5mm f/2.0 Fisheye

If you’re looking for an inexpensive ultra-wide fisheye Meike just released their 6.5mm f/2.0 fisheye. It’s available at Amazon, but if 6.5mm is a little too wide for you the 8mm f2.8 Samyang that I own is excellent and a lot of fun, but it’s a little more expensive at Amazon.

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