It seems Metabones has heard the call of their customers and addressed their concerns. The last firmware update treated lenses as “native” by default instead of “green.” Now you have an option to opt into “Native” mode, which unlocks the new enhanced features if your camera supports them. “”Native” was an informal term referring to a […]
Meyer-Optik announced a new Trimagon f2.6/95 portrait lens. Here are the main specs: Light intensity & focal length: f2.6-22; 95mm Optical design: 3 elements in 3 assembly units Angle of view: 25° Filter diameter: 52mm Optical assembly as a classic triplet | 3 lenses/3 units Iris diaphragm with 15 specially calculated steel aperture blades with special […]
Last weekend, I was invited to shoot another burlesque show organized by Cupcake Burlesque, and it was a good test of what the TECHART Pro adapter can do. The adapter is surprisingly fast when autofocusing M glass like my 50mm Sumilux in low light and super sharp. The one issue I experienced was my camera […]
Kenko Co., Ltd., to add it possible to mount the Old lens to the latest mirror-less camera to the lineup of “Kenko mount adapter”, for Contax / Yashica mount lens and the Canon FD mount lens, 2016 we started from the sale June 25. via Kenko
Dpreview: “We’ve tried out the new firmware on a Smart Adapter IV paired with a few lenses (Canon 35mm F1.4L II, 70-200 F2.8L II IS, Sigma 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm F1.4 Art) on the Sony a7R II. Phase-detect functionality appears to be limited to a very small central regions, which means lots of hunting if […]
Press Release: Metabones® Adds “Native” AF and Smooth Iris to EF Mount Speed Boosters® and Smart Adapters™ by Firmware Upgrade Vancouver, Canada, June 23, 2016: Metabones® releases Metabones App 2.3, a major firmware update with the following additional features. Eye-AF (A6300/A7series). Fast contrast detect AF for all E-Mount cameras. DMF (direct manual focus) for E-Mount cameras, where the camera switches […]