Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Kenko Mount Adapters coming June 25th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 27, 2016

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

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DPReview Explains Metabones New Firmware

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

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 […]

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Metabones Firmware Adds Native AF

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

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 […]

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Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of June 15th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2016

I came across this list of E/FE lens when looking to see what is available natively for Sony cameras. John over at DPReview created the original list and was kind enough to grant us permission to share it on SonyAddict. I hope that he will keep us up to date in the future and that this […]

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Introducing The TECHART PRO

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 18, 2016

I received the new TECHART PRO a few days ago and so far I am impressed. This will be my first review on Sony Addict and I hope to make it a rolling one as I gain access to additional M glass. If there’s anything you would like me to prioritize (for example a lens) please leave it […]

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SLR Magic CINE 35mm F1.2 and CINE 75mm F1.4 Available for Preorder

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 11, 2016

Cinema 5D recorded some brief footage with Andrew Chan from SLR magic talking about the new CINE lenses coming in August. The video adds some additional details about currently available accessories that are compatible with these lenses and how they are designed to be similar in size to the SLR Magic CINE 50mm F1.1. Preorders are available for […]

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