Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

New Samyang APS-C Lenses For Sony E-Mount

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 1, 2016

Samyang released two new lenses for APS-C E-Mount today, the Samyang 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS and Samyang 35mm F1.2 ED AS UMC CS. They are both mechanical lenses of a similar design and they will ship in September for €450.

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Venus Optics Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 lens Kickstarter Started

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 31, 2016

The Venus Optics Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 lens Kickstarter started so head over if you’re interested in a very low distortion full frame ultra-wide angle lens.

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Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of June 30th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 30, 2016

John sent us an updated his list of the E/FE lens natively available for Sony cameras. You can follow him at John Clark Photography.

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Venus Optics Magic Shift Adapter

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 26, 2016

The Magic Shift adapter is a stretch goal from Venus Optics, for the Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 distortion-free lens that will be launched on July 30th at 7pm EST via Kickstarter. Early birds will get a discount on the Zero-D during the Kickstarter period before the lens is available after the Kickstarter for $949. I am hopeful they will reach the […]

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Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 Coming July 30th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 25, 2016

There’s a lot of interests in the Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 coming July 30th at 7 pm EST and the first review is already out. It’s on a Canon body, but the reviewer confirms that the 12mm is distortion free. There are also are several photos of the actual lens on flickr (credit: Daniel Han) along with videos below.

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Full Frame Lenses Compared

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 22, 2016

Mirrorless cameras have the reputation of being smaller/lighter than DSLRs, but are they really? John compiled a few lists of comparable Sony, Canon, Nikon and Pentax lenses to find out. At this time it seems only mirrorless bodies offer a size/weight advantage, while lens designs are fixed in size, when covering a comparable sensor size. I’ll let the numbers and […]

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