Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports Announcement Expected on November 16th

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports Coming Dec B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama The Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports has been rumored for a very long time, but it is finally just about here. It’s official development was not announced very long ago, but we have a lot of specs and details already and […]

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SIRUI Sniper Series 23/33/56mm f/1.2 AF Lenses For X/E/Z Mount Indigogo Update

Sirui launched its IndieGoGo / Dedicated Website and the launch price of the Sirui Sniper lenses is very compelling. We first heard about the sniper series here, but considering how good the prices are I am inclined to believe they started with another company’s designs maybe Viltrox. In the past Viltrox has attempted to “speed up” lenses that could […]

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Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.2 Pro Firmware V1.0.4 Released

Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.2 Pro: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Viltrox released firmware V1.0.4 for the excellent Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.2 Pro. The update details are below and you can download the update here. Firmware V1.0.4 Features: 1. Optimize lens stabilization 2. Increase the stability of manual aperture ring Follow SonyAddict on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Plus, […]

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New BRIGHTIN STAR AF Large Aperture Lens Coming Soon

Xingyao Optics announced on their Weibo that they are working on a large aperture autofocus lens, but the mounts are unknown at this time. E/Z/X mounts have been pretty safe bets for Asian AF lenses though. BRIGHTIN STAR lenses can be found on their Amazon Store. Follow SonyAddict on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Plus our owners’ groups Sony […]

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7Artisans 24-96mm T2.9 Teased

The 7Artisans 24-96mm T2.9 is being teased all over Weibo including on the 7Artisans page where it is simply listed as a 4x zoom coming December. This could be a very compelling prosumer video lens if we are lucky since there aren’t many affordable video zoom lenses on the market at this time. 7Artisans lenses […]

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Viltrox 20mm f/2.8 Firmware 1.0.9 Released

Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8:  B&H Photo Viltrox released a firmware update for the Viltrox 20mm f/2.8 that you can download here. Firmware 1.0.9 is to “Optimize Lens AF-S focusing stability” and it came out a few days after the official launch so some lenses may have the update already. Follow SonyAddict on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Plus, our […]

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