Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

PP: AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro vs Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Review

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14: Amazon / B&H Photo The AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro is quite a unique lens that Chris and Jordan decided to review and surprisingly they find the lens to be sharper than Laowa’s Probe lens. The lens is best for video AstrHori is […]

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SAB: Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Review

Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8: B&H Photo / Adorama Sony Alpha Blog posted its full Samyang AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 review which you can read in full here. You can check out the pro/cons below: Pros Very good sharpness wide open on A7RIV (61Mpix) and Excellent on A1 (50Mpix) Excellent sharpness in the centre as of F4 Smooth background blur […]

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AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro Give Away

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon AstrHori is giving away an AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro on Instagram and there aren’t many entries with only a few days left. The directions about how to enter and win are below. You can get started here. Win your 18/F8 Macro Probe Lens. ? Like this post. […]

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Voigtlander 23mm f/1.2 APS-C and 35mm f/1.4 Full Frame Patents Found

overview [Publication number] P2023090337 [Release date] 2023-06-29 [Title of invention] Optical lens system [Application date] 2021-12-17 [Applicant] [Identification number] 391044915 [Name] Cosina Co., Ltd. An object of the present invention is to provide a compact and high-performance lens by effectively utilizing an aspherical lens. Example 1 Focal length: 23.6 F-value: 1.22 Half angle of view: […]

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LensTips: Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE Review

Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Samyang Lens Station: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Lenstips published its full Samyang AF 24-70mm f/2.8 FE review here which you can read in full or you can check out the excerpt below: Pros: good image quality in the frame centre, sensible image quality on the edge of the frame at […]

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Tamron 17-50mm f/4 VC Patent Found

A patent for a full-frame Tamron 17-50mm f/4 VC lens was found on IP Force. Applicant: Tamron Co., Ltd. Publication number: P2023092730 Application number: P 2021207918 Publication date: 2023-07-04Title of invention: Optical system and imaging device Kind Code: A1 A zoom lens and an imaging device are provided which are compact and lightweight and have […]

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