Category Archives: Third party lenses

Sony FE 600mm f/4 and Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3mm G OSS Coming

Nokishika confirmed that a Sony FE 600mm f/4 lens is coming from Sony in addition to the Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3mm G OSS. Now what long glass do users want? “We have confirmed that Sony’s latest purchase order “SEL600F40GM” and “SEL200600G” have been added to the model number.” ソニーの最新の注文書に「SEL600F40GM」と「SEL200600G」の型番が追加されたのを確認しました。#噂 — 軒下デジカメ情報局 (@nokishita_c) June 7, 2019

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Kazuto Yamaki President of Sigma on E-mount

Kazuto Yamaki President of Sigma gave lenstip an interview, which I covered on 43Addict and he had some interesting things to say about E-mount and in the broader interview lens design for mirrorless: E-Mount Growing very rapidly and it impresses Kazuto Yamaki Sigma will release a short flange back lens for E-Mount this year The […]

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Sigma Kazuto Yamaki Interview: Native vs Translator, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 ART, Faster Than 2.8 Zooms, And More

Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma, pictured at the 2018 CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan. - DPReview

DPReview Interviewed Mr. Yamaki CEO of Sigma at CP+ 2018 and I have summarized the key points below. The MC-11 is a translator so it’s like translating Japanese to English things are lost Sigma’s new lenses speak English so they communicate better Might release a new USB dock for Sony lenses in the future Wide zooms can […]

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VILTROX EF-NEX IV Adapter For Canon Lenses

“The Chinese company Viltrox has announced a new EF-NEX IV adapter for the installation of Canon EF and EF-S optics on Sony E cameras. The new fifth generation adapter adds two main functions: built-in USB port for firmware upgrade and manual switch between CDAF modes (contrast focusing ) and PDAF (phase). In order for the camera […]

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Metabones lV Update 0.56

Firmware update V0.56 for EF-E Smart Adapter MARK IV and EF-E Speed Booster ULTRA Benefits and improvements:  Fixed issue with SteadyShot icon on LCD display of the camera not corresponding to IS switch of Tamron 150-600/5-6.3 VC USD A011 when “choose between OIS and IBIS automatically” is chosen. Fixed blackout issue with A7S running Time […]

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TechArt Pro Firmware 5.0 Released

The TechArt Pro continues to improve with firmware 5.0. below is a list of improvements and a video showing the new startup time. Camera startup speed has become faster. When storing with the adapter attached, the situation where battery reduction is fast is improved. TechArt Pro B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama via stkb

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