New TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro

TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8: Amazon

Features

  • Standard Macro Lens: Lightweight and compact, full metal body with weight only 371g. Excelling at close distances, the 40mm f/2.8 from TTartisan is a 80mm-equivalent macro lens (35mm equivalent focal length) for M4/3, providing an all-in-one solution for normal portrait shooting as well as macro photography.
  • 1X Magnification: The TTartisan 40mm f/2.8 offers a 1:1 life-size maximum magnification along with a 17cm minimum focusing distance. Manual focus design, along with focus distance and depth of field scales, aids in precise focusing control.
  • Optical Design: Its optical system consists of 8 elements in 7 groups. Bright f/2.8 maximum aperture suits working in a variety of lighting conditions and also contributes to the sleek form factor. An 11-blade diaphragm contributes to a smooth and pleasing bokeh quality.
  • Clicked Aperture Ring: The aperture ring is stepped with the right amount of resistance and click, marking on full stops from F/2.8 to F/16. The clicks are very light and just enough to let you know that you’ve changed your aperture setting.
  • Multi-Layer Coating: By reducing the impact of flares and ghosting effects in your pictures while ensuring excellent image quality and contrast from the center to the periphery, it offers crystal clear, sharp image quality.
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Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN | Contemporary Coming Next


The next lens from Sigma will be the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN | Contemporary, but Nokishita is unable to confirm the mounts it will be available in at this time. Generally speaking, Sigma has been launching for L and E mount.

The next lens that Sigma will announce will be “18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary”. I was able to confirm the L mount and E mount from a review article of a certain photographer, but it is unconfirmed whether other mounts will be released.

via Nokishita

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Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD Variable Aperture Explained


The Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD has a very fast and interesting variable apeture design that we will hopefully see more of in the future. From 35mm up to 40mm the lens is an f/2, but when you reach 40-60mm it is f/2.2 and by 60-80mm f/2.5 and finally 80-150mm f/2.8. I think most would have been happy with a consistent f/2.8 throughout the zoom range, but f/2 is always appreciated.

Back in the day, there were some f/2 constant zooms from companies like Olympus and it would be great to see f/2 zooms return as the norm since f/2.8 is a bit slow for me. I generally shoot glass that is around f/1.4 as often as I can, which is why I have far more prime lenses than zoom lenses for all of my camera bodies, but I would love to pick up some f/2 zoom lenses.

Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 Di III VXD (Coming Soon):
B&H Photo / Amazon
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD G2 (Coming Soon):
B&H Photo / Amazon

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New ProGrade Digital 160GB CFexpress Type A


Prograde announced its new 160GB CFexpress Type A card which is significantly less expensive than Sony’s cards. You can get a ProGrade Digital 160GB CFexpress Type A from B&H Photo

Designed for emerging mainstream imaging applications, the 160GB CFexpress Type A Cobalt Memory Card from ProGrade Digital provides read speeds of up to 800 MB/s, which helps to quickly offload content to your computer, and write speeds of up to 700 MB/s. Additionally, the Cobalt’s minimum write speed is guaranteed not to drop below 400 MB/s, which allows for the uninterrupted recording of a wide variety of codecs, including raw 4K video, 4K and 6K ProRes 4444, 4K, 6K, and 8K ProRes 422 HQ, and more. This card is resistant to temperature extremes, shock, vibration, and X-rays. This card also takes advantage of an NVMe PCIe 3.0 host controller interface.

Key Features
  • 160GB Storage Capacity
  • NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Bus
  • Max Read Speed: 800 MB/s
  • Max Write Speed: 700 MB/s
  • Min Write Speed: 400 MB/s
  • Records Raw 4K Video
  • Records 8K, 6K, and 4K ProRes Video
  • Metal Enclosure for Temperature Control
  • Built-In Thermal Throttling
  • Shock / Vibration / X-Ray Proof

ProGrade Digital 160GB CFexpress Type A:
B&H Photo

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Luminar Neo: Some New Features Revealed

What’s new

  • Layers let you effortlessly combine two or more images and manipulate them to achieve your desired effect.
  • Portrait Background RemovalAI allows you to remove an unwanted background from your portrait in seconds thanks to AI.
  • RelightAI is a tool for controlling the light in your photos based on image depth as determined by AI, allowing you to easily and effortlessly fix photos that need fill lighting.
  • MaskAI allows you to easily detect and select elements of your photo for precise control over how tools are applied.

For artists making a new purchase:
$65 for 1-seat license for Luminar Neo
$76 for 2-seats license for Luminar Neo

$94 for 1-seat license for Luminar Neo+Luminar AI
$115 for 2-seats license for Luminar Neo+Luminar AI

New Owners

For artists who own Luminar or Aurora:
$44 for 1-seat license for Luminar Neo
$59 for 2-seats license for Luminar Neo

Neo Upgrade

$73 for 1-seat license for Luminar Neo+Luminar AI
$98 for 2-seats license for Luminar Neo+Luminar AI

Neo+AI Upgrade

Press Release
NEW YORK, NY – September 20, 2021 — Skylum is excited to reveal additional details about its newest creative image editor, Luminar Neo – shipping winter 2021. The application further reimagines the image editing experience and enables creators to be more expressive with fewer boundaries and rediscover joy in their creative work. Read More »

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TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro Teaser

We first leaked the TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro in the TTArtisan road map over a month ago along with the fact that autofocus lenses will be coming from them soon. TTArtisan lenses are available on Amazon and most are a very good value punching well above their price point. We should see the TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro soon.

LensTTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
CompatibilitySony, Fuji, Canon, M4/3
Focal Length60mm, 80mm on M4/3
Aperture RingClicked Aperture
Minimum Aperturef/1.6
Weight≈372g
Optical Design8 Elements in 7 Groups
ApertureF2.8-F16
Aperture Blades11 Blades
Closest Focusing Distance17cm
Filter Size52mm
Angle of View40°
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