Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 Profile Released and Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 Mark II Information Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 13, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/viltrox.official/photos/a.1352562324880495/1822787647857958/

Viltrox released a statement on their Facebook page about the release of a Photoshop and Lightroom lens profile in addition to what will be coming in with the Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 II. You can see both statements below:

  1. Kind Reminder for Fujifilm X-Pro3 Users
    For the sake of your camera, it would be better not to use Viltrox 23mm, 35mm, or 85mm X-mount lenses onto Fujifilm X-PRO3 model in case it will damage your camera. Due to structural conflict, they will scratch a little bit against each other.
    We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
  2. Lens Profiles of Viltrox 85mmF1.8 STM(E) Lens
    For your convenience of lens correction on Photoshop or Lightroom we have uploaded the lens Profiles of Viltrox 85mmF1.8 STM(E) lens on Viltrox website www.viltrox.com (Home > Download > Firmware Upgrading).

https://www.facebook.com/viltrox.official/photos/a.1352562324880495/1822971681172888/

The Viltrox 85mm Mark II will have:

  • Lighter weight 484g
  • Faster Eye-AF
  • Metal lens hood

VILTROX 85mm f/1.8: B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 56mm f/1.4 (Coming Soon): B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 33mm f/1.4 (Coming Soon): B&H Photo / Amazon
VILTROX 23mm f/1.4 (Coming Soon): B&H Photo / Amazon

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Sony PRO Support Extended By Six Months Due To COVID-19

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 12, 2020


Sony PRO Support extended by six months for customers due to global conditions
As a PRO Support member, you are among our most loyal customers and we want you to know how much we value you being part of Sony’s Imaging family.

With the current global situation, we are taking steps to ensure we are supporting all of our customers during these difficult times. For all Pro Support members like yourself, we are automatically extending membership for an additional 6 months, free of charge.

As a refresher, your ProSupport membership includes:
– Dedicate US Phone Support Experts
– Expedited Repair Turnaround Time
– Repair Loaners
– Evaluation Loaner
– Camera Maintenance
– Terms & Conditions for the program applies to
o US members
o Canada members

We are here to support you via phone or email:
M-F 7AM PST to 5PM PST. Saturday 7AM PST to 2PM PST.
Phone: 866-470-7669
Email: [email protected].

Thank you again for your loyalty and support.

All the best,

Sony Imaging PRO Support

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Make The Sirui 50mm E-Mount f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X Wider and Reduce Its Minimal Focus Distance With These Adapters

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 12, 2020

Anamorphic lenses are very unique and until recently very expensive, but now that the Sirui 50mm f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X is available everywhere (B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama) videographers are learning to push the lens even further than before. There are a few useful accessories that you can mount to the from 67mm filter thread that will make this lens more versatile.

The first adapters you can use on the Sirui 50mm f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X is a 67mm front filter thread 0.7x adapter that turns the 50mm into a 35mm f/1.8 Anamorphic lens. These adapters aren’t easier to come by and the ones used below used to be available on (B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama) but are out of stock or discontinued, but Amazon has one used that might be the right size. Adorama also has a 0.8x available here and even a 0.6x adapter here, but there is no evidence about how they perform.

You can also reduce the minimum focus distance from 85cm by adding a diopter to the front element. You can find diopters at B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama and they will let you allow the Sirui 50mm f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X get almost macro like widescreen performance and there are a lot of affordable options.

Most of the experimentation has been done with full-frame cameras so far so the performance should be even better on APS-C cameras since that is what this lens is intended to be used on. I hope to pick one up soon for testing myself because I love the look of anamorphic and can’t wait to get one of these lenses myself.

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Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X + 0.7 Adapter + Diopter

Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X

via FujiAddict

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Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8: 5 Reasons to Own Over Sony GM 70-200mm f/2.8

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 11, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq6-og9km3w

Matt Granger gives his top 5 reasons you should pick up the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 over the Sony GM 70-200mm f/2.8.

  1. Size & Weight makes it better balanced and suited for mirrorless cameras
  2. Price is an absolute steal
  3. Fast AF
  4. Great Image Quality
  5. Price again since it is less than half the price of the competition

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo /  Amazon / Adorama
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: (Coming Soon): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.2 ASPH Review

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 10, 2020


Lenstips reviewed the new Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.2 ASPH and as usually Voigtlander’s build quality is great, but the image is a little soft at f/1.2 and f/1.4 which limits the lenses ability to resolve. You can read the full review here or see the pros/cons below:

Pros:

  • solid, moderately big casing made of metal,
  • record-breaking resolution values in frame centre on stopping down,
  • sensible image quality on the edge of the APS-C sensor,
  • slight longitudinal chromatic aberration,
  • negligible lateral chromatic aberration,
  • excellent distortion correction.

Cons:

  • weak image quality in the frame centre by f/1.2 and f/1.4,
  • resolution on the edge of full frame sensor leaves a lot to be desired,
  • huge vignetting on full frame,
  • noticeable coma.

Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.2 ASPH: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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TCSTV: Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 vs Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 9, 2020

TCSTV compared the Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 vs Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM and the Tamron came out on top. You can read a summary of the video below:

  • The Tamron is affordable
  • It is great for nature and a little action photography if it can keep up
  • The Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM is full-featured and great, but heavy as XXXX
  • The Sony ways twice what the Tamron does which makes you think the Sony will be better
  • Love the feel of the Tamron even though it is a little plasticy
  • Missing 20mm on the long end to make it smaller and lighter weight
  • Don’t miss the 20mm
  • AF performance is equal to Sony
  • Sony has OIS, but Tamron does not
  • Filming video is best with OIS
  • Teleconverter from Sony doesn’t work with Tamron, but there is space for a TC
  • 9 blade aperture for Tamron
  • 11 blade aperture for Sony
  • Bokeh is pretty equal for the two
  • Sony has better contrast shooting directly into the sun
  • The Tamron has a lock as its only function
  • Zoom and Focus ring are the opposite of Sony lenses
  • The Sony lens looks more professional and it is fully featured
  • If you like shooting with bigger gear then you will likely go with the Sony
  • Tamron had a great hit rate
  • Both have weather sealing
  • The Tamron has 1:2 Macro that the Sony can’t compete with
  • The close focus performance of the Tamron wakes it great for indoor photography
  • If you are using your camera more for cinema get the Sony otherwise get the Tamron

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Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo /  Amazon / Adorama
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III RXD FE: (Coming Soon): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

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