IBC 2025 News Shooter Coverage: Viltrox NEXUS PL to E Pro Adapter, New Viltrox Air EVO & LAB Series Lenses, and Laowa 200mm f/2 $1999!

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 14, 2025

News shooter is covering IBC 2025, and Laowa made some interesting announcements at the event, including that the Laowa 200mm f/2 will be $1,999 for Sony-E mount.

Viltrox Nexus AF anapter for PL cine lenses with LiDAR and Zoom. Coming later this year, and the price is to be announced.

Viltrox showed off some new lenses at IBC 2025

  • Viltrox 9mm f/2.8 for Sony E-mount Coming Sept 19th for $199
  • Viltrox 14mm f/4 for Sony E-mount Coming Soon for $199
  • Viltrox 85 f/2, between the Pro and Air series, is the Evo series, which will be compact and lightweight without a compromise of image quality. Coming late October.
  • Viltrox 50mm f/1.4 Pro lens. Coming late October.
  • Viltrox Z3 TTL Flash coming in grey and green
  • Air series is the entry series, Evo series is a new series that is just below the Pro series, and finally, Viltrox has the LAB series, which is their top lens

Laowa lenses can be found directly from Venus Optics and B&H Photo.

Viltrox lenses can be found on B&H Photo and Amazon.

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Sony Savings Sunday Ends Monday

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 14, 2025


Sony A1 (Save $500):
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Sony a7RV (Save $400):
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Sony a7IV (Save $300):
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Sony a6600 (Save $200):
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Lenses
Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Save $100:
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Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM Save $200:
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Sony Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Save $200:
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Sony 24-105mm Save $200:
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Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 Save $100:
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Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Save $100:
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Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Save $100:
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Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS Save $100:
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Sony 200-600mm FE Save $100:
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Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Save $100:
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Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Save $100:
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Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM Save $100:
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Sony FE 24mm f/2.8 G Save $50:
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Sony 35mm f/1.4 GM Save $100:
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Sony FE 35mm f/1.8 Save $100:
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Sony FE 40mm f/2.5 G Save $50:
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Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Save $100:
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Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 Save $100:
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Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G Save $50:
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Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Save $100:
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Sony E 11mm f/1.8 Save $50:
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Sony E 16-55mm F2.8 G Save $100:
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Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS Save $50:
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Sony E 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G OSS Save $100:
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Sony E PZ 10-20mm F4.0 G OSS Save $100:
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Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS Save $100:
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Venus Optics Laowa AF FF 180mm f/4.5 CA-Dreamer Macro 1.5X Coming September 15th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 13, 2025

The Laowa AF FF 180mm f/4.5 CA-Dreamer Macro 1.5X lens by Venus Optics will be released on September 15th:

  • 180mm telephoto lens, powerful spatial compression capabilities
  • Autofocus from 1.5m to infinity
  • Manual magnification up to 1.5x
  • 14.8cm minimum working distance
  • APO apochromatic lens effectively reduces color scattering in images
  • Customizable FN button for one-touch access to commonly used functions
  • Lens designL 12 elements in 9 groups
  • AF/MF switch
  • Full frame lens
  • Autofocus: EF/E/Z mount
  • Manual focus: RF/L mount
  • Weight: 400g

Sample Photos:



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Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary and Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art Shortages

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 12, 2025


Sigma AF Cine Line 28-45mm T2 FF:
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Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary:
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Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art:
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Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II | Art:
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Apology regarding the supply status of the Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art for L-mount and the Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary for Sony E-mount
Thank you for your continued patronage of Sigma products. We have received more orders than we anticipated for the Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art for L-Mount and the Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary for Sony E-Mount, scheduled for release on Thursday, September 25, 2025. As a result, production is unable to keep up with demand. As a result, some customers may experience delays in receiving their products. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our customers and related parties who have been waiting for these products. We are currently working hard to ensure production is completed, so please be patient and wait for a while longer. We appreciate your continued patronage of our company and our products.

Note
■ Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG | Art

[Product Code]
L Mount: 00-85126-24169-8

■ Sigma 20-200mm F3.5-6.3 DG | Contemporary

[Product Code]
Sony E-mount: 00-85126-79665-5

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AstrHori 18mm F5.6 APS-C Shift Announced

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 12, 2025

AstrHori 18mm F5.6 APS-C: B&H Photo

This Sony E-mount AstrHori 18mm f/5.6 Shift Lens is a versatile tool for photographers who want to capture wide scenes with minimal distortion. Built for APS-C sensors, when the lens is straight, it acts as a wide-angle prime lens, perfect for capturing expansive scenes. With 6mm of shift and 360° of rotation, the lens excels at architectural photography, rendering entire buildings and interiors with minimal distortion. Additionally, the design features one high refraction lens and two low dispersion lenses, ensuring excellent image quality with sharp, high-resolution photos. This fully manual lens allows photographers to take complete control of focus and settings, making it ideal for learning and building manual photography skills.

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Tamron 28-70mm F2, 25-200mm F2.8-5.6, and 25-100mm F2.8 Patents Found

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 11, 2025


Patents were found for 3 new lenses from Tamron, including the new Tamron 25-200mm f/2.8-5.6 that development of was announced the other day as well as a Tamron 28-70mm f/2 and a Tamron 25-100mm f/2.8. You can read the patent below:

overview

  • [Publication number] P2025131290
  • [Release date] 2025-09-09
  • [Title of Invention] Zoom lens and imaging device
  • [Application date] 2024-02-28
  • [Applicant]
    [Identification number] 000133227
    [Name or company name] Tamron Co., Ltd.
  • To provide a high-performance zoom lens that has a large aperture ratio, is compact overall, and has excellent correction of various aberrations.
  • [Background Art]
    [0002]
    Imaging devices using solid-state imaging elements, such as digital still cameras and digital video cameras, are widely used. There are various types of such imaging devices, including digital still cameras, digital video cameras, broadcast cameras, surveillance cameras, and vehicle-mounted cameras. For all of these imaging devices, there is a strong market demand for zoom lenses that have a large aperture ratio, a compact overall system, and high optical performance.
  • [0005]
    However, the technology described in Patent Document 1 has difficulty in miniaturizing the zoom lens because the combined positive refractive power of the first to fourth lens groups is weak. Furthermore, the negative refractive power of the second lens group is too strong compared to the positive refractive power of the first lens group, making it difficult to reduce the lens diameter of the first lens group. Thus, in order to solve these problems, the prior art leaves room for further consideration in terms of the power arrangement, imaging magnification, lens configuration, etc. of each lens group.


Example 1

  • Focal length: 28.8361-67.9005
  • F-value: 2.0600
  • Half angle of view: 37.7855-16.8751
  • Image height: 21.6330


Example 2

  • Focal length: 25.7043-96.9898
  • F-value: 2.9082-2.9109
  • Half angle of view: 41.9883-11.9873
  • Image height: 21.6330


Example 3

  • Focal length: 25.7546-193.9096
  • F-value: 2.9057-5.8078
  • Half angle of view: 42.1987-6.0975
  • Image height: 21.6330


Example 4

  • Focal length: 25.7546-67.8990
  • F-value: 2.9145-2.9111
  • Half angle of view: 41.6631-16.8781
  • Image height: 21.6330

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