Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7 Announced


Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7: Amazon / B&H Photo

Viltrox Unveils New AF 35mm F1.7 Air E/XF/Z: A Lightweight Standard Lens for Creative Freedom
The Viltrox AF 35mm F1.7 APS-C lens, available in XF, E, and Z mounts, combines a versatile 52mm-equivalent focal length with a large F1.7 aperture. Its compact 170g design ensures easy portability, making it ideal for street, portrait, and everyday photography. The lens packs the beautiful bokeh, precise autofocus and high image quality into a compact design with durable quality and stylish appearance. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced photographer, the AF 35mm F1.7 is your go-to companion for capturing stunning moments.

About Full-frame and APS-C Sensors
Full-frame and APS-C sensors are two common types in cameras, differing in size and performance. A full-frame sensor matches the size of 35mm film, offering better low-light performance and a wider field of view, making it ideal for professionals. APS-C sensors, on the other hand, are smaller and provide a cropped field of view with a 1.5x crop factor, making them lightweight, cost-effective, and perfect for enthusiasts. The Viltrox AF 35mm F1.7 is designed specifically for APS-C cameras, delivering exceptional image quality and performance.

Viltrox AF 35mm F1.7 is designed for Fujifilm XF, Sony E, and Nikon Z mounts, offering outstanding optical performance with 9 elements in 8 groups. With a minimum focusing distance of 0.33m, it delivers sharp, detailed close-ups and stunning bokeh. The silent STM motor ensures smooth and accurate autofocus, making it perfect for portraits, street photography, still life, and video. Compact and weighing just 170g, this lens is the ideal choice for photographers who value portability and creativity.

Advantages of the Viltrox AF 35mm F1.7  over similar lenses:
01 Better value for money—The Viltrox AF 35mm F1.7 combines a wide F1.7 aperture and precise autofocus at a highly competitive price, delivering exceptional performance without breaking the bank.

02 Superior chromatic aberration control—Equipped with advanced optical elements, the lens effectively minimizes chromatic aberration, even at wider apertures, ensuring sharper and more vivid images.

03 Lighter and more portable—Weighing just 170g and compact enough to fit in your pocket, the AF 35mm F1.7 is lighter than many competitors, making it perfect for photographers on the go.

04 Better bokeh performance—The F1.7 aperture produces creamy, dreamy background blur, allowing subjects to stand out while maintaining excellent image sharpness in portraits and still-life photography.

05 Improved focus breathing control—Designed with minimal focus breathing, the lens ensures smooth and stable transitions, making it a reliable choice for video creators and vloggers.

 

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Revolutionizing Tilt-shift Macro Photography – The First Laowa 55mm & 100mm Tilt-shift 1X Macro Lenses


Laowa 55mm f/2.8 Tilt-shift 1X Macro:
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Laowa 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-shift 1X Macro:
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Revolutionizing Tilt-shift Macro Photography – The First Laowa 55mm & 100mm Tilt-shift 1X Macro Lenses
Venus Optics proudly introduces not one but two incredible Tilt-shift Macro lenses for full-frame cameras: 55mm & 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro. They both feature a precise tilt of ±10°, a shift of ±12mm, and an impressive 1:1 magnification.



These lenses allow photographers to easily manipulate the plane of focus and adjust the perspective distortions. A true 1:1 macro capability will enable it to capture fine details of the subject. This versatile combination makes both lenses essential tools for photographers working across various fields, including commercial, macro, landscape, architectural photography, and more. Read More »

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DCW: Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB FE Review – Excellent Value

Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB FE:
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The Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB FE is an interesting and unique lens at a great price point that won’t let you down. Digital Camera World just published its full review which you can read in full here or check out the excerpt below:

As far as I’m concerned, the Viltrox AF 135mm F1.8 LAB looks and feels a really high-quality lens… All in all, I find that handling is exemplary. Most importantly, image quality is beautiful, combining excellent sharpness and clarity with super-smooth bokeh. All things considered, this Viltrox lens is excellent value for money at the price, especially compared with own-brand competitors from Nikon and Sony.

Pros

  • Impressive build and image quality
  • Customizable function buttons
  • Click/de-click aperture ring
  • Color LCD info display
  • You’re after a highly capable lens that’s ideal for head & shoulders portraiture, still life and more besides, but don’t want to pay over the odds.
  • You fancy a high-tech lens that features dual control rings, two function buttons and even a color LCD info screen.

Cons

  • Typically chunky and heavy
  • Limited range of mount options
  • No aperture ring locking switch
  • You’d rather have the versatility of a zoom lens and don’t mind a slower f/2.8 aperture rating, in which case a 70-200mm f/2.8 ‘trinity’ telephoto zoom would be more ideal.
  • You’d prefer a macro lens for extreme close-ups. If so, you’d be better off with a 1.0x/1:1 100mm (or thereabouts) f/2.8 macro lens, which can also work well for portraiture.

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New 7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 Coming Soon


7Artisans will annouce the 7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 for E/L/RF/Z mounts soon. The focus distance will be 0.3m ~ ∞ and the Ad above says December 9, but the announcement seems a bit late. When the announcement is made the 7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 should be available on the 7Artisans Amazon store.

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Voigtlander NOKTON 28mm F1.5 Aspherical E-mount Announced


Voigtlander NOKTON 28mm F1.5: B&H Photo / Amazon

Thank you for your continued patronage of Cosina products.

Today, Cosina announced that it will release the NOKTON 28mm F1.5 Asperical interchangeable lens exclusively for Sony E-mount in January 2025.

We will inform you again once the official release date has been decided.

Feature
Despite its large maximum aperture of F1.5, it is compact with a total length of 55mm. The lens is made up of 10 elements in 8 groups, and the use of aspherical lenses provides excellent imaging power even at maximum aperture. With its easy-to-handle size and large aperture, this lens is also useful as a “night snap shooter.”

Compatible with Sony E-mount
Equipped with electronic contacts, the lens usage status is reflected in the Exif information of the shooting data. In addition, since it has a built-in distance encoder, it supports 5-axis image stabilization on the camera body. It is also possible to enlarge the viewfinder by operating the focus ring.

Optimized Optical Design
In addition to ensuring a full-size image circle, the optical design is optimized for Sony E-mount sensors, maintaining high resolution even at the edges of the screen and suppressing phenomena such as color casting.

The minimum shooting distance is 0.28m
The minimum shooting distance from the subject to the imaging plane is 0.28m. The perspective unique to a wide-angle lens and the maximum aperture of F1.5 enable images with shallow focus, especially in close-up areas.

Beautiful bokeh with 12 aperture blades
A 12-blade aperture is used to make the aperture shape closer to a circle, resulting in natural depiction of out-of-focus areas and soft bokeh of point light sources rather than polygonal shapes.

Manual focus for precise focusing
The all-metal helicoid unit is machined and adjusted with high precision, and the use of high-quality grease that produces just the right amount of torque makes focusing feel smooth and allows for subtle focus adjustments.

Aperture click switching mechanism
The aperture click switching mechanism allows the aperture ring to be opened and closed steplessly without making a clicking sound. This eliminates the need to worry about the sound of the aperture ring being picked up during video recording, and also enables precise depth control by fine-tuning the aperture ring.


Focal length 28mm
Aperture Ratio 1:1.5
Minimum aperture F16
Lens construction 10 elements in 8 groups
Angle of View 74.6°
Number of aperture blades 12 sheets
Minimum focusing distance 0.28m
Maximum magnification 1: 6.9
Maximum diameter x total length φ62.6×55mm
Filter Size φ49mm
weight 320g
Lens hood Dedicated hood included
Electronic Contacts can be
Focus Magnification correspondence
Exif information correspondence
Lens Correction Selection Yes
5-axis in-body image stabilization Supported (5-axis compatible body only)
others With aperture switching mechanism

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