Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Panasonic and Olympus Savings Sunday

Panasonic GH4 Kit ($900): B&H Photo Panasonic GH4 ($300): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic G7 with 12-42mm lens ($200): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic GX8 ($200): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic GX85 ($100): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0 ASPH. ($100): B&H Photo / […]

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Laowa 7.5mm f/2 Reviews

The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 is an exciting lens for m43 users offering an extra stop or more of performance at the ultrawide end. It’s not a perfect lens, but not many ultra-wide lenses are. This is an extremely wide lens and it has some flaws, but nothing that can’t be overlooked if you need to shoot this […]

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Laowa 7.5mm f/2 vs SLR Magic 8mm f/4

image courtesy of Linghk Just found an interesting comparison buried in my inbox that’s worth sharing. The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 vs SLR Magic 8mm f/4 comparison, done on the Olympus OM-D EM10 can be seen at DPReview and Flickr. The comparison simply consists of images and some discussion via the forums, but I also received another […]

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Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT Lens for Micro Four Thirds Preorder

Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT Lens for Micro Four Thirds now available for preorder 15mm (35mm Equivalent) Aperture Range: f/2 to f/22 Rectilinear Lens Design Two Aspherical and Three ED Elements Frog Eye Coating Manual Focus Design Seven-Blade Diaphragm Regular Edition: Black 7.5mm lens at B&H Photo Silver 7.5mm lens at B&H Photo Lightweight […]

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Viltrox Introduces New AF Adapters For m43

EF-M2 Automatic focus 0.71x Canon EF-mount series lens to be used on M43 camera Function Viltrox EF-M2 mount adapter is designed to allow Canon EF-mount series lens to be used on M43 camera. Plus 0.71 based on the original focal length (equivalent focal length=focal length x0.71), which help enlarge 1 level aperture. Build-in 4groups, 4pcs optical glasses, AF(autofocus) and adjustable aperture,etc. […]

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FIRST LOK: Nick Driftwood’s 12k 360 Rig using 6x Lumix GX80

Nick Driftwood assembled a pretty amazing 12k 360 RIG for NAB using 6 Panasonic GX85/80 and 6 iZugar MKX22 lenses. You can see the results below. If you don’t have a VR headset these videos can also be viewed on a phone.

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Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT

Venus Optics announces the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT, the World’s Widest f/2 Lens for Micro Four Thirds Camera Featuring a 110° Angle of View, Ultra-fast f/2 aperture, 46mm filter thread & less than 200g in weight Anhui China, Apr 28, 2017 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched a number of unique Laowa camera […]

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