Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

New m43 Lens Yasuhara Momo 100 28mm f/6.4 Soft Focus

Poised to deliver creative soft focus imagery, the Momo 100 from Yasuhara is a 28mm f/6.4 lens designed for Micro Four Thirds system cameras, and provides a 56mm equivalent focal length. Characterized by its simple doublet optical design, this lens relies on spherical aberration to produce a soft and glowing image quality, while still delivering in-focus results, for an […]

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More New Samyang Coming Soon

The Samyang 20mm F1.8 ED AS UMC and 20mm T1.9 ED AS UMC are coming to MFT and cost €549 (€599 for the Cine Lens). This is the second pair of Samyang Lenses for MFT during their Monday Blockbuster announcement series.

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Metabones Speed Booster XL Review

For those that want a big sensor look on m43, Metabones is arguably your best solution. This Speed Booster XL review does a good job of explaining the advantage of using a Metabones adapter over cheaper knock offs. Metabones adapters are generally very well regarded, but by all accounts the Speed Booster XL performs very well on the GH4 and I […]

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Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Discounted

The Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS B&H Photo’s deal zone deal of the day. I almost purchased this lens for astrophotography when looking for a good lens to shoot the sky with, but instead went for the Samyang 8mm f/2.8 Fisheye II lens for Fuji.

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New Samyang Lenses For m43

Samyang released two new lenses for m43 today, the Samyang 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS and Samyang 35mm F1.2 ED AS UMC CS. They are both mechanical lenses of a similar design and they will ship in September for €450.

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New SAMYANG 50mm F1.2 AS UMC CS

Kind of an interesting lens because there are a few reviews on the web of it, but I can’t find it anywhere on Amazon (has the generic, but not the Samyang), B&H Photo, or Adorama. Translated: Kenko Co., Ltd., the sale of South Korea · Samyang Optics Co., Ltd. of the interchangeable lens “SAMYANG 50mm F1.2 AS UMC CS”, will start […]

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Lightroom CC 2015.6 and Camera Raw Update 9.6 With GX85 Support Now Available

Adobe released Lightroom 6.6/Lightroom CC 2015.6/Camera Raw Update 9.6, the other day which adds guided upright and support for the new Panasonic DMC-GX85 (DMC-GX80, DMC-GX7MK2). There are also quite a few new Samyang and Rokinon lens profiles included.

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