Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

New Meike 25mm T2.2 Cine Lens

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 24, 2018

Meike announced a 25mm T2.2 Cine lens that is available via Amazon. Minimum focusing distance: 25cm Front Filter Thread: 77mm Optical: Ten elements in eight groups Angle of View: 49.7 degrees Weight: 560g Geared rings via Amazon

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Samyang MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS for APS-C Mirrorless Cameras

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 20, 2018

Samyang Press Release Samyang unveils the MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS lens for mirrorless cameras with APS-C crop sensors Samyang Optics launches a new manual-focus lens for mirrorless shooters: The MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS is designed for use with APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras in the following mounts: Sony E, Fujifilm X, Canon M, and Micro-Four-Thirds. […]

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Net SE The Company Behind Meyer Optik Görlitz is in Bankruptcy

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 11, 2018

There’s been a pretty big jump in third-party lens releases over the past two years and Meyer Optik Görlitz has been a part of that jump. Unfortunately, Net SE which is the company behind Meyer Optik Görlitz, Ihagee and Schacht has been in bankruptcy since mid-July. At this time it is unknown what will be the effect of […]

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Lensbaby Sol 22 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lenses Available For m43

By Louis Ferreira | Published: August 7, 2018

Lensbaby is a good inexpensive option if you’re looking to learn about tilt-shift photography. Lensbaby even released a step by step guide which you can read here about how to do tilt-shift photography. You can find the Lensbaby Sol 22 f/3.5 Tilt-Shift at B&H Photo.

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Venus Optics Revolutionary Macro Teaser Laowa 24mm f/14 Coming Soon

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 20, 2018

Venus Optics is teasing a new “revolutionary macro tool” the Laowa 24mm f/14. Make sure you check their site frequently because they will start their presale at $1 today. This is a very interesting marketing tactic.

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SLR Magic Cine Lens Sale

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 3, 2018

You can save up to $400 on SLR Magic Cine lenses right now. I might pick up a few of these lenses considering how good the price is if the deal lasts. You can find a list of the MFT lenses on sale here along with preorder links to the new SLR Magic Cine lenses that will replace […]

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Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 Coming to Kickstarter and Future Roadmap

By Louis Ferreira | Published: May 31, 2018

Sainsonic is launching a new lens on Kickstarter the Kamlan 28mm f/1.4, but they also have a roadmap for some future lenses of interest in addition to their already broad range of Kamlan and Zonlai lenses that are available. Q2 2018 21mm f1.8 APS-C Q3 50mm f1.1 Mark2 Q4 32mm f1.3 APS-C 15mm f1.8 APS-C These […]

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