Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

More Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 Photos and New Lens Colors Displayed

Viltrox certainly makes some interesting decisions and I would argue that they currently have the best affordable AF lineup for Fujifilm cameras. Viltrox has a solid lineup, but most of its lenses are very similar to currently available Fujinon lenses with the Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 being the first Viltrox lens to really stand alone. The […]

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First Tokina ATX-M 56mm f/1.4 Image and Coming August 6th

Nokishita leaked the first image of the Tokina ATX-M 56mm f/1.4 along with a launch date August 6th. Tokina also just updated its roadmap which you can check out here. The planned release date of the Tokina “atx-m 56mm F1.4 X”, which will be officially announced in the near future, seems to be August 6, […]

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First Viltrox XF 13mm f/1.4 Images Posted to Weibo

There is a photography convention in China happening today and Viltrox posted some images of it that include our first look of the Viltrox  XF 13mm f/1.4. You can see the original post here. The 13mm should be a very interesting lens for Astrophotography and it might convince me to pick up a full set […]

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New Lensbaby Obscura

Lensbaby Obscura 50mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Lensbaby Obscura 16mm: B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Lensbaby, the leader in award-winning creative effect camera lenses, is launching its revolutionary Obscura lens. A camera obscura, ancestor of the photographic camera, is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image […]

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Fotodiox PRONTO AF Firmware 1.13 Released

Fotodiox PRONTO AF: B&H Photo / Amazon The Fotodiox PRONTO AF adapter was announced for release last year and works similar to a techart adapter I tried for Sony cameras years ago that worked great with M glass. Firmware 1.13 can be download here. Firmware 1.13 Features • Fix to ensure the adapter retracts properly when […]

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SIRUI Discounts and 75mm f/1.8 B&H Preorders

The Sirui 75mm f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X has begun to trickle out to early backers, but it is now available for preorder at B&H Photo. There are also currently discounts for the Sirui 50mm f/1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X and Sirui 24mm f/2.8 Anamorphic 1.33x that vary based on the retailer with B&H Photo offering a mail-in rebate […]

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