Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

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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Nikon F Mount AF Adapter For FUJIFILM GFX is Almost Here and Steelsring EF/FX and EF/GFX Firmware 2.02/2.04

By Louis Ferreira | Published: July 3, 2018

Steelsring announced that their Nikon AF adapter for the Fujifilm GFX is approaching completion and shared a picture of one of their prototype along with its features: Main features: Support Nikon AF-S G and E type lens, and AF-P G type lens contrast based AF in GFX 50s body. Electromagnetic diaphragm of type E Lens can […]

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Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/2.8 ZERO-D Reviews and More

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 30, 2018

I really like the Venus Optics Laowa 9mm f/2.8 ZERO-D on my Fujifilm X-T2 and even on the X-H1, but it’s a great lens for any camera in Fujifilm’s lineup. It would be great to get out and shoot some astrophotography with the ultra-wide 9mm Laowa, but the weather has been bad around the past few […]

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Fringer EF/FX Adapters’ Bug Fix Firmware (V2.10) is Available

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 24, 2018

According to some users’ feedback, V2.0 firmware introduced a bug that some old lenses may fail to be identified by the adapter. Wrong aperture value is displayed and AF doesn’t work properly. Meanwhile, we also fixed a bug that may cause repeatedly black screen and camera restart under some rare conditions. Please upgrade you adapter […]

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Fringer EF/FX Firmware 2.0 Released

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 16, 2018

Fringer EF/FX smart adapters got new firmware again. V2.0 mainly improve in following aspects: Improvements of Sigma 100-400 has been integrated. See my last blog post for more details. Issue fixed: X-Pro cameras’ OVF coverage indication frame now fit with the current focal length. Compatible with X-T100 camera AF performance got improved: EF15-85/3.5-5.6 IS and Tamron 10-24/3.5-4.5 […]

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Zeiss Touit Lenses For X-Mount Discounted Again

By Louis Ferreira | Published: June 15, 2018

The Zeiss Touit Lenses are on sale again from $50-$150 off. Both lenses are pretty good, but so is Fujinon glass. You can find the X-mount lenses that are discounted at B&H Photo.

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