Photoscala is reporting that Net SE The Company Behind Meyer Optik Görlitz is insolvent, which is very bad news for people that financed their kickstarters and Indiegogos. “On October 1, 2018, the insolvency proceedings have been opened on the assets of the company. Thus, it is also clear: lenses pre-financed by crowdfunding will no longer come and […]
The Kipon Handevision IBELUX f/0.85 Mark II hasn’t been overly popular considering it’s crazy f/0.85 aperture. To be clear this lens is in no way designed to be as well corrected as a Leica Noctilux f/0.95, but for $1,500 it wouldn’t be. Instead, the Kipon f/0.85 is designed for photographers that like vintage looking photos with […]
The Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 is coming for the Fujifilm GFX during the first half of 2019. They already have a few interesting high-speed lenses on the market for X-Mount that are well regarded, so let’s hope these continue being a good value. You can see some sample photos from this lens below and Mitakon Zhongyi […]
B&H Photo is discounting the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II for today only. Thanks to the two readers that sent this deal in.
7Artisans released the 7artisans 35mm F1.2 and 7artisans 12mm F2.8 at the beginning for the year but there hasn’t been a lot of coverage of these lenses so I put together a roundup. These lenses are good inexpensive options for photographers that don’t mind a little character. yukosteel – Lens review – 7artisans 35mm F1.2 7Artisans 35mm f/1.2 […]
Sep 23, there was unexpected delay in beta testing of Nikon F/GFX adapter, to be updated in October. EF/FX 2.03 and EF/GFX 2.05 Firmware update Common update for EF/FX and EF/GFX adapter 1) Updated Lens AF driving mechanism, improve the AF locking rate and accuracy. 2) Updated Lens IS driving mechanism, eliminate IS activation noise […]