Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

OL: Viltrox 25mm F1.7 Review – Pretty Sharp and Very Affordable

Air Series Viltrox 25mm F1.7: B&H Photo / Amazon Viltrox 35mm f/1.7: B&H Photo / Amazon Viltrox 56mm f/1.7: B&H Photo / Amazon Optical Limits published its full Viltrox 25mm f/1.7 review, which you can read in full here, or check out excerpts from below: Pro Pretty sharp Very affordable Decent build quality for its price class Snappy AF Con No autocorrection profile Max […]

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Caye 200mm f/3.5 Version 1.5

The Caye 200mm f/3.5 was announced only a few months ago, but it wasn’t marketed in the West beyond our coverage. Since then, there has been an announcement of a generation 1.5 lens that seems like it will be a little more expensive and resolve some of the inexpensive lenses shortcomings. Only 175! Cangye Optics’ […]

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Additional 7Artisans AF Lens Information

7Artisans is releasing a full line of fixed focal length autofocus APS-C lenses for Fujifilm X Mount. We learned about these lenses last year in September, but some of them were recently at CP+ 2025, and the ones that were at the show should be released later this month. Below is a full list of […]

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Meike AF 85mm f/1.8 Pro for Fujifilm Now Available

Meike AF 85mm f/1.8 Pro: B&H Photo / Amazon The Meike AF 85mm f/1.8 Pro was teased last week, and a sample image captured by the lens was released a few weeks ago, but it has only just become available from B&H Photo. Meike has ambitious plans going foward and I hope they add a […]

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Sirui 20mm T1.8 Now Available

The Sirui 20mm T1.8 can now be preordered from B&H Photo one month after the Sirui 40mm T1.8 was released by retailers. These lenses were launched on indigogo a few months ago before making it to retail. Official Videos

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Unique ZNONZⅠ II “Lens” Shown at CP+ 2025

ZNONZⅠ makes an interesting “lens” that doesn’t use any lenses because it captures an image using diffracted light. The founder, Tatsuoki Takeda became tired of clinically perfect photography and decided to do something new with zone plate photography, which is a style of pinhole photography. The lens mount is a universal Leica M mount, and […]

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