Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm f/0.9 Coming In August

Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm f/0.9 Coming Aug: B&H Photo / Amazon New details have come out about the new Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm f/0.9 including its launch in August. You can read the translated details below: Features The NOKTON 35mm F0.9 Aspherical X mount is a super large aperture standard lens that achieves the brightest F0.9 among […]

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Voigtlander ULTRON 27mm f/2 Now Available

Voigtlander ULTRON 27mm f/2 Silver: B&H Photo / Amazon Voigtlander ULTRON 27mm f/2 Black: B&H Photo / Amazon We have known about this lens since February, but it is finally available to preorder. A thin and compact manual focus lens equivalent to 40mm full-frame. Equipped with electronic contacts, the optical system is optimized for Fujifilm X mount sensors. […]

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PP: AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro vs Venus Optics Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Review

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon The AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro is quite a unique lens that Chris and Jordan decided to review and surprisingly they find the lens to be sharper than Laowa’s Probe lens. The lens is best for video AstrHori is made for APS-C while the Laowa is for Full […]

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AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro Give Away

AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro: Amazon AstrHori is giving away an AstrHori 18mm f/8 2X Probe Macro on Instagram and there aren’t many entries with only a few days left. The directions about how to enter and win are below. You can get started here. Win your 18/F8 Macro Probe Lens. ? Like this post. […]

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Voigtlander 23mm f/1.2 APS-C and 35mm f/1.4 Full Frame Patents Found

overview [Publication number] P2023090337 [Release date] 2023-06-29 [Title of invention] Optical lens system [Application date] 2021-12-17 [Applicant] [Identification number] 391044915 [Name] Cosina Co., Ltd. An object of the present invention is to provide a compact and high-performance lens by effectively utilizing an aspherical lens. Example 1 Focal length: 23.6 F-value: 1.22 Half angle of view: […]

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Fujinon GF17-35mm f/4, GF17-30mm f/4, and GF17-35mm f/4-5.6 Patents Found

  overview [Publication number] P2023092031 [Release date] 2023-07-03 [Title of the invention] Variable power optical system and imaging device [Application date] 2021-12-21 [Applicant] [Identification number] 306037311 [Name] FUJIFILM Corporation A variable power optical system that has a wide angle of view, is compact, and maintains good optical performance, and an imaging apparatus that includes this […]

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