Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

New KIPON IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Mark III Announced

The new KIPON IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 Mark III is now available to order from B&H Photo. It has new glass elements and coatings that should improve its performance over previous generations of this ultra-fast lens. Focal Length: 40mm equivalent to 60mm on APS-C cameras Aperture Blade: 10 blade circular diaphragm Aperture: f0.85 – f22 full stop clicks Elements: 10 […]

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New Tokina SZ 33mm f/1.2 X Announced

Tokina SZ 33mm f/1.2 X: B&H Photo / Amazon Tokina SZ 33mm F1.2 X and Tokina SZ 33mm F1.2 E worldwide sales date announcement Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the sales release of the Tokina SZ 33mm F1.2 lens for Fuji X and Sony E (APS-C) camera mounts. SZ series offering a […]

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Fujifilm Sigma Part 2: More X-mount Lenses to Come

Fujifilm posted X Talk #28 which is the second part of an interview that started here with  Sigma’s general manager Mr. Ozone and Fujifilm Manager Ueno. DC.life has covered it again so I do not have to rely on YouTube translate for this summary. I also watched the video and added some more myself. Below […]

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Coming Soon Astrhori 85mm F2.8 TS-E Macro

Astrhori has been releasing some interesting lenses and it looks like their next will be a Macro Tilt lens the Astrhori 85mm F2.8 TS-E Macro. It will be available for X mount at launch. Astrhori lenses can be found on Amazon. 85mm F2.8 TS-E Macro Frame size : Full Frame Focallength : 85mm Aperture size:2.8-16 […]

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Venus Optics Announces The World’s Tiniest 1.5x Anamorphic Series: Nanomorph 27mm T2.8, 35mm T2.4, and 50mm T2.4

Venus Optics announces the World’s Tiniest 1.5x Anamorphic series: Nanomorph 27mm T2.8, 35mm T2.4, and 50mm T2.4 Anhui China, 17 May 2022 – Venus Optics, the manufacturer specializing in inventing unique camera lenses, is proud to release the Laowa Nanomorph 1.5x anamorphic series for Super35 and Micro Four Thirds sensor. The patented anamorphic optical structure […]

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Laowa Nanomorph Anamorphic 27mm, 35mm, and 50mm Coming May 17th, 2022 at 10 am EDT

Venus Optics launched an indiegogo for its latest Super35 compact anamorphic cine lenses. The launch date will be May 17th, 2022 at 10 am EDT and they have some attractive early bird specials that you can see below. 1/ Patented anamorphic design 2/ Revolutionarily tiny and compact 3/1.5x constant squeeze ratio 4/ Gorgeous amber and blue flare […]

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