Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Voigtlander NOKTON 23mm f/1.2 ASPH and VM-E Close Focus Adapter II Confusion

The Voigtlander NOKTON 23mm f/1.2 ASPH was first leaked here and details about the lens were announced here. We also published the announcement of the Voigtlander VM-X Close Focus II here. These products are even listed on Cosina Voigtlander’s website. So it is a bit strange that asobinet and Digicame-info are reporting these products will […]

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TTArtisan Titanium Trio Bundle

TTArtisan released a titanium bundle of lenses to compliment dark silver Fujifilm cameras well. You can find the Bundle on B&H Photo at this time or the TTArtisan Store. Special version with Titanium Grey Now is ready for you 35mm f1.4, 50mm f1.2, and 17mm f1.4 from TTArtisan were called as APS-C trio. Now they are coming back […]

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Sigma 18-50mm f/2 DC DN Patent Found

Asobinet found a patent for a Sigma 18-50mm f/2 DC DN that might have been in the works while the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary was under development. It is unlikely we will see this interesting f/2 zoom anytime soon, but maybe Sigma will go back to it if f/2 zooms become popular. The […]

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DPRTV: Sigma 16mm, 30mm, 56mm f/1.4 vs Fujinon 16mm f/1.4, 33mm f/1.4, 56mm f/1.2 – Largely Comes Down to Price

Sigma just announced 3 contemporary prime lenses for X-mount the Sigma 16mm, 30mm, and 56mm f/1.4. All of Sigma’s lenses are light, compact, metal, and have some weather sealing, but the Fujinon WR lenses are probably sealed a little better and most Fujinon lenses have aperture rings. All are known commodities with good image quality, […]

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New Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D S35 Cine

Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D S35 Cine: Venus Optics Venus Optics announces the widest Super35 prime lens – Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D S35 Cine Anhui China, 7 March 2022 – Venus Optics, the camera lens manufacturer specialized in making unique lenses for photographers and cinematographers, has officially released Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D S35 Cine. The lens is […]

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Fringer EF-GFX (1.20), EF-FX (2.20) and NF-FX (1.60) Firmware Update Released

Fringer released 3 firmware updates today that you can download here. Below are the details of the firmware updates. New firmware released for Fringer EF-GFX (1.20), EF-FX (2.20) and NF-FX (1.60) adapters New firmware for Fringer adapters has just been released. Fringer EF-GFX Pro v1.20 2022/3/5 Version 1.20 Fixed AF performance issues for some lenses […]

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