Category Archives: 3rd Party Lens

Fujian 35mm f/1.7 CCTV Movie Lens – Inexpensive Swirly Bokeh

The Fujian 35mm F1.7 CCTV is a compact C mount low light lens that adapts well to X-mount providing a lot of character and fully covering APS-C for a low price on Amazon. If you want to see some samples and a light review then check out the Mathew Stern video below. This lens looks […]

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Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 Firmware 1.0.1 Released

Viltrox 13mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon The Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 hasn’t started shipping in the United States yet, but Viltrox has already released its first firmware update v.1.0.1. The details are below: Firmware update v1.0.1 1. Fix the problem that the focus fails in some cases 2. Optimize focus stability AF 13/1.4 XF V1.0.1  Firmware Download […]

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Sigma 20mm f/1.4 and 23mm f/1.4 Mirrorless APS-C Patent Found

Sigma 20mm f/1.4 APS-C Focal length: 20.00 F value: 1.46 Angle of view: 74.82 Image height: 14.20 Overall length: 94.00 Sigma 23mm f/1.4 APS-C Focal length: 23.00 F value: 1.46 Angle of view: 65.76 Image height: 14.20 Overall length: 94.00 Back focus: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN […]

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Sigma 16mm, 30mm, 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Announcement Follow Up

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Sigma announced its APS-C Contemporary lineup of lenses would be coming to X-mount last week, but there have been several reviews/previews/hands-on posts since then so I have rounded them up for […]

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OpticalLimits: Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 X Review

Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 X FISH-EYE: Amazon Optical Limits published its Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 X FISH-EYE review and the lens isn’t even available yet, but it sounds like they enjoyed putting the review together. Fujifilm doesn’t have a fish-eye lens of its own, but there are several quality fish-eye lenses available from 3rd party […]

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CP+ 2022 Tamron Announcements

Tamron released a CP+ 2022 video that you can view below, but it mainly relates to current products on the market. Since Tamron is new to Fujifilm it is interesting to note that they have committed to releasing 3 lenses for X-mount this year out of the 5 lenses they are expected to release from […]

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