Lens Announcements

Sony Goes BIG with FE 600mm F4 GM OSS & FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS Lenses

Published: June 11, 2019 Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS & FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lenses are Sony’s longest lenses to date. While aimed at vastly different buyers, Sony’s strategy of releasing these lenses together makes a lot of sense. Both lenses will begin shipping in August. I’ll post images shot with each lens […]

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Venus Optics Announces Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 Ultra Macro APO Lens

Venus Optics announces the Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 Ultra Macro APO lens ($449 at Venus Optics) a versatile macro and portrait lens featuring 2X life-size reproduction. Press Release Anhui China, 7 May 2019 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched a number of unique Laowa camera lenses, is proud to announce

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Zeiss Announces Otus 100mm F1.4 Lens

Zeiss announced their Otus 100mm F1.4 manual focus lens available in Nikon F and Canon EF mount adaptable to Sony E-mount. Expect pricing to fall in line with other Zeiss Otus lenses at somewhere north of $4500+ US. Press Text ZEISS Otus 1.4/100 The Telephoto Lens. With its new Otus 1.4/100, ZEISS has expanded the

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Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 Fullframe E-mount Lens Announced!

Russian camera manufacturer Zenit is finally back with the announcement of their manual focus Zenitar 50mm f/0.95 Fullframe E-mount lens. It features a 14-blade diaphragm and 9 lens elements in 8 groups with a weight of 1.1 kilograms (2.42 pounds). Price announced is 50,000 Roubles (roughly $767 USD.) Russian website prophotos.ru says the lens developed

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Samyang Announces 85mm f/1.4 FE Autofocus Lens

Samyang continues to fill out their FE autofocus lens line-up, announcing their new Samyang 85mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lens priced at 699€. It will also be available in the US under the Rokinon name. Press Text: Delivering Sharpness with Beautiful Bokeh Samyang AF 85mm F1.4 FE cherishes Samyang’s world class optical technology while envisioning a

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