Lens Announcements

Tokina Announces 35mm, 50mm, 85mm T1.5 Cine Prime Lenses

Tokina has announced 35mm, 50mm, 85mm T1.5 Fullframe Cine Prime Lenses available in PL, EF, MFT and Sony E-Mount. They feature 9 blade apertures and 300 degree focus rotation and all have identical 112mm filter threads. They also have matching iris and focus positions, making it much simpler to switch lenses when using a follow […]

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Zeiss Announces Milvus 15mm 2.8, 18mm F2.8, 135mm F2 lenses

Zeiss has announced it’s adding 15mm F2.8, 18mm F2.8 and 135mm F2 lenses to its manual focus Milvus lens line-up in Canon EF and Nikon F mounts. Zeiss puts an emphasis on robust construction with their full metal barrels, video-friendly features and optical designs that minimize chromatic aberration and distortion. The new lenses will be

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Samyang Announces Full Frame 20mm f/1.8 lenses

Samyang announced their new Full Frame 20mm f/1.8 manual focus lens. It will be available for all mounts including Sony E-mount and Sony A-mount and sold in the USA under the Rokinon name. Based on Samyang Optics’ exceptional optical technology, Ultra Multi Coating and two aspherical lenses and three extra-low dispersion have been included among

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Venus Optics Announces Laowa 12mm f/2.8, the World’s Widest Fullframe F2.8 Lens

Venus Optics Announces their third Sony E-mount lens – the Laowa 12mm f/2.8, the world’s widest rectilinear fullframe F2.8 lens featuring an ultra-wide 122° Angle of View, available for pre-order on Kickstarter. Press Release Anhui China, Jul 30, 2016 – Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched several unique lenses including a

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Samyang Announces FE 14mm F2.8 and 50mm F1.4 AF E-mount lenses

Samyang announced their long-rumored autofocus fullframe E-mount lenses: Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8 FE and Rokinon AF 50mm f/1.4 FE autofocus lenses for Sony E-mount cameras. Samyang lenses, sold in North America as Rokinon, have quickly established a reputation for manual focus lenses with good optical performance at affordable prices as well as their premium Rokinon

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