New Bokkelux Cine Prime Lenses Enter the Affordable Cine Lens Market
If there is one trend at this year’s NAB Show, other than HDR of course, is affordable lenses. Canon announced a brand new 18-80mm servo zoom for about $5K, …
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New Samyang 14mm 2.8 and 50mm 1.4 FE lenses for Sony E-mount with Autofocus
The South Korean budget lens maker Samyang just announced their first ever full-frame lenses with autofocus – a 14mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.4 for Sony E mount. This is …
Cine-vise your Zeiss Loxia, Milvus and Otus with Lens Gear Rings
Zeiss stills lenses are extremely popular with indie filmmakers from the older and fully manual C/Y Distagons to the more modern Loxia and Milvus lenses. However, as with any non-cine …
NAB 2016: Veydra 19mm T2.2 Mini Prime For Sony E-mount; 2X Mini Anamorphic and Wide Project Discontinued
The Veydra Mini Prime project was a huge success making high quality cine prime lenses accessible to a vast pool of budget filmmakers using Micro Four thirds and Sony …
NAB 2016: SLR Magic Anamorphot 1.33x – 40 is a New Anamorphic Adapter for MFT and Super 35/APS-C
The good people at SLR Magic have been working hard on supplying the indie filmmaking world with not just affordable and well-built lenses for video but also innovative accessories …
NAB 2016: Zeiss Just Unveiled the Batis 18mm f/2.8 Super Wide E-Mount Lens
All Sony Alpha 7 series shooters should be more than happy to know that Zeiss just announced the widest full-frame E-Mount prime with autofocus – the ZEISS Batis 18mm/f2.8. The lens is the latest …
NAB 2016: Canon Announce CN-E18-80mm T4.4 Lightweight Budget Cine Zoom
Canon just announced a truly affordable compact cine servo zoom lens that won’t cost more than your camera! I have a feeling that if NAB 2016 isn’t so much …
Sony Adds Budget 50mm f1.8 Prime and 70-300mm Telephoto to FE Lineup
Last week, alongside the new Sony RX10 III, Sony also announced two new full-frame lenses – a budget 50mm f1.8 and a 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G telephoto with image stabilisation. This …
Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f2 Sony E Mount Lens Comes With Some Delicious Bokeh
The latest portrait lens from Venus Optics – the incredible Laowa 105mm f2 features a special element for some deliciously lush bokeh effect. Much like the recently announced G …
Sigma Brings Out New Superfast 50-100mm f/1.8 Telephoto, MC-11 Canon EF to Sony E Mount Adapter and Budget 30mm f1.4 Prime
Sigma is bringing yet another ground-breaking zoom lens with the DNA of their very popular and well respected 18-35mm f1.8 Art lens. This time around on the telephoto side, …
New 85mm f1.8 and 90mm f2.8 Macro from Tamron Cover Full-Frame
Just two days ahead of the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show in Japan, Tamron added two new full-frame portrait lenses to their line-up. The new lenses are an SP …
Sony A6300 and G-Master Lenses Are Now Available to Pre-Order!
Sony unleashed yet another ground-breaking new E-mount 4K mirrorless camera last week – the much awaited successor to the A6000 – the now 4K capable A6300 APS-C Mirrorless camera. …
SLR Magic Announce New 1.33x Anamorphic Lenses in PL mount for Super 35 Cameras
SLR Magic are no strangers to the Anamorphic game. They do have a couple of Anamorphot adapters that mimics some, if not most, of the characteristics of true Cine Anamorphic lenses, …
Sony Announces New G-Master Series Full-Frame Zoom and Prime Lenses
The new Sony a6300 mirrorless 4K camera wasn’t the only new product innovation that Sony announced last week during their press event in New York. Sony also announced three …
Samyang Complete XEEN Cine Prime Lens Set with 2 New Lenses – XEEN 14mm T3.1 and 35mm T1.5
Samyang just announced two new additions to their XEEN budget cine lens line-up – the Ultra Wide XEEN 14mm T3.1 and the 35mm T1.5 making for a nice 5 …
Veydra Mini Primes Universal Lens Support
For those of you who are yet not familiar with the Veydra Mini Primes, they are some terrific budget cine lenses with a robust metal housing, matched optics, unified …
ZEISS Introduces Macro & Telephoto Lenses for iPhone 6, 6S and 6S Plus
World renowned optics manufacturer Zeiss made a somewhat of a surprise announcement yesterday at CES 2016. The legendary German lens maker teamed up with Fellowes Brands, manufacturers of premium mobile …
New Band Pro IBE APO Macro Lenses With Full-Frame 4K, 6K and 8K Coverage
If not for cameras, this year has been a fantastic year for lenses. As cameras become more affordable, bring higher resolutions and full-frame 4K video from the likes of …
10 Free LUTs, Boxing Day and New Year Deals for Filmmakers
This past year has been rather generous to us filmmakers in the way of new and amazing cameras, innovative post-production tools, lenses and other accessories designed to make our …
New Fotodiox Smart ND Throttle Canon Lens Adapter for Sony E-Mount Cameras
Since Fotodiox introduced their ND Throttle adapter for mirrorless cameras, a really neat adapter with integrated variable ND filter behind the lens, shooters have been asking for a version, which would allow …