Canon Launches World’s Widest 4K 2/3-inch Portable 12x Zoom Lens – the CJ12ex4.3B
Canon may not give you the latest and greatest in their cameras before anyone else, they are more likely to sit back and wait – then strike when the …
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Veydra Mini Primes To Be Available in Sony E Mount and C Mount Soon
The Veydra Mini Primes are quite unique lenses – not only are they cinema lenses with a robust metal housing, matched optics, unified fronts, long focus throw, geared rings …
Samyang Teases XEEN – New Affordable Proper Cine Primes in PL and Other Popular Mounts
Just as the prices of pro-sumer and professional prices continue to fall, it comes as natural to see more affordable cine lenses come around. This is what Veydra did …
Watch Another 50 Minute Sony Seminar on 35mm Optics for Cinéma Vérité Style Production
Here’s something to watch on a lazy Saturday morning – another 50 minutes Sony seminar, this time focusing on a variety of lens options for their awesome full frame …
New 4K Drone Camera from China Plus New Full-Frame Tokina 24-70mm f2.8 Zoom Lens
Summer is usually a slow period for camera/lens manufacturers, who tend to announce their latest kit at either major trade shows or close to them. However, unlike the old …
Laowa 15mm f/4 from Venus Optics is the World’s Fastest Full Frame Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens
Venus Optics, the Chinese camera lenses manufacturer known for launching the world’s first 2:1 Macro Lens last Fall, has just released the world’s widest Macro lens for full frame cameras – …
New Sigma 24-35mm f/2.0 Art Lens – The World’s Fastest Full-Frame Zoom
Sigma has been killing it lately with their Art line of primes such as the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 Art, 35mm f/1.4 Art, and the 50mm f/1.4 Art lens in …
Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4.0 OSS Servo Zoom Lens Review
Many Sony A7s and FS7 shooters have been looking for a good range zoom lens that is also natively supported and features a power zoom and auto-focus options. Sony …
Olympus Expands M.Zuiko Pro Range with 7-14mm f/2.8 Wide Angle and 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye Lens for Micro Four Thirds
Getting those wide perspectives has not been that easy for shooters using Micro Four thirds cameras like the Panasonic GH4 and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera due to the …
Podcast 046: Panasonic GH4 Anamorphic Mode & Future V-Log L, Litepanels Caliber 3 LED’s & More
Podcast 046: Panasonic GH4 Anamorphic Mode & Future V-Log L, Litepanels Caliber 3 LED’s & More Posted by Ogy Stoilov April 27, 2015 In Episode 46 of the 4K …
New Zeiss Batis Lenses With OLED Display with Full Frame Coverage for Sony FE Mount
Earlier today legendary German optics maker Zeiss announced a brand new line of lenses designed specifically for the Sony Alpha series mirrorless cameras like the Sony A7s, A7II and A7R. …
Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 Full Frame Lens Officially Announced
Chinese budget lens and adapter manufacturer ZY Optics officially announced their Mitakon Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens with full frame coverage. The lens is going to be priced around $799 …
Samyang Releases New 100mm T3.1 Macro Lens
After weeks of teasing a new lens, the final missing piece of the puzzle has been revealed by Korean optics manufacturer Samyang. The company announced their latest addition to …
Sony A7s Gets 4 New FE Full-Frame Lenses and Converters
Even though the Sony A7s, Sony FS700 and the Sony FS7 have been widely adopted and loved by the filmmaking community since their respective releases, Sony’s tendency to release …
SLR Magic Anamorphot 2.0x Adapter Production Model Tests
For decades, anamorphic lenses have carried a mystique about them. There is a certain feeling of something special with anamorphic lenses and their inherent ability to compress an image …
OWL Drop-in Filter Lens Adapter For Run & Gun Shooters
Filters are an essential part of shooting stills and video. However, most times with different size lenses and especially stills lenses used for video, one may find themselves in a …
New 85mm T2.2 Lens From Veydra Mini Primes
Quality and affordability when it comes to lenses, especially to cine primes is a rare occurence. Simply not many options exist. Samyang/Rokinon do make very nice cine-vized lenses, but …
New Tokina 4K Ready Cine Zoom Lens Coming Early April
Cinema zoom lenses don’t come cheap. But they do offer significant advantages and are desirable for certain productions where primes may not offer the focal range or may slow down …
Prime Circle Launch XM Line of Manual Cine Lenses Based on Zeiss Distagons
Prime Circle are an Italian based equipment manufacturer who have been developing re-housed cine lenses based on Zeiss lenses for DSLR and large sensor camera shooters, matteboxes, wireless follow focus …
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Cheaper: Yongnuo’s $40 “Nifty Fifty” Canon Clone
Sometimes we obsess over gear and can easily fall into the trap of spending a ton of money on more expensive gear, thinking it this way we instantly better …