5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (393+ words) The big attraction for me is the zoom range. At 8mm, the lens produces a circular fisheye image with a 180-degree angle of view, while zooming to 14mm gives you a frame-filling diagonal fisheye, again with a 180-degree diagonal field of view....

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (694+ words) Nikon has announced the development of nine cinema lenses, and this is the first announcement since the RED acquisition where the logic of that deal becomes properly visible. The NIKKOR Z CINEMA T1.9 VV series will cover not only Nikon’s full-frame…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (568+ words) Every lens Leica has made in the past century, someone somewhere can buy. The Elcan 66mm f/2 is the exception — a lens built for the US Navy in the late 1960s, never sold publicly, of which only around 200 were ever made. Leica…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) Meike has published an autofocus lens development roadmap, and it is considerably more ambitious than anything the company has attempted before — including its first full-frame zooms and, more surprisingly, autofocus lenses for Fujifilm’s GFX medium format system. The roadmap was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) The Field Bracket is Peak Design’s answer to a long-standing annoyance: the traditional L-bracket is a permanent, one-shape fixture that you either tolerate or take off entirely. This one reconfigures without tools. In a few seconds you can add or…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (662+ words) L-mount has never had a truly tiny lens. Viltrox has now fixed that: the AF 28mm F4.5 “Chip” has arrived for L-mount at $99, weighing 60g and thin enough to be mistaken for a body cap. Details are on the official Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 L…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (434+ words) Panasonic has spent the past couple of years fielding persistent speculation that it is quietly stepping back from Micro Four Thirds. Several Lumix G and Leica DG lenses have been discontinued or become increasingly difficult to find, and the company’s…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (532+ words) DZOFilm has released two accessories aimed at a very practical problem: how to use the lenses you already own on the camera you happen to be shooting with. The Octopus II multi-mount adapter and Marlin 1.4x extender are available now, and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (460+ words) 7Artisans has teased an AF 18mm F2.0, a compact autofocus prime for APS-C mirrorless cameras weighing a claimed 108 grams. It will be offered for Sony E, Nikon Z and Fujifilm X mounts, and it belongs to the company’s Lite series — the range of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (691+ words) Action camera specifications usually go one way: pay more, get a bigger sensor. XTU has just inverted that. The forthcoming S7 Pro Max carries a 1/1.28-inch sensor — substantially larger than the 1/2-inch chip in the S7 Pro that sits above it in…...