lenses Archive

After weeks of rumours, the Canon EOS RP was officially announced earlier today. It’s the entry-level model in the new “R” full-frame mirrorless lineup at Canon repped by the EOS R, which was released a few months back in 2018. In addition to the EOS RP, Canon

Venus Optics have been making smashing wide-angle lenses for some time under their Laowa brand, and their newest Laowa 9mm f2.8 Zero-D DL offers DJI Inspire 2 drone operators an affordable lens to get some amazing aerials without breaking the bank. The Laowa 9mm f2.8 DL featuring

Legendary British cinematography lens maker Cooke Optics just announced the addition of a 35-140mm zoom lens to its esteemed Anamorphic/i SF family, in response to the demand of cinematographers around the world. The beloved “Cooke Look” has been favoured by plenty top-flight DoPs around the world for many years,

Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer that specializes in making unique camera lenses under their Laowa brand, just announced the pricing and availability of the world’s widest full-frame zoom lens, the Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom lens for Sony FE mount. Some of you recall lens was

The show floor at Photokina 2018 was officially opened earlier this morning as the new announcements started to pour in shortly after. At the photo industry trade show in Cologne, Sigma has announced five new lenses from their famous Art series as well as Sports and Contemporary

Premier Munich-based cine lens and accessories manufacturer P+S Technik brought a few new lenses to IBC 2018 and also some from their existing range. They’ve been servicing the cinematography industry for quite some time with stellar anamorphic lenses, however now they are expanding their Anamorphic range with a

At IBC 2018 we stopped by the Cooke Optics stand to chat with Cooke Optics Chairman Les Zellan about their new Anamorphic/i Full-Frame Plus range and their latest 65mm Macro and 21mm Panchro lenses. The first lens in the new Anamorphic/i Full-Frame Plus lineup is the 50mm

Cine lenses, and in particular new cine lenses announcements, continued to dominate the industry and Sigma had their say with three new additions to their High Speed Cine Primes lineup. The new 28mm T1.5, 40mm T1.5, and 105mm T1.5 will be available in PL, E, EF and

Now that the new “true 4K” ARRI Alexa LF digital cinema camera is shipping to rental houses and production companies we are starting to see some tests and footage shot with the newest “large format” beast that ARRI unveiled earlier in the year at the BSC Expo

Tamron are well known for budget zoom lenses and it appears they have just announced a new and compact 17-35mm F/2.8-4 Di OSD ultra-wide-angle zoom lens for full-frame DSLR cameras. Carrying the company’s Model A037 designation, the new 17-35mm is not to be confused with the already

I bet a lot of you are familiar with the Zeiss LWZ.3 or as it is probably more widely known – the Zeiss 21-100mm T2.9-3.9 lightweight zoom. For many documentary shooters equipped with a Sony FS7, C300 II or ARRI AMIRA, the Zeiss LWZ.3 is a standard

Sony announced the highly anticipated Sony FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS large aperture super-telephoto prime lens in E mount just a couple of days ago catering to high-end sports and wildlife photographers. Sony promises brilliant image quality, extraordinary focusing speed and precision while also boasting the lightest weight in

Samyang have just announced their latest lens – a “tiny, but mighty” 24mm f/2.8 FE autofocus lens for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras. The new Samyang AF 24mm f2.8 FE (also sold under the Rokinon brand in the US) appears to be positioned as “a perfect wide-angle lens

If there is one thing that Canon is known for – that’s making excellent lenses. And they’ve been doing this for donkey’s years; Canon lenses are the most popular lenses in the photo world and when it comes to the mighty 70-200mm range, their L-series variants are