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Perrault Pictures were recently commissioned by Canon to shoot a short sports-based film on their new Canon Sumire Cine Primes. The short film tells the inspirational story of kickboxer Jemyma Betrian. For those, who might have missed the Sumire announcement from a NAB 2019, here is a
Netflix has been killing it in the home entertainment business by outdoing Hollywood what they are best at – making high-quality, Hollywood-caliber movies and HBO-level binge-worthy serial drama. And do you know who else has been killing it – Cooke Optics! For decades, the legendary British cine
Big day for Sony today – the company just announced two highly anticipated full-frame lenses – the massive and hella expensive Sony G Master 600mm f4 prime lens and a new Sony FE 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G OSS super-telephoto zoom lens. There were no new camera announcements today,
Tamron has apparently been making their “Superior Performance” lenses for 40 yours, and to celebrate this milestone the company announced a new SP 35mm f/1.4 Di USD Lens for the Nikon F and Canon EF mount. The new Model F045 as it stands in the Tamron lineup,
Panasonic may have announced their cinematography oriented Lumix S1H full-frame mirrorless camera with 6K recording options at Cine Gear 2019, but it looks like they are not putting out their Micro Four Thirds division to pasture just yet. That’s because Panasonic have announced a new super-fast wide
The Sony A7III has become a wildly popular camera and rightly so. The combination of features, quality and, of course, price, make it hugely attractive. One of its big selling points is the full frame sensor and the resulting shallow depth of field along with light gathering
Cine Gear Expo 2019 is about to kick off later this week and legendary cine zoom specialist Angenieux are already kicking down the doors off the hinges with the announcement of the Angenieux Optimo Primes! Yes, that’s right, Angenieux is getting into the full-frame cine prime game
Voigtlander is one of the most legendary lens makers in the world of photography with a lineage that goes back more than a century. About a year and a half ago, the legendary Austrian lens maker announced the Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.4 lens for Sony E mount
Viltrox may be familiar to you as a brand maker of affordable lens adapters and LED lights, but they have some exciting new lenses for Sony FE and Fuji X mount. I remember checking out their new 85mm E mount lens at Photokina 2018 where they had
Samyang Optics just announced their latest premium compact lens – the Samyang AF 45mm f/1.8 FE designed for Sony full-frame mirrorless sensors. The brand new, compact premium AF 45mm f/1.8 FE has bright maximum aperture, consistent internal focusing and a field of view that most closely replicates
Metabones, the popular makers of focal reducers lens adapters, have just introduced a new Canon EF to EOS M Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x to their growing line-up. The EF-EOS M Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x is the latest member of their award-winning Speed Booster family of DSLR to
Some of you may recall earlier in the year, Canon announced the Canon EOS RP – an entry-level model in the new “R” full-frame mirrorless lineup at Canon. At the same time back in February 2019, Canon also announced the development of six new RF lenses to
Venus Optics, an exciting lens maker known for affordable and innovative lenses, who had previously launched a number of unique Laowa lenses, is now announcing the price and opening pre-orders for their highly anticipated Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro APO lens. Followed by the success of the
Vocas have been making solid PL mount adapters for various popular lens mount systems such as Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mount, and now the Dutch company are releasing their latest addition to their growing PL adapter family. The new Vocas Canon RF-mount to PL adapter
It’s seem like it’s all about the Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras these days when it comes to new lenses. And despite major competitors such as Canon, Nikon and even Panasonic, who have announced and released their first full-frame mirrorless systems, it has to be noted that Sony
Zeiss have officially announced their Ventum 2.8/21 lightweight industrial lens for drone applications. The new Zeiss Ventum 2.8/21 has been designed for aerial use in industrial applications and offers outstanding optical quality in a compact and rugged aluminium housing. The extremely fast, fixed-focal-length lens for Sony’s E-Mount
Fujifilm is now offering their popular and quite affordable Fujinon MK Series 18-55mm T2.9 and 50-135mm T2.9 lightweight cine zooms natively in Micro Four Thirds mount. Up until recently, they were only available in Sony E mount and Fuji X mount, with third party lens specialists such
The Tokina Vista Primes are beautiful looking lenses. They are high quality, fully metal, cine-style lenses and they have some impressive specs and features. Filming with Cine Primes comes with a lot of considerations, so let’s have a look at what we are getting into with Greg
Yep, after it leaked a couple of weeks ago, Zeiss just announced the 1.4/100 Otus and now it is time to max out that credit card you just paid off in January… Because with ultimate performance, comes a hefty price tag. All jokes aside, when it comes
Zhongyi Optics, or ZY Optics as they are also known, have released the new Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 Mark III for full frame Sony E, Nikon Z and Canon RF mirrorless cameras. Zhongi Optics have been making quirky, fast, and affordable optics for Fuji X, MFT, E
