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7Artisans announces its new 12mm f/2.8 Mark II rectilinear APS-C lens

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7Artisans has announced a new Mark II revision of its popular 12mm f/2.8 wide-angle manual focus lens for APS-C cameras. The new lens is going to be available in six different mounts, including Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X and Micro Four Thirds initially, with Canon EF-M and Canon RF to follow.

The wide 12mm focal length offers around 100° field of view on APS-C bodies, with a 15cm minimum focus distance. This makes it a great lens for landscapes and interiors while the wife f/2.8 aperture also makes it a great option for astrophotography.

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The Godox AK-R21 turns your round headed Godox strobe or speedlight into a projector

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Godox has announced the Godox AK-R21 Projection Attachment. It’s compatible with Godox lights that have a round head, like the Godox V1 speedlight, Godox AD100Pro and the H200R round flash head for the Godox AD200Pro. It’s also somewhat compatible with Godox’s regular-shaped speedlights when used with the AK-R25 square-to-round head adapter.

It’s essentially designed to turn your flash into a projector – in a similar fashion to products like the Light Blaster – letting you create different lighting effects with your Godox lights using various slides. The modifier itself, though, only comes with a couple of demo slides. If you want more, you’ll have to buy into the Godox slide kits or make your own.

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Irix has released another 150mm T3.0 cine lens but this one’s not a macro lens

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You might get the slightest sense of deja vu here, but lens manufacturer Irix has announced a new 150mm T3.0 Tele Cine lens. No, it’s not just a successor to the company’s existing 150mm T3.0 cine lens. It’s a new one that appears will co-exist in the Irix lineup alongside the original. The difference? Well, this one’s a regular 150mm telephoto prime and not a macro lens like the other one.

The company says that while the Irix Cine 150mm T3.0 Macro 1:1 lens released in 2019 has proven very popular, it’s not ideal for non-macro situations. Essentially, once you start getting out of macro range and into some distance on the focus ring, there isn’t much wiggle room for accuracy. So, the company developed this second version of the 150mm T3.0 with the “Tele” designation.

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Core SWX announces Apex360, their new massive 367Wh V-Mount batteries for high-power LED lights

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Core SWX has announced their new massive Apex360 batteries. These are 367 Watt Hour batteries that are capable of delivering up to 24 Amps of continuous power. There are two different variations of the Apex360. One is the APX-360V, which outputs at the standard 14.8v, which is suitable for most lights, as well as the high-voltage 29.6v APX-360HV variety for high-powered lighting systems.

The 14.8v APX-360V comes with a standard V-Mount for plugging into all of the things you’d normally use V-Mount batteries for, while the 29.6v version has a Helix V-Mount. Both models come with a 2,000-cycle warranty, with a multi-sided LED gauge for checking the remaining charge and are built into a rugged housing to make sure they last during demanding location work.

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The new DJI Mini 3 drone sacrifices obstacle avoidance for a $260 price drop vs the Mini 3 Pro

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DJI has announced the new DJI Mini 3 drone. You might be feeling a little deja vu, like DJI already announced this, but no. This is a cut-down version of the DJI Mini 3 Pro, released back in May 2022. What makes the new DJI Mini 3 non-Pro different? Well, essentially, it’s the lack of obstacle avoidance.

It might seem silly to remove the feature that beginners arguably need the most in a drone specifically targeted towards beginners. But this loss of obstacle avoidance does come with a very significant drop in cost, too, with the basic RC-N1 controller package starting at $559 instead of the $759 for the same package with the Mini 3 Pro.

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TTArtisan’s low-budget full-frame 50mm f/1.4 Tilt lens sports MOD 0.8 gears for video shooters

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The low-budget lenses seem to be coming through thick and fast right now in the lead-up to Christmas. The latest is the TTArtisan 50mm f/1.4 Tilt lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. This manual focus lens is available for Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L and the APS-C format Fuji X mount cameras.

The tilt feature of the usual tilt-shift lens is what allows you to adjust your plane of focus. This can be very handy for keeping off-axis subjects in focus but it’s also used quite commonly for creating that miniature effect with landscapes and city shots. And that’s what this lens provides with a nice, bright and shallow f/1.4 aperture depth of field.

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Leaked photos show Laowa to release 19mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens for GFX on December 13th

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It looks like Venus Optics is set to release a new Laowa lens next week, according to product announcement images. And leaked photos and specs say that it’s going to be a 19mm f/2.8 ultra-wide lens for Fuji GFX medium format cameras. This isn’t the only lens Laowa makes for Fuji GFX or even the widest angle, but it does add a whole extra stop of brightness over the Laowa 17mm f/4 Zero-D GFX.

The new lens is rumoured to be the Laowa 19mm f/2.8 Zero-D GFX, and it’s expected to cost about the same as the 17mm mentioned above. Despite having a wider aperture, though, it’s also expected to be significantly lighter, weighing only 546g vs the 17mm f/4’s rather hefty 829g. There is also another ultra-wide GFX lens from Laowa, the 15mm f/4.5R Zero-D Shift Lens, but we’ll get back to that later.

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Great Joy rounds out its full-frame 1.8x Anamorphic lens lineup with the 85mm T2.9

Great Joy has announced its newest full-frame anamorphic lens. The Great Joy 85mm full-frame T2.9 1.8x Anamorphic lens adds to the 50mm T2.9 and 35mm T2.9 launched earlier in the year to round out the set quite nicely. As with the first two lenses in the range, the new 85mm T2.9 is also being launched through Indiegogo with a super early bird price of $1,229 or $1,495, depending on the mount you want.

It’s available in 6 different mounting options with Canon EF/PL being the more expensive option and Sony E, Canon RF, Micro Four Thirds and Leica L being the slightly cheaper option. Naturally, it comes in a cinema housing with 0.8 MOD pitch gears and matches the 85mm front outer diameter of the other two lenses with a similar length – which varies depending on the mount.

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Leaks show new AstrHori 18mm f/8 Shift and 12mm f/2.8 Fisheye RF mount lenses on the way

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It looks like Chinese lens manufacturer AstrHori has a couple of new lenses on the way for mirrorless systems, including the Canon RF mount. The first is the AstrHori 12mm f/2.8 fisheye lens, with a possible announcement date coming soon, according to rumours on Weibo. Images have been released, along with a basic set of specs. It’s expected to be released in Sony E, Leica L, Canon RF and Nikon Z mount.

The other is the AstrHori 18mm f/8 Shift lens. This one is also expected to be announced soon and offers a 99.2° field of view with a shift feature to adjust the perspective of the shot. It’s not tilt-shift, though, just shift. This one is only going to be coming in Leica L and Canon RF mounts – no Sony or Nikon version – according to current rumours.

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The Loupedeck Live S console for creatives and live streamers is now available at retailers

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Loupedeck has released a new control console for your computer. This one’s the Loupedeck Live S and as the name suggests, it’s designed for and targeted specifically toward live streamers. It’s essentially a cut down version of the Loupedeck Live with a significantly lower price point. It’s launching on Indiegogo with a pledge price of €129 (around $138). That’s a far cry from the $269 the Loupedeck Live demands.

Despite presenting a more streamlined approach for live streamers, though, it’ll still work with all of the apps you’re used to, including Lightroom, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro as well as the other native integrations. Obviously, you won’t get quite the capability you will with the extra buttons and knobs on the Loupedeck Live and Loupedeck CT but at this price point, it’s worth checking out even if you don’t stream.

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