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Battle of the bokeh: Comparing six prime lenses

Aug 24, 2022 by Jeremy Mudd 11 Comments
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I own a few odd-ball prime lenses that hover around the 50mm-ish lens length, and offer some unique bokeh, making them interesting choices for portrait photography. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term “bokeh”, its the out of focus area in the image, or rather the quality or look there-of. For many this is very subjective – one person’s AWESOME bokeh is another’s busy, fussy background.

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Cosina announces Voigtländer 50mm f/2, 35mm f/2, 23mm f/1.2 lenses for Nikon Z; 23mm f/1.2 for Fuji X

Mar 1, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Cosina has anounced four new Voigtländer prime lenses for mirrorless shooters. Out of those, three are made for Nikon Z cameras, and one is intended for Fiji X shooters.

The 50mm f/2 and 35mm are made for full-frame Nikon Z cameras. Of course, you can attach them to an APS-C body too and get 75mm or ~52mm equivalent focal length. The 23mm f/1.2 comes in Nikon Z and Fuji X version, and it was made for APS-C cameras, but it can be used in the crop mode of your full-frame camera.

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Sigma 90mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/2 DG DN for L and E mount are now officially out

Sep 10, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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After leaked specs and Sigma’s official presentation, its two new prime lenses are now officially out. The Sigma 90mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/2 DG DN Contemporary lenses are ready for preorders, and they’re made for Sony and Leica shooters.

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Zenit releases four new prime lenses for Sony, Nikon and Canon

May 18, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Russian lens manufacturer Zenit has announced four new manual focus prime lenses. A 60mm f/2.8 macro and 58mm f/1.9 are made for Nikon F and Canon EF, whereas 50mm f/1.5 and 35mm f/2 are made for Sony E-mount cameras.

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Voigtländer announces three fast primes for Sony FE: 35mm f/1.2, 40mm f/1.2, and 50mm f/1.2

Apr 22, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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German lens manufacturer Voigtländer has just announced three new fast primes for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras: 35mm f/1.2 SE, 40mm f/1.2 SE, and 50mm f/1.2 SE. The “SE” stands for “Still Edition,” meaning that they’re aimed particularly at still shooters. The reason for this is clickable aperture, but it also makes them more affordable than the Sony counterparts.

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Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm, 24mm and 35mm f/2.8 lenses for Sony E

Oct 23, 2019 by John Aldred 7 Comments
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Everything leaked early yesterday, but Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2, 24mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2 and 35mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2 lenses for Sony E Mount. All three of the new prime lenses have a maximum aperture of f/2.8 and offer 1:2 macro capability. All three lenses are the same size, weigh around the same (215g-ish) and feature the same sized 67mm filter thread.

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Full specs and sample photos of Tamron’s new Sony FE mount lenses leaks ahead of official announcement

Oct 22, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments
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Tamron first teased a collection of four new lenses back in August. There wasn’t really any information about them back then, but they were expected to be Sony FE mount. In September we found out that they are the 20mm f/2.8, 24mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.8 and 70-180mm f/2.8 lenses and were indeed Sony FE mount lenses.

Now, the complete press release for the announcement has shown up on Sony Alpha Rumors, along with photos of the lenses and sample images. The official announcement is expected later today (or early tomorrow, for those in Europe).

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Two of Tamron’s new Sony FE lenses to come in 2019 and the other two in 2020

Sep 30, 2019 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Recently, Tamron published a teaser video for four new lenses they planned to announce at some point in October. It was reported that they were to be a 70-180mm f/2.8 zoom along with 20mm f/2.8, 24mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2.8 primes. Now, it seems Sony Alpha Rumors has potential release dates for all four lenses. Or at least, release years.

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Four new Tamron lenses coming soon: 70-180mm, 20mm, 24mm, and 35mm f/2.8

Sep 20, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Not long ago, Tamron teased four new lenses for Sony FE, but without giving us too much detail of what exactly to expect. But now we have more information about the upcoming lenses: three new primes and one zoom are on the way.

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Nitecore soon to produce camera lenses, announces five full-frame cinema primes

Aug 26, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Nitecore is a Chinese company producing rechargeable flashlights and third-party batteries (including smart batteries no one asked for). But now it’s about to make camera lenses as well. The company has just announced five full-frame cinema primes ranging from 25mm to 100mm. They will be compatible with a range of mounts, and the company promises “optimum optical quality.”

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