Photo Rumors

Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: October 26, 2018

Venus Optics officially announced their Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless manual focus lens. The price of the lens is $849. Pre-orders are now open and the first 50 orders through Venus Optic’s website will get a free 100mm magnetic filter holder system (see the picture at the bottom of this post).

The Canon R and Nikon Z mounts will be released in a few months.

Venus Optics lenses are sold also at Adorama and B&H.

Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 lens focal length comparison:

Sample photos:

Technical specifications, lens design and MTF charts and press release:

Posted in Laowa, Venus Optics| Tagged Laowa 10-18 f/3.5-4.5 full frame manual focus lens for Sony FE| 11 Comments

New Yongnuo YN 35mm f/1.4 full frame DSLR lens announced

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2018

Yongnuo announced a new YN 35mm f/1.4 full frame DSLR lens. Technical specifications, MTF charts, lens design and additional information after the break (Yongnuo lenses are sold at B&H and Amazon):

Posted in Yongnuo| Tagged Yongnuo YN 35mm f/1.4 lens| 13 Comments

Zeiss ZX1 camera at the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2018

Shutterbug published a few new pictures of the 37.4MP Zeiss ZX1 full-frame compact camera from the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo in New York City:

Posted in Zeiss| Tagged 2018 PhotoPlus Expo, Zeiss ZX1, Zeiss ZX1 full frame fixed lens camera| 6 Comments

Deal of the day: 10% off eBay coupon code (up to $100)

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2018

Today only deal: the last few eBay coupons were very popular with PR readers, here is another one – 10% off everything with coupon code PICKUPTEN (up to $100 in savings). If you are outside of the US – see Leon’s top comment on this post on how to apply the coupon code. This deal is also valid for eBay Canada.

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For the next 24 hours the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art lens is $400 off

By PR admin | Published: October 25, 2018

The B&H Deal Zone has the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art lens at $400 off for the next 24 hours.

Additional information on the Sigma 14-24mm lens can be found here.

Posted in Deals, Sigma| Tagged Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art lens| 1 Comment

Canon interview: holy trinity RF lenses coming in 2019 (24-70mm, 70-200mm, 16-35mm), no new EF lenses

By PR admin | Published: October 24, 2018

Lensvid published their interview with Mike Burnhill from Canon Europe, here is the recap (more interviews can be found here):

Posted in Canon| Tagged Canon EOS R Pro mirrorless camera, Canon interview, interview| 8 Comments

The brown Fujifilm X100F camera is finally coming to the US

By PR admin | Published: October 24, 2018

The brown Fujifilm X100F camera is finally coming to the US. Pre-orders will open on November 11th at Adorama and B&H Photo. Here are a few more pictures of the new brown X100F: