Chinese lens manufacturer ZY Optics has announced the Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.5 APO Portrait Lens, a $299 manual-focus telephoto prime for DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. The company says this updated manual focus lens was made with portrait photographers in mind and is a faster, revised version of the Creator 135mm f/2.8 and is available for […]
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Viltrox is aiming high with the introduction of the first lens in the “LAB” series: The new 135mm f/1. 8 LAB FE lens is available for $899 only on Amazon, BHphoto. That’s less than 50% than what you pay for the Sony 135mm GM. sonyalpharumors.com »
2025-01-05 14:53
The new Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 FE LAB lens is now available at at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch. In all cases you get 15% off starting from today! And today a ton of youtuber shared their take on this lens: SonyAlphaBlog reviewed the lens and concluded: The Viltrox 135mm f1.8, the Samyang 135mm F1.8 AF… sonyalpharumors.com »
2024-11-04 16:19
Asobinet noticed the Sigma 135mm FE has been marked as discontinued at Yodobashi. The lens was first announced in early 2017 so maybe Sigma is working on an updated version? If you want to get this lens you can still find it in Stock at Amazon US&EU and BHphoto. There is also a Samyang 135mm… sonyalpharumors.com »
2023-12-09 14:22
The 135mm lens is a magical wonder for many photographers. It's a long lens, and arguably it's the longest practical portrait lens. In the past, many photographers have loved and adored the lens for more than just portraits, though. thephoblographer.com »
2022-07-20 07:00
The 135mm lens is a favorite of so many portrait photographers for great reasons. They compress your subject quite a bit, make everyone look fantastic, can be used for headshots and wider portraits, and blur the background into oblivion. thephoblographer.com »
2019-10-30 13:00
Lensrentals tested the MTF of the new Sony 135mm GM lens: These results are insanely good. At 100 lp/mm the Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM has a higher MTF than most excellent primes do at 50 lp / mm. If you don’t speak MTF, basically that means this lens can resolve fine details that would be […] The post Lensrentals about the new Sony 135mm GM lens: “sharpest lens we have ever tested” appeared first on sonyalpharumors. sonyalpharumors.com »
2019-03-11 21:35
Image quality, weight and value for money. We have come to accept that most lenses are strong in only one or two of these three factors, that I personally focus on when researching lenses to buy. dpreview.com »
2018-01-02 20:29
Image above shows the 135mm f/2. 8 prototype lens tested by Zeiss Photographers As we told you weeks ago the new Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2. 8 lens will be announced next week on April 5. The lens specs are: Minimum focus distance: 0. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-03-31 17:30
EXIF data of the new lens. Note: This is EXIF data from a real “image source” and not faked :) A source just leaded me over to a 100% bullet proof evidence the new Zeiss Batis is a 135mm f/2. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-03-22 15:55
Yesterday, the new Sigma 135mm f1. 8 Art lens was announced--and it's an understandably amazing reason for portrait photographers to get very hyped up. The 135mm focal length is one of the best options out there for portrait photographers. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-22 08:04
Mathieu Stern created that amazing 3D-printed 135mm f/1. 8 FE lens for the Sony A7 cameras! It’s a sort of Petzval alike lens or if you prefer a poor man’s Zeiss 135mm version :) This is what he writes: I met Arnault Coulet, CEO of a French 3D printing agency called FABULOUS. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-11-24 20:44
SAR reader Photochrip sent me this: This email is a bit weird haha, but I think I might have worked out what the next zeiss lenses might be for e-mount. If you look at this site, http://www. zeiss. sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-10-10 14:13
Chinese lens manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon Creator 28mm f/5.6 lens, a $299 recreation of the Leica Summaron M 28mm f/5.6 which the company says has a "faithful adherence to the original lens characteristics while maintaining an affordable price for photographers". [Read More]
Chinese lens manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm T/1.0 Cine Lens, designed to be part of a lineup of Micro Four Thirds cine lenses. [Read More]