The Xeen line of cinema-specific lenses hits most of the common prime lens focal lengths, but now Rokinon has extended its reach with the 135mm T2.2 Xeen medium telephoto lens. The lens, as you might expect, doesn’t have autofocus and has a fast maximum aperture of T2.2. While it may no

Super-fast lenses are as popular as they have ever been right now, and Nikon will surely be making some bokeh addicts happy with its new AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4 ED portrait lens. According to the press material, this is the first 105mm lens to hit the f/1.4 aperture mark, which means it

It’s not often that we post sample images from a camera or lens that we didn’t actually shoot, but there has been a ton of talk about the new super-fast Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED Lens and what kind of bokeh it’s capable of. Now, Nikon has posted some official sm

Looks like Samyang (or Rokinon, depending on where you live) is keeping its streak of summer lens announcements alive with the new 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS prime lens for crop sensor cameras. There’s also a cinema version with called the 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS. The key selling point for

With most wide-angle lenses, distortion is a way of life. Warped edges and a bulging center are often byproducts of a wide field of view, but Venus Optics created its new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens with a promise of “close-to-zero” distortion. This full-frame (35mm format) lens will be availa

This summer’s parade of new Samyang lenses (which will likely be distributed in the U.S. under the Rokinon brand) continues with a new 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC full-frame option for a whole slew of modern camera mounts. The lens, like most of the lineup, is manual focus-only and is meant to

Fujifilm welcomes a long zoom to its expanding ecosystem of X-mount glass. The new optic is the first in its family to surpass the 250mm mark and also offers the broadest focal range of any XF zoom. Designed for the APS-C-format sensors in these mirrorless ILC bodies, its equivalent 152–

The big news out of the Canon camp today is, of course, the new EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR, but the company also has a pair of updates for its popular zoom lenses: The EF 16–35mm f/2.8L III USM and EF 24–105mm f/4L IS II USM. The 16–35mm f/2.8L III USM is, as the name suggests, the third itera

Sony has been on something of a 50mm lens kick lately. First, it introduced its version of the ‘nifty fifty” in the form of the affordable 50mm f/1.8. Then came the super-high-end Planar T* FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA prime for pro shooters. Now, Sony has announced a new FE 50mm f/2.8 M

SP 150–600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 (Model A022) As the SP in the name suggests, the new 150–600mm lens has been given a redesign to look like the other current SP lenses, with the new logo and exterior finish. Inside, the optics have been “refreshed” to include 21 elements in 13 groups w

Sigma is not messing around when it comes to its new line of cinema lenses. The Sigma Cine lens line will start with 18-35mm T2 and a 50-100mm T2 crop-sensor zoom lenses, then expand into a 24-35mm T2.2 full-frame lens and a collection of full-frame primes in the next year. By all acc

Today, Zeiss is expanding the reach of its Milvus line of high-end DSLR prime lenses in both directions, wide and telephoto. The trio of new lenses includes the Zeiss Milvus 15mm f/2.8, the Zeiss Milvus 18mm f/2.8, and the Zeiss Milvus 135mm f/2. Here are the individual details. Zeiss M

The Summer lens-announcement spree from Samyang is coming to a close, but the company appears to be finishing strong with a pair of new prime lenses meant to sit at the top of the product line. The new lenses include a the Premium MF 85mm f/1.2 and the Premium MF 14mm F/2.4. The Premium

Much of the hype here at Photokina 2016 so far has been about new camera bodies, but Sigma has a trio of new lenses to show off, including the highly-anticipated 85mm f/1.4 Art, a new 12-24mm f/4 Art full-frame, wide-angle zoom lens, and a 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM Sport lens for wildlife and,

Tokina has carved out a niche in ultrawide-angle zoom lenses for Canon and Nikon DSLRs, and it makes them really well. The two previous Tokina APS-C-format lenses in this category, an 11–16mm f/2.8 and 11–20mm f/2.8, proved among the optically strongest digital-only, ultrawide zooms we’v

The big draw of the Lensbaby lenses is their quirky take on focus, and the company’s latest lens offers three different looks in a single unit. The Tri 28 has three different sets of optics on a rotating lens. You can choose from Twist, Velvet, and Sweet looks. Twist is has the largest a

When it comes to iPhone cameras, it’s the iPhone 7 Plus with its dual cameras that has gotten all of the attention. ExoLens, however, is giving some love to the iPhones with only one camera, offering a new line of add-on lenses intended to expand its flexibility. The first addition to t

The new iPhone 7 Plus has two lenses baked right in, but Olloclip’s new Connect interchangeable lens system is designed to make it even more versatile. The company has announced three different kits that come with lens adapter for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The system is based arou

In recent years, tilt-shift lenses have enjoyed an uptick in popularity as some portrait and wedding photographers have begun employing the unique focus effects they of

The 70-200 f/2.8 lens is a staple for many photographers across a wide range of disciplines, from weddings and portraits, to sports and even studio work. Now, Nikon has announced an updated version of the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Zoom lens with some welcome upgrades. The big