This Is Why Canon Pro Lenses Are White

At virtually every major sporting event across the planet, we see groups of photographers huddled together on the sidelines, their allegiance often only visible by the colour of the lenses attached to their cameras, but why are Canon’s telephoto lenses white? Canon’s official position is that large lenses contain large elements and that are more susceptible to heat […]

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SLR Magic Unveils 3 new anamorphic cine lenses that can easily swap mounts

SLR Magic has announced a brand new set of anamorphic cinema lenses. Known for manufacturing affordable optics for filmmakers, SLR Magic’s new ANAMORPHOT-CINE lens lineup is comprised of a 35mm T/2.4, the 50mm T/2.8 and the 70mm T/4, all of which are built on the PL mount, but can be adjusted for Canon EF, Micro […]

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Samyang releases two new XEEN-branded cine lenses, a 14mm T3.1 and 35mm T1.5

Korean optics manufacturer Samyang has announced two new video lenses: the XEEN 14mm T3.1 and XEEN 35mm T1.5. Available in five different mounts – PL, EF, F, E, and MFT – the XEEN lenses are the two latest pieces of glass in Samyang’s growing collection of filmmaking glass designed with 4K video capture in mind. […]

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G Master, a new series of wide aperture flagship lenses from Sony

Alongside the new and impressive a6300, Sony has released an entirely new series of interchangeable lenses, the G Master. Destined to be their most premier line of glass, the new lineup will start out with 3 new E-mount lenses: a 24–70mm f/2.8, 85mm f/1.4, and 70–200mm f/2.8. According to Sony, these new lenses will be […]

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Best Value in Nikon Mount Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses

Let’s first be clear about something: Most zoom lenses, particularly full frame wide-angle zoom lenses, are prohibitively expensive. The term wide-angle refers to lenses somewhere in the 12mm to 35mm ballpark—with 12mm nearing the ultra-wide angle designation. You know the type—short and fat, big chunk of glass: the lenses that make everything appear a little […]

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