Sony will soon announce the new 16-28mm f/2.0 GM lens. In preparation for this a Vietnamese store posted this product page . Some readers asked me about this and I have to warn that this is a poorly edited fake image of the lens :)

Can’t wait to see the REAL lens soon!

Lightroom now supports all Sony A7v raw compressed formats. There is also a news about this on Marc Galers blog

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Thanks EmDee. Marc and the other tipsters ;)

Alpha 7 V + FE 28-70mm F2 G Master | One Body One Lens

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Today Llano announced their new 4 in 1 card reader you get for $44 at Amazon (Click here) . Adds 10Gbps transfer speeds, dual-cooling aluminum enclosure, fuse resistors and customizable RGB lighting effects.

Key Features:

• 4-in-1 Smart Card Reader: Designed for CFexpress Type A, CFexpress Type B, USB C 4.0 UHS-II SD, SDHC, SDXC and micro SD/TF memory cards, covering storage media such as cameras, mirrorless cameras, drones and surveillance

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A new Chinese brand is about to unveil its first lens, a new autofocus lens (and probably with an E-mount). This makes it the eleventh Chinese company to enter this market after these:

• Viltrox ,
• Yongnuo ,
• Meike ,
• TTartisan ,
• 7Artisans ,
• Sirui Optics ,
• Brightin Star ,
• SG-image ,
• Laowa,
• Astrhori ,
• Songraw ,
• Blazar .

Here’s a summary of some exciting news about lenses from the Chinese manufacturer that we’ve received here at SAR recently.

• 11th manufacturer will announce

Mew Laowa 180mm f/4.5 1.5x Ultra-Macro APO FE Lens for $499 at BHphoto , VenusStore .

Mark Wiemels calls the new Laowa 180mm f/4.5 1.5x Ultra-Macro APO one of the most unique and dramatic lenses he’s ever tested. It delivers extraordinary 1.5x macro performance with manual focus at close range, then switches to autofocus beyond 1.5m—ideal for portraits or even street

7artisans AF 40mm f/2.5 camera lens review

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