Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS lens review

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7artisans announced a new 120mm T2.9 Macro 2X Cine E-mount lens you can reorder now at Amazon and 7Artisans. Here is the official introduction video:

The lens should be soon available for reorder for $278 on Amazon.

SonyAlphaBlog already published a review of this new lens and concluded:

The Yongnuo 56mm F1.4 (268 euros) is one of the cheapest 56mm. F1.4 and offer very good performances for the price with excellent ergonomics good to excellent sharpness, very good color rendition and very good bokeh balls with a very good AF even if not on par with the Sigma. It will produce very nice portraits even. Main weaknesses are the only good sharpness wide open, average resistance to flare

2025 will be a busy year for Canon, and we’ll be seeing a few new lines and we expect 6-8 new lenses this year along with 4-5 RF mount camera bodies.

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Canon EOS RE-1 retro camera by end 2025

based on the Canon AE-1 sometime in Q4 or early Q1 2026 for the 50th anniversary of the AE-1. We are going to call the new camera the Canon EOS RE-1, because it just makes sense.

direct competitor of the Nikon ZF (so about $2,000).

Totally photography oriented camera

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APS-C cameras:
next EOS R7 and another APS-C camera.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2L USM
Canon RF 200-500mm f/4L IS USM

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You can now preorder the new Sirui 20mm T1.8 1.33X S35 AF Anamorphic Lens on Indiegogo (Click here).

Here is a review from Kai:

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Phototrend interviewed Tamron manager Kota Misawa.

Tamron is known for producing fascinating zoom lenses, but in the fixed focal length range we ‘only’ have the excellent 90 mm macro lens. When asked about the plans to grind new lenses, Mr Misawa said the following:

As usual, we can’t give details about our roadmap. However, we do intend to continue developing prime lenses, so you can expect some of those.

When asked about future “bright” zooms he said this:

Again, we can’t give details on our roadmap. However, we will continue to listen to our customers’ needs as we plan new and unique products. Stay tuned.

He also they got a lot of requests from customers:

Currently, fixed focal lengths are in particular demand. We also receive many requests for lenses with advanced characteristics.

Tamron just opened a new factory in Vietnam and this is their long term plan:

Currently, China accounts for 65% of our production and Vietnam for about 25%. However, we plan to redistribute this split to 45% in China, 45% in Vietnam and 10% in Japan, in order to create a more stable production infrastructure.

Tamron has patented a ton of f/2.0 zooms and f/1.4 primes. So I am sure we will see some of those unique lenses coming in 2025!