Lenses

Today Zeiss add new Zeiss Batis 2.8/135 Compact Portrait Tele Lens to their existing Batis lens family. The first 135mm AF focal length for Sony A7 with an optical image stabiliser incorporated into its design.

Leica's newest Thalia cine prime lineup has been designed to cover large format sensors such as RED 8K Vista Vision, 35mm full-frame, ARRI Alexa 65 and of course Super 35 sensors. The Thalia lenses are comprised of 9 focal lengths with 95mm unified fronts and "perfectly" circular bokeh for some really pleasing round out-of-focus backgrounds.

Fujifilm have just launched a couple of brand new cinema lenses part of their new MK Series. The new lenses include an MK 18-55mm T2.9 and a 50-135mm T2.9 specifically designed for E-mount cameras such as the Sony FS7 II, FS7, and PXW-FS5 just to name a few. The new cinema lenses feature advanced optical performance, ultra-compact and lightweight design, as well as superb cost performance.

At the start of the CP+ photo exhibition in Japan earlier this morning, SIGMA announced four new lenses including the world’s first f/1.8, ultra-wide 14mm prime, The new Sigma 14mm f1.8 covers full-frame sensors and is designed for high resolution cameras making it ideal for architecture, astrophotography, documentary and landscapes.

Sony just announced 2 new full-frame lenses. One of them being the highly anticipated 100mm f/2.8 G Master STF OSS lens, which of course features optical image stabilisation, superb bokeh, and world-class sharpness. The other lens that Sony announced is a more budget oriented 85mm f1.8, which many portrait and wedding photographers would appreciate.