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Sigma's 85mm F1.2 DG Art ($1,599, 905g) and 20-60mm F2.8-4 DG Contemporary ($849) land at US dealers on October 6. The 85mm completes Sigma's F1.2 Art trio for L-Mount and Sony E — Canon and Nikon owners are still out.
Brightin Star's MF 50mm f/2 TRI-SIGHT full-frame manual focus 50mm launches today across E/RF/Z/L-Mount at $349.99 intro, with three switchable renderings (SMOOTH/PRIME/FOAMS) and four rear inserts for shaped bokeh.
A Chinese patent ruling that invalidated one of Nikon's Z-mount patents in its Viltrox case has set a precedent Canon cannot easily escape. Here's what could change for third-party RF lenses.
Viltrox used IBC 2026 to bring four Air-series full-frame primes — 14mm F4, 20mm F2.8, 40mm F2.5 and 50mm F2 — to L-Mount, alongside the 35mm F1.4 Pro, two APS-C F1.2 Pro primes, and a new DC-X4 monitor.
Sigma’s first-ever 85mm f/1.2 prime — the 85mm f/1.2 DG DN | Art — launches September 30, 2026 in L-Mount and Sony E for $1,599, undercutting Canon and Nikon’s f/1.2 primes by 40–48%.
After five years of adapting 40-year-old glass to modern mirrorless cameras, here is what actually works, what is worth the money, and why I keep a wooden box of manual-focus lenses on my desk.
Sony and Canon both dropped serious GM/L glass within 24 hours of each other, DJI and Insta360 finally took their US fight to actual court, Fujifilm quietly registered an NP-W255 battery (likely X-T6), and we shipped nine articles this week on LensClear. Here's everything that mattered in photo news June 15-21, 2026.
Sony's a7R VI ships with the best full-frame DR ever measured, Canon drops the fan-cooled R6 V, third-party lens makers (Viltrox, Samyang, 7Artisans) all announce new glass in the same week, and Insta360 quietly takes over the US gimbal-camera market. Here's everything that mattered in photo news June 8–14, 2026.
Three third-party lens makers — Viltrox, LK Samyang/Schneider Kreuznach, and 7Artisans — all dropped announcements in a single week. Here's what each...