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light rain, snow and dust. No price has yet been set. For rival indie brand Tamron’s move into the RF-S market, the 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD zoom offers wide-angle macro shooting at 11mm. Its minimum focusing distance is 15cm and maximum magnification ratio is 1:4. The lens uses an AF drive system with a quiet RXD (rapid extra- silent stepping drive) unit ideal for video. It’s water-resistant and has a fluorine coating to fend off fingermarks. Measuring just 84.2mm long and weighing 340g, it also has a manual AF/MF switch, and a connector port allows for firmware updates via Lens Utility software. A total of 12 elements in ten groups include two glass-moulded aspherical lens elements for maintaining high resolution. The lens also incorporates one ED and two LD (low dispersion) elements for suppressing aberrations. It will cost £649/$659. lksamyang.com tamron.com
Owners of crop-sensor Canon mirrorless cameras now have even more lens choices, as Samyang and Tamron both reveal their first lenses fitting the RF-S mount. Sigma already produces lenses to fit. Although no indie brands have yet been granted a licence to make RF-fit lenses to match with full-frame Canon mirrorless and cine cams like the C400, the RF-S glass does match perfectly with the EOS R7, R10 and R50. The lenses will fit full-frame EOS models, but then you have to shoot in APS-C crop. Samyang’s first-ever RF-S lens is the AF 12mm f/2 – the widest prime available in the RF-S line. Its expansive field of view and fast maximum aperture make it ideal for tight spaces and low light. At 57.2mm long and just 213g, its three extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and two aspherical lenses combat distortion and chromatic aberration. On one side of the lens is an AF/MF switch, while weather sealing protects from
MORE GLASS As options emerge for RF-S mount, Tamron has the 11-20mm f/2.8 (above) and Samyang a 12mm f/2 prime (right)
SAMYANG WEIGHS IN WITH 35MM PRIME Korean lens brand Samyang has launched the first lens in its new Prima series, the AF 35mm f/1.4 P FE, claimed to be the lightest AF lens of its type made for Sony E-mount cameras. The Prima range is the brand’s third generation of products designed to Weighing just 470g, its compact design is ideal for lightweight full-frame cameras like the Sony A7C II and ZV-E1. The optic’s minimum focusing distance is 30cm and it’s built to minimise focus breathing. It also boasts weather sealing and a USB port for firmware updates. lksamyang.com professional-grade quality without the premium cost (price to be released).
LEXAR’S MILLION-DOLLAR BABY More than £1m was raised to fund Lexar Professional’s Go Portable SSD SL400, with its matching hub providing extra storage for a smartphone, tablet or computer. It also enables video capture directly from a mobile phone, including Apple ProRes video at 4K/60p with an iPhone 16, 15 Pro or Pro Max. The thumb-sized SSD is available in up to 2TB, offers USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance, 1050MB/s read and 1000MB/s write speeds and an IP65 rating for dust and water resistance. The matching Lexar SSD hub has four USB-C ports to connect lights, a mic, a power supply and more. The 2TB SSD SL400 plus hub is £259/$349. It also comes in a 1TB version, with or without the hub. lexar.com
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