Stunning: Viltrox announced three new f/1.2 Full Frame autofocus primes and many more new fast APS-C and FF lenses!

Today the Chinese company announce the development of new lenses. Some of them are quite exciting:

Four new “LAB” series lenses (Full Frame autofocus lenses for Sony E and Nikon Z):

  • AF35mm F1.2 LAB
  • AF50mm F1.2 LAB
  • AF85mm F1.2 LAB
  • AF135mm F1.8 LAB

One new PRO APS-C lens (Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X):

  • Focal length not discloses but it will be a f/1.2 prime like the already existing 27mm f/1.2 and 75mm f/1.2

Three new PRO FF lenses (Sony E, Nikon Z):

  • AF35mm F1.4 Pro,
  • AF50mm F1.4 Pro,
  • AF85mm F1.4 Pro

Full Frame Cine lens::

  • Vitrox LUNA 30-300mm T4.0 10X

Lense already announced that are coming soon:

  • Viltrox AF16mm F1.8 Nikon Z full frame.
  • Viltrox AF56mm F1.7 APS-C Nikon Z/Sony E/Fuji X,
  • Viltrox AF40mm F2.5 Nikon Z/Sony E full frame

What do you think about those lenses?

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via Weibo

Some curious data about the most used “bird photography gear” in China

We are used to get full info about the camera sales on the Japanese market. But we rarely get some info from the rest of the world. So it’s curious to see what CameraBeta posted today: They shared the list of the most used gear from Bird Photographers. As I don’t speak chinese I didn’t fully understand how the data was collected. Would appreciate if some of our Chinese readers can send me additional info…thanks!

So here is the list:

Most used cameras for bird photography:

  1. Canon EOS R5
  2. Canon EOS-1Dx Mark II
  3. Sony a1
  4. Canon EOS R3
  5. Nikon Z 9
  6. Canon EOS-1Dx Mark III
  7. Nikon D500
  8. Sony a9
  9. Canon EOS R7
  10. Nikon D5

Most used lenses for bird photography:

  1. Sony 200-600mm FE
  2. Canon 600mm f/4.0
  3. Canon 100-500mm
  4. Sony 600mm f/4.0
  5. Nikkor 500mm PF
  6. Canon 600mm f/4.0
  7. Canon 400mm f/2.8
  8. Nikon 600mm f/4.0
  9. Sigma 150-600mm
  10. Canon 200-400mm f/4.0

HOT news: End of March Sigma will announce a super fast Full Frame prime lens for Sony E and Leica L cameras!

Sigma is finally going to announce that is super exciting! According to my very best source Sigma will announce a super fast prime lens by end of this Month! I can’t share the final specs yet but this is what you can expect for sure:

    • It’s faster than f/1.4
    • It’s Full Frame
    • It has autofocus
    • It’s coming for both Sony E and Leica L-mount
    • Announcement end of March

Hopefully soon I can fully share the lens specs…

Panasonic registered two new camera in China: One should be the S1RII, the other one a new FF compact and the GH7?

E8M on Weibo spotted two more new camera registrations from Panasonic (we now have a total of three registered cameras). Usually this means that Panasonic will announce those cameras within 2-3 months. All three cameras do support dual band Wifi (5.1 and 2.4 GHz). The dual band support usually is a sign for a mid to high end level camera.

Camera 1: Panasonic S1RII

I am certain one of the cameras is the new Full Frame S1R camera. I told you that my trusted source told me that Panasonic and Leica co-developed the just announced SL3. And the agreements says that Panasonic will announce their High res camera only a couple of months after this camera…with same sensor and similar specs. The S1RII will have better video tough.

Camera 2: new compact FF L-mount camera?

I am uncertain what we can expect from the second model. Panasonic openly confessed they are thinking about a more compact L-mount Full Frame camera. So this could be an option.

Camera 3: GH7 MFT camera?

It’s also clear that we are in dire need of a new GH7 MFT camera.

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Hopefully my sources can soon tell me more about both cameras! If you know anything about those cameras drop me an anonymous message using this contact box (kindly use a nickname to recognize you in future). Or contact me at mirrorlessrumors@gmail.com.

Images below show the official camera registration in China: