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Lomography Petzval Lens Kickstarter Raises $1 Million In a Week

New Gear: Panasonic GX7 Camera and Leica DG 42.5mm F/1.2 Nocticron Lens

Sigma Announces Lens Mount Conversion Service, Four Year Warranties

Zeiss Teams Up With ExoLens to Make High-End Smartphone Camera Lenses

New Gear: Tokina AT-X 14-20mm F/2 DX Zoom Lens

Lomography Announces Petzval Portrait Lens for DSLRs

New Gear: Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

New Gear: Fujifilm XF 100-400mm F/4-5.6 R LM OIS WR Telephoto Zoom Lens

Fujifilm Updates X-Mount Roadmap, New Firmware Lands

Video: Have a Look Through Nikon’s Super-Rare 6mm Fisheye Lens

Fight Back Against Gear Theft With Lenstag

Olloclip Adds 2x Telephoto, Circular Polarizer To Your iPhone Camera

Sony G Master Series Lenses: Hands-On Impressions and Sample Image Gallery

New Gear: Sony Announces G Master Flagship Lenses, Including 24-70mm, 85mm, and 70-200mm Options

New Gear: Tamron TAP-In Console Accessory For Updating and Adjusting Lenses

New Gear: Tamron 85mm F/1.8 and 90mm F/2.8 Macro SP-Series Lenses

New Gear: Samsung 10mm F/3.5 Fisheye Lens

Tokina AT-X 12-28mm F/4 Lens Gets $599 Pricetag

New Gear: Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Announced In Europe

New Gear: Sigma 50–100mm f/1.8 DC HSM Art Zoom Lens For APS-C Cameras

New Gear: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary for Mirrorless Cameras

New Gear: Zeiss Touit Lenses Now Available, Gets Pricetag

Will Olympus Be Making Lenses For Sony?

New Gear: Samyang APS-C 16mm f/2 Lens

New Gear: Nikon 1 32mm F/1.2 Prime Portrait Lens

Video: Sigma USB Dock Allows For Microadjustments to Lenses

Multiple Speed Boosters Arrive in the Wake of the Metabones

New Gear: Leica APO-Vario Elmarit-SL 90-280mm F/2.8-4 Telephoto Zoom lens

Video: Hands-On With the Nikon AF-S 300mm F/4E PF ED Telephoto Lens

New Gear: Fujifilm Announces X-Series 55-200mm Lens, Updated Lens Roadmap

New Gear: Sigma 18-35mm F/1.8 DC HSM Zoom Lens

New Gear: Sony Announces Full-Frame 50mm f/1.8 Prime and 70–300mm f/4.5–5.6 Zoom Lenses

Nikon Patents Lens Authentication Passcode System

Metabones Speed Booster For Micro Four-Thirds Delayed

New Gear: LockCircle Prime Circle Cine Lenses with Remote Control Aperture

Kickstarter: Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 64mm f/2.9 Art Lens Is a Throwback to Photography’s Early Days

New Gear: Lensbaby Twist 60 Lens

New Gear: Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Prime Lens

New Gear: SLR Magic Monster Lens II 12-36×50 ED Spotting Scope

Hands-On: Carl Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 Lens

Samyang Announces Two Autofocus Prime Lenses For Sony E-Mount: 14mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.4

New Gear: Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 ED VR Zoom Lens

New Gear: Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 IS Macro Lens With Built-In Macro Ring Light

Kickstarter: Blips Are Surprisingly Tiny Micro and Macro Lenses For Smartphone Cameras

New Gear: Sony 70-400mm Zoom and Carl Zeiss 50mm F/1.4 Lenses

New Gear: Lensbaby Circular 180+ Makes GoPro Camera Even Wider

You Can Pre-Order The Samyang (Rokinon) T-S 24mm F/3.5 Tilt-Shift Lens For $999

Watch This: A Look Inside Canon’s Massive 200-400mm F/4L IS Zoom Lens With Built-In Extender

Lynny Lenses Pulled From Sale

New Gear: Cokin Pure Harmonie Are “Thinnest and Lightest Filters in the World”

New Gear: Tokina Announces 12-28 f/4 DX And 70-200mm f/4 FX Lenses

New Gear: Sigma 30mm F/1.4 DC HSM Lens For Canon and Nikon

New Gear: Nikon Nikkor AF-S 800mm F/5.6 FL ED VR and AF-S 18-35mm F/3.5-4.5G ED Lenses

New Gear: Sony 20mm F/2.8 Pancake And 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 OSS Lenses For NEX Cameras

Video: Watch Sigma and Sony Assemble Some Gear

Exhibits to Watch in 2013: Keizo Kitajima at Little Big Man

Kickstarter: GoPro Hero 3 Snap-on Filters

Removing a Stuck Lens Filter Using a Method That’s Both Effective And Terrifying

Phase One Announces High-End, Blue Ring Schneider Kreuznach Zoom Lenses For Medium Format Cameras

Rokinon Adds 135mm T2.2 Xeen Lens to Cinema Lineup

Nikon Posts Sample Images From The New AF-S NIKKOR 105mm f/1.4E ED Lens

Samyang Announces 35mm f/1.2 ED AS UMC CS and 35mm T1.3 ED AS UMC CS Prime Lenses
