Viltrox will soon announce two new lenses:

• Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 for APS-C E-mount autofocus lens (already available as X-mount on BHphoto).
• Viltrox 16mm (aperture unknown) Full Frame E-mount lens

Source Weibo

Zhongyi Optics released the 200mm f/4.0 for Sony FF E-mount cameras in China. US&Europe announcements will follow within 2 weeks and the lens will be available through their official Amazon store.

Specs:

• 11 elements in 7 groups of optical structures,
• 9 aperture blades,
• the closest focusing distance is 0.48 meters,
• 67mm filter interface,
• adopts APO and internal focus design,
• and the size of the lens body 75*186mm,
• weighing about 1300g,
• with Canon EF/RF, Nikon F/Z, Sony E, Fuji X/GFX, Hasselblad XCD and L mount,
• only priced at 3980 yuan (close to 600 Dollars)

In future photographers might use some AI to edit their own pictures. Adobe launched Firefly and I joined the Beta to see how it works. Sadly, the three tools that are interesting for us photographers are not activated yet: Inpainting (to remove and replace pieces of a photo), personalized results to create new images form your real photos and extend image (to increase the aspect ratio through AI interpolation).

The only tool I could play with is the text to image generation tool If you want to see how good (or bad) this works check out my video:

I am also Beta testing my new forum named AI-Imagelab (feelf ree to join).

BCNreport shared the latest Japanese February sales data:

Lens share by mount:

• E-mount 32.6%
• MFT 13.8%
• Canon EF 11.4%
• Nikon F 9.3%
• Fujifilm X 8.8%
• Nikon Z 8.5%
• Canon RF 7.7%

Lens share by manufacturer:

• Canon 17.1%
• Sigma 16.0%
• Tamron 15.1%
• Sony 14.2%
• Nikon 13.8%
• OM Digital Solutions 8.6%
• Panasonic 4.6%
• Fujifilm 4.2%

via DigicameInfo

Preorders:
17mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, WexUK.
23mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, WexUK.
50mm lens at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, WexUK.

News and Reviews:
Press text at Explora. 17mm test at SonyAlphaBlog. 23mm test at SonyAlphaBlog. 50mm test at SonyAlphaBlog. 17mm lens review at Lensvid.

Youtube reviews:

Here are the lens specs:

17mm F4 DG DN | Contemporary (Full Frame)

• Lens construction: 9 elements in 8 groups
• Shortest shooting distance: 12cm
• Maximum magnification: 1:3.6
• Filter diameter: 55mm
• Size: φ64.0mm x 48.8mm (50.8mm for E mount version)
• Weight: 225g (220g for E-mount version)
• Magnetic metal cap

50mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary (Full Frame)

• Lens construction: 11 elements in 9 groups
• Shortest shooting distance: 45cm
• Maximum magnification: 1:6.9
• Filter diameter: 58mm
• Size: φ70.0 x 68.0mm (70.0mm for E mount version)
• Weight: 350g (345g for E-mount version)
• Compatible with magnetic metal caps

23mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary (APS-C)

• Lens construction: 13 elements in 10 groups
• Shortest shooting distance: 25cm
• Maximum magnification: 1:7.3
• Filter diameter: 52mm
• Size: φ65.8 x 76.9mm
• Weight: 340g
• Mount: L mount, Sony E mount, Fujifilm X mount

Samyang Korea is teasing a lens launch for April 6th.

The European store e-infin.com listed the Samyang 35-150mm f/2.0-2.8 lens with a price tag of €1,179.00. That’s exactly €400 cheaper than the Tamron competition lens. And here is the leaked image of the lens: