Venus Optics ‘Laowa’ Magic Shift Converter review by Christopher Frost

Back in July Venus Optics announced the new Laowa Magic Shift Converter for Sony E-mount. You can buy it directly at venuslens.net/product/laowa-magic-shift-converter/. It allows you to achieve this kind of “effect”:

Well this new Converter just got tested for the first time by Christopher Frost:

Reminder: Preorder link to the new the Laowa 15mm f/2.0 FE lens at Venuslens.net (Click here).

Sony FE 100mm STF review at Photozone: “outstanding bokeh”

Photozone tested the Sony FE 100mm STF lens:

The Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS is certainly a controversial lens. In terms of sheer depth-of-field power and speed, it is a mediocre lens. However, the quality of the bokeh is second to none.
Coming to a final conclusion isn’t really easy because you can be very opinionated about the pros and cons of the Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 STF GM OSS. However, in my book it can produce stunning results and it alone is a reason to jump on the Sony bandwagon if you can afford it and if a truly outstanding bokeh is just your thing. Therefore … highly recommended!

100mm STF at [shopcountry 60274].

Sony 16-35mm GM reviews by Imaging Resource and Colby Brown

We have two reviews of the new 16-35mm lens:

Imaging Resource writes:

I was very impressed with the FE 16-35mm f/2.8 despite the limited time I had with it. On both the Sony A7R II and the A9 it focused extremely quickly and with pinpoint accuracy while delivering extremely sharp photos with beautiful bokeh. This is most certainly a lens to be excited about when it releases later this year.

Colby Brown writes:

After using the Sony 16-35 f/2.8 GM this summer in Iceland and finally getting my own copy just before I published this review, I think it is safe to say that Sony knocked it out of the park with this lens. In a relatively small light body, they managed to pack in a ton of optical quality into this lens. Not only it is incredibly sharp corner to corner, but the images that come out of this lens are simply gorgeous. Between the bokeh, contrast and texture detail…there is a lot to love.

Lens store links: [shopcountry 60804].