https://www.canonnews.com:443/Home/rss/category/1633/third-partyRSS documenthttps://www.canonnews.com/is-vistilen-quietly-launching-autofocus-lenses-for-canon-rf-mount If you are heavily invested in Canon's mirrorless system, you are surely aware of the company's stance when it comes to third-party autofocus lenses for the RF mount. While the likes of Sigma and Tamron have been expanding the native AF lens selection for the  APS-C RF system, the situation is still mostly limited. In a lot of cases, outside of the major third-party vendors, the only option is manual focus. So when rumors of a new manufacturer announcing autofocus lenses for the RF mount ...]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:51:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/is-vistilen-quietly-launching-autofocus-lenses-for-canon-rf-mounthttps://www.canonnews.com/new-rumor-sigma-to-start-creating-rf-mount-lenses-in-2021-47 According to NikonRumors , they have heard that Sigma is planning on producing RF (and Nikon Z) mount lenses sometime in 2021. It should be a fairly smooth process for Sigma, even if they simply at this time wish to use the EF protocol instead of RF. This of course is good news for those that have moved over to the RF system already, as the current Canon lenses for RF mount are a little on the pricey side and it would be good to have alternatives available, such as Sigma's lovely ...]]>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:56:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/new-rumor-sigma-to-start-creating-rf-mount-lenses-in-2021-47https://www.canonnews.com/zeiss-set-to-launch-3-supreme-prime-cinema-lenses-51 Zeiss is set to announce three new Supreme prime lenses. I would consider these lenses in the realm of, "if you have to ask how much they will cost, you can't afford them". However they are certainly going to be up to Zeiss'es exacting standards.  The three lenses coming out are; 18mm T1.5 40mm T1.5 200mm T2.2 No word on specifications, etc.  We expect an announcement soon.   ]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:26:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/zeiss-set-to-launch-3-supreme-prime-cinema-lenses-51https://www.canonnews.com/new-rumor-sigma-to-make-rf-announcement-60 A new rumor from CanonRumors is about Sigma and a possible announcement concerning the RF mount. This really doesn't surprise me.  The Samyang 14mm F2.8 AF for the RF mount showed that it was possible to quickly release an RF lens, even though, articles such as this seem to indicate it may be years away . The Samyang 14mm seems to use the EF protocol, because certain "RF lens only" features are turned off the EOS R when the Samyang is attached.  This includes high speed display ...]]>Wed, 13 May 2020 09:14:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/new-rumor-sigma-to-make-rf-announcement-60https://www.canonnews.com/new-laowa-w-dreamer-15mm-tilt-shift-coming-80 According to the forum website Weibo, Laowa, made by Venus Optics is set to announce a bunch of new lenses. The most intruging may be the W-Dreamer 15mm F4.5 tilt shift lens. It has quite the bubulous front element to it, which seems to indicate to me that this is a full frame 15mm tilt-shift which would be probably under 9mm for stiching. Crazy. Unfortunately, like the TS-E tilt-shift, there isn't really room for a tripod mount on the lens barrel itself to help correct for ...]]>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:03:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/new-laowa-w-dreamer-15mm-tilt-shift-coming-80https://www.canonnews.com/tokina-to-release-an-updated-100mm-macro-for-the-canon-ef-mount-106 Tokina is slated to release an updated 100mm Macro, called the ATX-i 100mm F2.8 MACRO for the Canon EF mount (and also the Nikon F mount).  The price in yen seems around 56,000 or somewhere around $499 USD.  So a pretty economical full frame macro lens. Release date is expected on December 6th, just in time for Christmas.   ]]>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:01:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/tokina-to-release-an-updated-100mm-macro-for-the-canon-ef-mount-106https://www.canonnews.com/its-finally-happening-the-first-third-party-canon-rf-af-lens-109 There were worries (or FUD) that Canon made the RF mount so that third party developers couldn't create lenses for it. Well, now we know.  The first AF lens for the RF mount is coming, and it's from Samyang, creating a 14mm F2.8 AF lens for the RF mount. It's also including a lens station, I would presume to update the firmware for the lens. An announcement is expected soon.   ]]>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:38:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/its-finally-happening-the-first-third-party-canon-rf-af-lens-109https://www.canonnews.com/rumiere-noct-master-apo-75mm-f095-lens-for-canon-rf-68 It seems like there is a new Rumiere APO 75mm F.95 for the Sony E mount, Nikon Z mount, Canon RF mount, L mount, and the GFX mount. A Nikon Rumors reader did some digging and got this response from NSI the company that originally a year ago announced plans for a 75mm F.95 lens; 回复：Rumiere Noct-Master APO 0.95/75mm Lens Dear xxxx We are sorry that you read a fake news. NiSi is nothing with the new lens NOCT-Matser APO 0.95/75mm. Thank you! Best Ray ...]]>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:31:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/rumiere-noct-master-apo-75mm-f095-lens-for-canon-rf-68https://www.canonnews.com/red-komodo-canon-rf-video-camera-58 Seems over at newsshooter there was an interesting article about one of RED's latest projects that was "leaked" recently. This image showing the mount of the Komodo named video camera, clearly shows what appears to be a Canon RF mount.  Out of the four mirrorless mounts, Canon is the only one with a raised series of 4 pins to the left hand side of the mount. It does make sense for video camera manufacturers to move from the Canon EF to the Canon RF mount, what is surprising is if ...]]>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:34:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/red-komodo-canon-rf-video-camera-58https://www.canonnews.com/announcement-of-the-tamron-sp-35mm-15-di-usd-leaks-early-79 Other internet sources are reporting that the Tamron SP 35mm 1.4 Di USD has been announced by Tamron.  However, there has been no official statement from Tamron, either their global site or Tamron USA. For the time being it's either the quietest lens announcement by Tamron, or the press text was leaked early. Tamron launches the finest lens in its history with the new fixed focal lens, the Tamron SP 35mm F/1.4 Di USD (Model F045), for full-frame DSLR cameras. Tamron’s SP ...]]>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:01:00 GMThttps://www.canonnews.com/announcement-of-the-tamron-sp-35mm-15-di-usd-leaks-early-79