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Mostly aesthetics but also functional these are Customized Cine Lens Housings by Cinematics that are designed to fit over existing Canon, Nikon, and Zeiss Lenses. We had an early look at these during PMA 2012 earlier this year, and the build quality is pretty amazing. Example below shows a basic Canon 50mm F/1.4 next to [...]

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Rokinon has updated their popular 8mm Fisheye lens to include better optics and now a removable lens hood. I recall some people needed to shave down the old version depending on the camera they were trying to fit it with. This will give you 180 degree viewing angle on APS-C sensor sized cameras. Although it [...]

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Quick look at the new Rokinon 35mm T/1.5 Cine Lens. Basically same glass elements compared to their standard 35mm F/1.4 Photo lens. It’s just a small $50 dollar difference in price, with a few Cine style features such as de-clicked aperture, lens gears on focus and aperture rings, and indicator markings placed towards the side. [...]

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So Rokinon had news a few weeks ago about releasing new 35mm, 24mm, and 14mm Cine style lenses. The 35mm Nikon mount version shows in stock status’, and have already listed pre-order prices for the upcoming Rokinon 14mm T/3.1 and 24mm T/1.5.
These lenses already in exist in the Rokinon lineup, and the Cine versions [...]

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This was a small response video to a YouTube comment suggesting I may have purposely dodged bumping the camera around because the MagFilter could easily fall off. I know that several magnets were used during prototyping and only quality magnets were chosen for the final product.
Also to clear other questions up, the metal ring [...]

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[Disclaimer: CarrySpeed.com is now a distribution partner with PhotographyandCinema.com. We are now working together to bring unique, innovative, high quality, and affordable products to the Photography and Video industry. The MagFilter review below is one of our products.]

Sorry for the long wait, but here is the official announcement about the new MagFilter System by CarrySpeed.com. [...]

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Reminder that the B&H Canon Lens and Speedlite Rebates expire next weekend. These are instant discounts like $300 off the famous Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens or $120 instant discount on my favorite Canon 100mm F/2.8 IS Macro. Find more details about all the discounts available following the link to [...]

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Just talking about Canon’s latest Compact Prime Cine Lenses, it’s not for everyone. Fortunately Rokinon is well aware of the DSLR Video scene and is adding another Cine lens to it’s product line and i’m feeling the new Rokinon 35mm T/1.5 Cine lens is going to be a winner. The available Rokinon 8mm T/3.8 Cine [...]

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The Zeiss CP.2 Compact Primes have been a popular choice for professional Canon DSLR Cine Lenses, but Canon should be giving Zeiss a run with the growing line of Canon CN-E compact primes. So far they’ve announced a 24mm T1.5, 50mm T1.3, and 85mm T1.3, to work on your full frame cameras, the new Black [...]

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The Ultrawide Rokinon 8mm and fast 85mm F/1.4 lenses are back on Lightning Deals. These deals have always proved to be the cheapest price you’ll find for these lenses. These deals only last for a few hours or until the quantity is sold out. You might find that it brings you to a Nikon mount [...]

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Normally priced at $255.00 dollars, the Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II Lens has a price drop down to just $149.00. This is only a 48 hour sale with B&H or until inventory runs out. Check it out following the link (click here)

Canon EF-S 55-250mm F/4-5.6 IS II Lens

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Here’s another video showing you how those new ND or CPL filters will work when in use with point and shoot cameras. Keep in mind that i’m still working with prototype versions, so end quality in design and glass will be much better. The ring i’ve attached to the Sony RX100 was originally designed for [...]

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Amazon Lightning Deals throws a sale on three different Rokinon 8mm Wide Lenses for Sony E-Mount. (Sony NEX cameras). To see what else is currently on Amazon Lightning Deals (Click Here)
For these 8mm Rokinon Lenses, check out the discounts following the links below.

Rokinon 8mm F2.8 Ultra-Wide Fisheye Lens for Sony E-mount and Sony NEX [...]

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The Canon 7D seems to have received it’s second wind with the new Firmware announcement that will give it full manual audio and a slew of other features. You’ve probably seen other blogs talking about the Canon 7D Deal that ends today. If not, take a peek at what B&H has to offer. About $200 [...]

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What happened to cheap Variable ND filters? So I recently picked up the Sigma 30mm lens for the Sony NEX-7 camera and it’s been the only lens on the camera since. Today I decided I needed a Variable ND filter and did some online shopping. For cheap, normally the Nature ND filter (seen here on [...]

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Printing photos is quickly being replaced with online photo sharing, and with that is a growing trend of highly stylized images. One company that has been offering real time stylized images long before Instagram is Lensbaby.

They recently sent Olivia the Pro Effects and Creative Effects lens kits which are which include a nice set [...]