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    Tokina Firin 20mm f/2 FE MF

    Dec 28, 2017 5 minutes
    Source:   At normal working apertures the lens delivers excellent detail from corner to corner Sony Alpha 9, 1/250sec at f/8, ISO 100  

    While mirrorless systems have now been around for nearly a decade, third-party lens makers have been strangely cautious about supporting them. The big two – Sigma and Tamron – have been particularly reluctant, which has left an opening for the smaller players. This has turned out to be particularly attractive with Sony's full-frame FE-mount system, whose owners are more likely to buy additional lenses than users of APS-C or Micro Four Thirds are.

    So far, only two third-party manufacturers offer autofocus lenses for full-frame Sony mirrorless, with Samyang targeting the budget-conscious end of the market, while Zeiss goes after the premium sector. But manual focus is also a perfectly viable option, particularly for wideangle lenses, and at Photokina 2016 we saw an explosion of choice in this area. Voigtländer reworked three of its existing Leica M-mount lenses for Sony FE (10mm f/5.6, 12mm f/5.6 and

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