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INSOMETHINGof a coupforSamyang,
theKoreanlensmakerhasannounced
theworld’sfirstthird-partyautofocuslensin
Canon’sfull-framemirrorlessRFmount.The
AF14mmF2.8RFis basedontheSony-fit
FEversion,butaddsa physicalAF/MFswitch
toitsweather-resistantbarrel,whiletaking
advantageof thelarger-diametermountto
adda reargelfilterholder.Thefirmalsosays
thatthe14-element,10-groupoptical
designnowincludesa high-refractionglass
element,alongsidethreeasphericalandtwo
extra-lowdispersionglasselements.The
AF14mmF2.8RFis duein November
for£629.
Naturally,thismovesuggeststhat
Samyangwilllikelyadaptitsotherautofocus
E-mountlensesforCanonRF,too.SoEOS
R userscanhopetoseecompact18mm
f/2.8,24mmf/2.8,35mmf/2.8and45mm
f/1.7opticsin thenearfuture,alongwith
larger35mm,50mm and 85mm f/1.
designs as well.

SamyangAF14mm

F2.8 for Canon RF

Four Tamron optics for

Sony full-frame mirrorless

THIRD-party

lens-makersare

nowwellandtruly

jumpingonthe

full-framemirrorless

bandwagon,with

Tamronannouncing

a trioof compact,

lightweightand

close-focusingf/2.

primesin SonyE

mount.The20mm

F/2.8DiIII OSDM1:

is joinedby24mmand

35mmsiblings,withallthreesharing

thesamecosmeticdesign,67mmfilter

thread,anddimensionsof 73x 64mm.In

addition,theyeachfeatureminimumfocus

distancesbetween 11 and15cmforhalf-life-

sizemagnification,andweighnomorethan

220g.Outdoorphotographerswillbepleased

tolearnof moisture-resistantconstructionand

a water-repellent fl uorine coating to the front

element,while

Tamronsays

allarefully

compatible

withSony’slatest

advancedautofocus

technologies.The24mm

and35mmwillbelaunched

in November,withthe20mmfollowingin

January.UKpricingis tobeconfirmed,but

giventhereported$349UStag,we’dexpect

themtocostin theregionof £350each.

In addition,thefirmannouncedit is

developinga compact,large-apertureE-mount

telephotozoom,theTamron70-180mmF/2.

DiIII VXD.Designedto complementitshighly

regarded17-28mmf/2.8and28-75mm

f/2.8optics,it willsharetheir67mm

filterthreadandmoisture-resistant

construction.It’sexpectedto measure

149mmin lengthand,at just815g,weigh

littleoverhalfasmuchastheaverage

70-200mmf/2.8forfull-frameDSLRs.

Pricing and availability are still to be revealed.

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WHATis believedtobetheworld’soldest

photographofa livinganimal– asin alive

at thetime– hasrecentlybeendisplayed

in NewYorkbyHansP. KrausJr.Fine

Photographs.Theimage, of cows resting in

a marketin Rome’s

ancientForum,

wastakenasa

daguerreotypeby

Frenchphotographer

Joseph-Philibert

GiraultdePrangey

(18 0 4–1892).

Photography

historianStephenC

Pinson,whowrotea

bookondePrangey,

hasworkedoutthat

hetooktheimage

between April and

Oldest animal photograph revealed

©

JOSEPH-PH

LBERT

GRAULT

DE

PRANGEY

July1842,whileona Mediterraneanjourney

(DePrangeytooktheearliest-surviving

imagesofGreece,Palestine,Egypt,Syria,and

Turkey).LouisDaguerrehadannouncedhis

daguerreotype processonlythreeyears

before,sothe

innocuousimage,

withthecomically

abrupttitleof‘Rome,

Forum,Boeufs’,

datesbacktothe

verybeginningsof

photography.Until

somethingolder

comesalong,these

bored-looking

bovinesseem

assuredofa placein

photographic history.

Samyang’sAF

14mmF2.8RF

is duetobeout

in November

‘Have youherd guys, we’re famous!’

Tamron’s 70-180mm f/2.8 will weigh only 815g

Tamron’s20mm,

24mmand35mm

lensesallhavean

aperture of f/2.