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7Artisans’ New 75mm f/1.4 Portrait Prime

7Artisans just launched a new 75mm f/1.4 portrait prime lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. It comes in E, L, RF, and Z mounts and skips autofocus entirely, aperture and focus are controlled using solid-feeling metal rings. That makes it a different kind of tool than most modern lenses, but it also helps keep the size and weight down.

At 408g and 77mm in length, it’s a compact alternative to bulkier portrait primes, while still offering a long enough focal length for good subject separation. Optically, it’s a pretty straightforward design: six elements in six groups with a 13-blade aperture diaphragm. That’s a relatively low element count compared to high-end portrait glass, but that also means less glass to move and potentially a more distinctive rendering (good or bad depending on your taste). The company claims it delivers “dreamy bokeh,” and with a fast f/1.4 aperture and medium-telephoto reach, you should definitely get some nice background blur.

Minimum focus distance is 0.8 meters, which isn’t great for close-ups, but normal for a lens in this category. There’s no weather sealing, and no electronics of any kind, so you won’t get EXIF data or focus assist without in-body peaking. Pricing for the lens is at $189.

You can see full details and sample shots on 7Artisans’ website here

Sony’s Triple-Layer Image Sensor

Sony recently gave investors a sneak peek into where its image sensor tech is headed, and it looks like we’re getting closer to a triple-layer stacked sensor. Right now, most high-end Sony sensors use a two-layer setup: one layer handles light capture (the photodiodes), and the second manages processing (the transistors). Adding a third layer could unlock processing power directly at the sensor level, which in turn would boost image quality, readout speed, and dynamic range.

The key idea is that more processing near the pixels allows the camera to work smarter and faster. That means less noise, better sensitivity, and potentially more video capabilities. It's not that this third layer adds more megapixels, but it helps squeeze more performance out of the pixels already there. Right now, many high-res sensors are bottlenecked by how fast they can read out data, which limits what they can do for video or burst shooting. A faster sensor means rolling shutter could be further reduced, autofocus could be quicker, and video modes might get serious upgrades.

Of course, there are physical tradeoffs to adding more layers, like reducing full-well capacity if you shrink pixels too much, but Sony seems to have found a workaround by separating and optimising each layer individually. There's no word yet on when this tech will show up in an Alpha or FX-series camera, but just the fact that Sony is working on something like this is already a win.

You can read full details on Sonyalpharumours’ website here

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