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SG-image’s New AF 25mm f/1.8 Lens Is Here
credits: SG-Image
SG-image has officially launched the previously rumoured AF 25mm f/1.8 lens for Sony E and Fujifilm X mounts. It is a compact, lightweight prime with fast autofocus aimed at everyday use. With an APS-C equivalent focal length of about 37.5mm, it lands right in that sweet spot between wide and standard, making it versatile for anything from street photography to handheld video. It weighs 145g and measures only 32mm long, so it’s easy to throw on a camera and forget it’s there.
Despite the small size, SG-image packed in some solid hardware. The lens has a 9-blade circular aperture that helps produce soft, rounded bokeh when shot wide open at f/1.8. It uses an STM stepping motor for smooth, quiet autofocus, ideal for discreet photo work or filming without AF noise bleeding into audio. The optical formula includes 7 elements in 5 groups, with 3 high-refractive index lenses to help keep sharpness consistent across the frame. A multi-coating on the glass helps suppress flare and ghosting, even in backlit conditions.
Physically, the lens is built with a metal body and comes with a matching metal lens hood. It has a 52mm front filter thread, a minimum focusing distance of 0.3 meters, and is available in four trim colors: black, silver, red, and orange. Pricing for this lens is at $69.
You can see full details on Amazon’s Japan website here
CineStill’s New Film Scan Conversion Software
credits: Cine Still
CineStill has released CS Negative+ Convert Tools, a new and completely free set of tools that integrates directly into Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps like Lightroom (including mobile), Camera RAW, and Photoshop. The tools are designed to make film negative conversion easier, faster, and more accurate by bringing digital scans closer to how actual film looks when printed or projected. At the core of this system is a technology CineStill calls SpectraCOLOR, which has been in development for the past three years.
According to CineStill, SpectraCOLOR is built around the spectral response curves of traditional RA-4 darkroom prints and motion picture projection prints. In practical terms, it means the tool accounts for how both color film and digital sensors interpret light across the spectrum, improving color separation and tonal fidelity. The result is a conversion that matches film more closely, with less need for manual tweaks in color correction. CineStill points out that typical home scanning workflows often struggle with clipped highlights, muddy tones, and unwanted color shifts, and says this tool is designed specifically to fix those common issues.
What sets CS Negative+ Convert apart from many existing solutions is its integration with Adobe tools and its accessibility, especially since most Lightroom-based film scanning plugins are paid. The company says it’s just the beginning, too: new hardware designed to work natively with the software is already on the horizon.
You can download the Software from CineStill’s website for free here
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