New Sirui lenses coming soon
p.1 #1New Sirui lenses coming soon
Sirui has announced a slate of new lenses. Of note for FE/Z are:
15/1.6 Aurora
24/1.4 Aurora
New "Swift" line for E/L/X/Z including a 20/2.4 and 40/2.2 everyday lenses with aperture rings weighing 200g, pictured below (guessing these are FE based on mount dot).
15/1.6 Aurora
24/1.4 Aurora
New "Swift" line for E/L/X/Z including a 20/2.4 and 40/2.2 everyday lenses with aperture rings weighing 200g, pictured below (guessing these are FE based on mount dot).
Sep 12, 2026 at 09:38 PM
p.1 #2New Sirui lenses coming soon
I remember getting the Cosina-Voigtländer 40/2 in F mount and feeling cool for having a "hipster" focal length. Fast forward a decade and 40mm is the new 50mm...
Sep 14, 2026 at 02:08 AM
p.1 #3New Sirui lenses coming soon
A bit interested in the Aurora 24mm as I like the 35mm quite a bit.
Not so sure about the Swift line though. 40mm f2.2 is a boring spec imo.
And while they are light, they are still fat and effectively not that compact. Not a Sirui-specific problem though and partially comes with Z-mount, but compared to Leica M, Fuji X or even old SLR lenses (up to AF-D for Nikon) none of the supposedly compact lenses are really compact in use - they are just all too frickin wide, which makes handling them way less enjoyable. Sorry for the rant
Not so sure about the Swift line though. 40mm f2.2 is a boring spec imo.
And while they are light, they are still fat and effectively not that compact. Not a Sirui-specific problem though and partially comes with Z-mount, but compared to Leica M, Fuji X or even old SLR lenses (up to AF-D for Nikon) none of the supposedly compact lenses are really compact in use - they are just all too frickin wide, which makes handling them way less enjoyable. Sorry for the rant
Sep 14, 2026 at 03:45 AM
p.1 #4New Sirui lenses coming soon
I don't mind 40/2.2 as a concept IF it's decently sharp wide open and has pleasing bokeh. I love taking a 40/2 around and would rather do it with an aperture ring. I also think the 20mm might be interesting on a DX body.
You're right that the Z mount in particular lends itself to absolute muffins for lenses. This lens looks to be the same width as the Z 40/2 but 15mm longer...not compact in any regard. More akin to the Voigt 40/1.2 with hood on. Like you say, it's least it's light?!
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You're right that the Z mount in particular lends itself to absolute muffins for lenses. This lens looks to be the same width as the Z 40/2 but 15mm longer...not compact in any regard. More akin to the Voigt 40/1.2 with hood on. Like you say, it's least it's light?!
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Sep 14, 2026 at 08:31 AM
p.1 #5New Sirui lenses coming soon
As a newcomer to Nikon Z I feel you. I think Nikon made fat lenses because they finally had the volume to create better optical designs (for a very long time most Nikkors shared a 52mm filter size, for example, which surely put a crimp in the design space). That then set the tone for other designs who aped the fat barrel look.
Unfortunately lens designs adapted from old rangefinder models have an ugly flared "collar" near the mount. You simply can't win.
Unfortunately lens designs adapted from old rangefinder models have an ugly flared "collar" near the mount. You simply can't win.
Sep 14, 2026 at 08:31 AM
p.1 #6New Sirui lenses coming soon
RoamingScott wrote:
Sirui has announced a slate of new lenses. Of note for FE/Z are:
15/1.6 Aurora
24/1.4 Aurora
New "Swift" line for E/L/X/Z including a 20/2.4 and 40/2.2 everyday lenses with aperture rings weighing 200g, pictured below (guessing these are FE based on mount dot).
https://i.imgur.com/YGLtnY6.jpg
The 15 1.6 Aurora is going to be an interesting lens. Hopefully they fix QC with these new lenses
Sirui has announced a slate of new lenses. Of note for FE/Z are:
15/1.6 Aurora
24/1.4 Aurora
New "Swift" line for E/L/X/Z including a 20/2.4 and 40/2.2 everyday lenses with aperture rings weighing 200g, pictured below (guessing these are FE based on mount dot).
https://i.imgur.com/YGLtnY6.jpg
The 15 1.6 Aurora is going to be an interesting lens. Hopefully they fix QC with these new lenses
Sep 14, 2026 at 08:35 AM
p.1 #7New Sirui lenses coming soon
Sorrymanagement wrote:
The 15 1.6 Aurora is going to be an interesting lens. Hopefully they fix QC with this new lenses
Indeed.
Looking forward to seeing the price/performance of this interesting lineup.
(from the Sirui website)
The 15 1.6 Aurora is going to be an interesting lens. Hopefully they fix QC with this new lenses
Indeed.
Looking forward to seeing the price/performance of this interesting lineup.
(from the Sirui website)
Sep 14, 2026 at 08:46 AM
p.1 #9New Sirui lenses coming soon
Nice that they provided the 35/85 for scale. It's still so weird to me that the 35 and 85 have distinctly different design language from each other.
MikeEvangelist wrote:
That 15mm looks pretty hefty...
The Aurora lenses are extremely light for their physical size. I use the 35 on my Zf and this 15 is significally smaller.
MikeEvangelist wrote:
That 15mm looks pretty hefty...
The Aurora lenses are extremely light for their physical size. I use the 35 on my Zf and this 15 is significally smaller.
Sep 14, 2026 at 08:48 AM
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p.1 #11New Sirui lenses coming soon
JadedWriter wrote:
They couldn't do a 28 1.4 why?
Waiting to steal it from Nikon once they finally get around to it.
They couldn't do a 28 1.4 why?
Waiting to steal it from Nikon once they finally get around to it.
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:12 AM
p.1 #12New Sirui lenses coming soon
Sorrymanagement wrote:
Waiting to steal it from Nikon once they finally get around to it.
This is funny since Sirui managed to make Z 1.4 primes that aren't total ass before Nikon could.
JadedWriter wrote
They couldn't do a 28 1.4 why?This is funny since Sirui managed to make Z 1.4 primes that aren't total ass before Nikon could.
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
p.1 #13New Sirui lenses coming soon
True. no doubt about that. But Chinese manufacturers reverse engineering optics formulas isn't new and if you do it long enough, you learn to make adjustments to it.
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
p.1 #14New Sirui lenses coming soon
There are literally zero similarities to the Nikon and Sirui 1.4 lenses in terms of rendering. You can stop the low effort troll posts.
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
p.1 #15New Sirui lenses coming soon
RoamingScott wrote:
There are literally zero similarities to the Nikon and Sirui 1.4 lenses in terms of rendering. You can stop the low effort troll posts.
This is not a troll post. Everyone in the photography world knows the Chinese reverse engineer the lenses from the big brands. I wasn't talking about similarities either. Companies like Light lens lab, Mandler, Viltrox, Sirui, Meike all do the same thing. Renderings are obviously not 1:1 but basic optical formulas are obviously borrowed.
I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.
There are literally zero similarities to the Nikon and Sirui 1.4 lenses in terms of rendering. You can stop the low effort troll posts.
This is not a troll post. Everyone in the photography world knows the Chinese reverse engineer the lenses from the big brands. I wasn't talking about similarities either. Companies like Light lens lab, Mandler, Viltrox, Sirui, Meike all do the same thing. Renderings are obviously not 1:1 but basic optical formulas are obviously borrowed.
I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.
Sep 14, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Sorrymanagement wrote:
This is not a troll post. Everyone in the photography world knows the Chinese reverse engineer the lenses from the big brands. I wasn't talking about similarities either. Companies like Light lens lab, Mandler, Viltrox, Sirui, Meike all do the same thing. Renderings are obviously not 1:1 but basic optical formulas are obviously borrowed.
I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.
Rendering is obviously not 1:1, and the sharpness levels are very different, too, with Viltrox for example beating Nikon. And the sizes are very different as well. But all Chinese lenses have various types of glass inside, and tend to be cylindrical. So obviously, they are just reverse-engineered. Because the Chinese clearly cannot design their own lenses.
Also, you do not seem to understand the difference between companies like LLL or Mandler, and Viltrox.
So, yes, low effort borderline racist (?) troll post.
RoamingScott wrote
There are literally zero similarities to the Nikon and Sirui 1.4 lenses in terms of rendering. You can stop the low effort troll posts.I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.
Rendering is obviously not 1:1, and the sharpness levels are very different, too, with Viltrox for example beating Nikon. And the sizes are very different as well. But all Chinese lenses have various types of glass inside, and tend to be cylindrical. So obviously, they are just reverse-engineered. Because the Chinese clearly cannot design their own lenses.
Also, you do not seem to understand the difference between companies like LLL or Mandler, and Viltrox.
So, yes, low effort borderline racist (?) troll post.
Sep 14, 2026 at 03:31 PM
p.1 #17New Sirui lenses coming soon
I never said they couldn't design their own glass. If you're in the business long enough, you will start to learn improvise and manufacture your own stuff.
It's rampant in the watch world and most industries. A microbrand endeavor i was part of had to be shut down because the company we were using to manufacture our product stole the design and started manufacturing it under a different enterprise. We lost all the money we saved up in litigation. So give me a break.
Nikon failing to win against Viltrox in the shanghai courts is an example of protectionist policies helping the native companies even though there might be copy pasta going on.
Whether you want to accept it or not doesn't change the fact that what i said is true. But go ahead. Sit on your high horse
If calling things out is considered racist, so be it.
I am going to exit this thread as this has reached it's end.
It's rampant in the watch world and most industries. A microbrand endeavor i was part of had to be shut down because the company we were using to manufacture our product stole the design and started manufacturing it under a different enterprise. We lost all the money we saved up in litigation. So give me a break.
Nikon failing to win against Viltrox in the shanghai courts is an example of protectionist policies helping the native companies even though there might be copy pasta going on.
Whether you want to accept it or not doesn't change the fact that what i said is true. But go ahead. Sit on your high horse
If calling things out is considered racist, so be it.
I am going to exit this thread as this has reached it's end.
Sep 14, 2026 at 04:39 PM
p.1 #18New Sirui lenses coming soon
I do t care about this topic either way so I won’t argue the point. I also do t know enough. But racist? Come on. Race card bs. Nothing he said was remotely close to racism.
I don’t even know him I’m just going off of his quotes
mranger211 wrote:
This is not a troll post. Everyone in the photography world knows the Chinese reverse engineer the lenses from the big brands. I wasn't talking about similarities either. Companies like Light lens lab, Mandler, Viltrox, Sirui, Meike all do the same thing. Renderings are obviously not 1:1 but basic optical formulas are obviously borrowed.
I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.Rendering is obviously not 1:1, and the sharpness levels are very different, too, with Viltrox for example beating Nikon. And the sizes are very different as well. But all Chinese lenses have various types of glass inside, and tend to be cylindrical. So obviously, they are just reverse-engineered. Because the Chinese clearly cannot design their own lenses.
Also, you do not seem to understand the difference between companies like LLL or Mandler, and Viltrox.
So, yes, low effort borderline racist (?) troll post.
I don’t even know him I’m just going off of his quotes
mranger211 wrote:
Sorrymanagement wrote
RoamingScott wrote
There are literally zero similarities to the Nikon and Sirui 1.4 lenses in terms of rendering. You can stop the low effort troll posts.I am not getting paid by brands. Seems like I struck a nerve there.
And I have owned quite a few Viltrox lenses before moving them along.
Also, you do not seem to understand the difference between companies like LLL or Mandler, and Viltrox.
So, yes, low effort borderline racist (?) troll post.
Sep 14, 2026 at 05:19 PM
p.1 #19New Sirui lenses coming soon
I just wanted to discuss some dang lenses and you dorks can’t keep it straight for five minutes? Just be normal for one damn day on this website.
Sep 14, 2026 at 05:45 PM
p.1 #20New Sirui lenses coming soon
Those lenses except the 40/2.2 appear to offer options for Z shooters that don’t currently exist, which is cool.
The 24/1.4 is interesting to me as a wide angle portrait lens to play with. With my current budget I’m pretty unlikely ever to buy a 1st party one even if Nikon released one (unless it’s cheaper than their 1.8 S in that way of theirs, but even then who knows).
I do wonder how anyone makes profit from a lens like a 40/2.2, when so many good alternatives exist including a cheap native option.
The 24/1.4 is interesting to me as a wide angle portrait lens to play with. With my current budget I’m pretty unlikely ever to buy a 1st party one even if Nikon released one (unless it’s cheaper than their 1.8 S in that way of theirs, but even then who knows).
I do wonder how anyone makes profit from a lens like a 40/2.2, when so many good alternatives exist including a cheap native option.
Sep 14, 2026 at 07:36 PM