Getty's Chapter 11 exit, Tamron's four-mount f/2.8 zoom, and a $99 full-frame pancake

TTArtisan AF 24mm f/3.8 — a $99 autofocus pancake covering full frame: a 24mm wide view in a lens barely 16mm thick and under 60g, shipping for Sony E now with Nikon Z to follow. It's the cheapest way yet to make a full-frame body pocketable, and early testing says it's more than a novelty. No aperture blades (a fixed f/3.8 hole), no focus ring, no filter threads; Dustin Abbott found the AF quiet and quick on a 61MP a7R V, the centre sharp wide open, corners slightly soft. photorumors.com

RICOH GR IV Monochrome — a compact dedicated entirely to mono work: its APS-C sensor drops the colour filter array, so each pixel records brightness directly, giving finer tonal gradation and genuine grain instead of desaturated colour. If you shoot black-and-white JPEGs, this is the strongest technical argument yet for carrying a GR. About 25.74MP, a red filter built into the lens unit that flips on to darken blue skies, an electronic shutter reaching 1/16000s, and a magnesium matte-black body. news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp

Tamron 16-50mm f/2.8 A — a constant-f/2.8 standard zoom for APS-C — 24-75mm equivalent on most mounts — landing on Sony E and Canon RF October 29, Nikon Z November 19 and Fujifilm X December 17. A fast walkaround zoom at $529 undercuts the first-party options and finally gives X and Z shooters a native alternative. 305g in most mounts (315g for Z), 55mm filters, VXD linear motor, 0.15m close focus at 16mm, and no optical stabilisation — budget for a body with IBIS. fstoppers.com

Tamron 20-40mm F/2.8 Di III VXD — the compact full-frame standard zoom that begins at 20mm instead of the usual 24mm, finally reaching Nikon Z mount on October 22 under licence from Nikon. Z shooters get the small f/2.8 zoom Sony E has enjoyed; the ultra-wide end suits tight interiors and vlogging while 40mm covers everyday frames. 380g, 88.7mm long, 67mm filters, and a 0.17m minimum focus at 20mm for 1:3.8 close-ups that keep the surroundings in frame. tamron.com

AstrHori MF 8mm F/2.4 Fisheye — a manual-focus circular fisheye for Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad XCD claiming a 220° view — past the 180° most fisheyes manage, so it sees slightly behind itself. Cheap experimental glass for medium format, a category native makers ignore entirely. $398, F/2.4-16 with ten blades, 10 elements in eight groups including two ED elements, focus down to 0.1m, all-metal build at 511g (GFX) or 536g (XCD). imaging-resource.com

Sigma 16-300mm F3.5-6.7 DC OS — the all-in-one APS-C superzoom, now confirmed for Nikon Z mount with a November 5 release. One lens spans landscapes to wildlife, and Sigma bills the roughly 18.8x ratio as a first for an APS-C mirrorless lens. Six stops of stabilisation at the wide end and 4.5 at 300mm, half-life-size 1:2 close-ups, an HLA motor, and Z-mount support for AF-C and in-camera aberration correction. nikonrumors.com

Pergear 10mm f/5.6 II — a second-generation $69 manual-focus pancake fisheye for APS-C, now built entirely in metal with an integrated petal hood and improved multi-layer coating. A near-risk-free way to play with a 172° view on almost any mirrorless mount. About 120g and 32mm deep, six elements in five groups, focusing from 15cm, sold for X, E, Z, RF, MFT and EOS-M. photorumors.com

Sirui's new AF primes — Photo Rumors reports four full-frame autofocus lenses on the way: Aurora 15mm f/1.6 and 24mm f/1.4 fast wides, plus Swift 20mm f/2.4 and 40mm f/2.2 lightweight primes, all for E, Z, L and X mounts. The Auroras at roughly $535-538 undercut first-party fast wides by a wide margin, continuing the Chinese makers' push into gaps the big three leave open. All four use STM motors, aperture rings, Fn buttons and weather sealing; none has optical stabilisation, and Swift pricing isn't announced yet. photorumors.com

Yashica Y16 — a modern replica of the tiny 1959 Y16: a 12MP sensor behind a 27mm F12-equivalent lens, with a real xenon flash that reaches 2m. Retro charm rather than a serious tool — image quality sits below a modern phone — but at 93g with a proper flash it's a fun novelty carry. dpreview.com

Fujifilm XF 400mm f/4.5 — Christopher Frost's full test on the 40MP X-T50 finds the 600mm-equivalent prime sharp and surprisingly handholdable — about 1.2kg — with a keeper rate near 70% on perched birds. It's the brighter alternative to the XF 500mm f/5.6, roughly two-thirds of a stop faster, trading a little reach for easier aiming and tracking. The centre is brilliantly sharp wide open at f/4.5; diffraction softens things by f/11-16 on that dense sensor, minimum focus is 2.75m, and side switches cover focus range, presets and stabilisation. fstoppers.com

Lumix S9 vs X-M5 vs OM PEN — Jimmy Cheng's side-by-side of the three similarly priced compacts argues sensor format is mostly academic for daily shooting — the real dividers are viewfinders, shutters and weather sealing. His practical notes: the S9's electronic-only 1/8,000s shutter can struggle with fast primes in sun; the X-M5 reaches 1/32,000s and focuses quicker than an X-T5 but has no EVF or IBIS; the PEN adds an eyepiece and the E-M1 Mark III's sensor with excellent face tracking. The takeaway for buyers: match the compromise to where you actually shoot — screen-only bodies suit indoor and low-light routines, eyepieces and sealing earn their keep in sun and rain. fstoppers.com