I've been browsing NikonRumors site lately and noticed that there's an actual avalanche of new autofocus primes from various Chinese manufacturers coming. Even Laowa has seemingly jumped on the AF bandwagon at last - and the 10mm f/2.8 lens sure does look interesting! (and in Z mount, too... shaddap and take my money!)
https://nikonrumors.com/2023/12/13/the-latest-upcoming-third-party-chinese-lenses-for-nikon-z-mount.aspx/
It looks like the industry is moving in leaps and bounds, and it would be interesting to see as much of this fare in the testing lab as possible. I'm curious, is it fair to say that in a couple years' time nobody will even remember / care that these brands were once manual-focus only, just like it happened with Samyang - I'm not sure anybody gives a toss about their MF lenses anymore, even though they were big in that space for a while.
https://nikonrumors.com/2023/12/13/the-latest-upcoming-third-party-chinese-lenses-for-nikon-z-mount.aspx/
It looks like the industry is moving in leaps and bounds, and it would be interesting to see as much of this fare in the testing lab as possible. I'm curious, is it fair to say that in a couple years' time nobody will even remember / care that these brands were once manual-focus only, just like it happened with Samyang - I'm not sure anybody gives a toss about their MF lenses anymore, even though they were big in that space for a while.