Zoltan Arva-Toth
The Cosina Voigtländer APO-LANTHAR 90mm F3.5 SL II is a manual-focus lens for Canon, Nikon and Pentax SLR cameras. It comes with a lens hood and an add-on close-up lens, which allows the photographer to focus down to 32cm, and achieve a magnification of 1:1.8. (Without the close-up adapter, the lens can focus down to 50cm only.) Constructed of 6 lens elements arranged in 5 groups, the Cosina APO-LANTHAR 90mm F3.5 SL II has 9 diaphragm blades, and comes in Canon EF, Nikon...
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Zoltan Arva-Toth
Sigma Japan has unveiled the release date for the Pentax and Sony versions of the Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM lens. The lens, which was announced on 4 December 2009, will be launched on 27 February for Sony and 19 March for Pentax. The estimated retail price is 56,200 yen plus taxes - this includes the lens itself and a LH780-04 lens hood.
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Zoltan Arva-Toth
The price and availability of the new, ultra-wide Samyang 14mm f/2.8 manual-focus lens has been announced. According to a report by lenstip.com, the Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical will go on sale in Europe at the end of March. About four months ago, Samyang announced a delay in production, after early reviews of pre-production samples had unveiled some image quality issues. Since then, the company has allegedly been able to improve edge resolution by 15%, and red...
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Mark Goldstein
The 50 millionth Canon EF lens has just gone into production. This landmark was achieved during the manufacture of the EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Canon has produced over 10 million lenses in just under two years.
Canon UK Press Release
Canon announces the production of its 50 millionth Canon EF lens: another EOS milestone
United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 29th January 2010: Canon today announces a significant milestone by celebrating the production of...
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By Russ Juskalian
Mix and Match Inexpensive adapter rings from China allow you to attach compatible off-brand manual-focus lenses to a new digital camera. Luis Bruno
One of the key features of digital SLR cameras is the ability to change lenses to get a wide range of shots, from ultra-zooms to super-close-ups. And now DSLR owners no longer need to spend a bundle on high-end lenses to take advantage of their camera’s functionality—there’s a way to use older, far less expensive manual-...
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by Darren Rowse
What’s Hot in DSLRs?
Note: The following DSLRs are the most popular in terms of purchases over the last month. We’re listing them in the order of popularity in terms of sales and in the configuration (ie with or without lenses bundled) that they’re selling in best.
1. Canon EOS Rebel T1i
This camera has topped our best selling list for the last few months. It’s a 15.1 megapixel DSLR which comes with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6. Image Stabilized Lens. ...
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Lens filters can add many enhancing qualities to your photographs. When purchasing a filter, remember that you usually get what you pay for. Hoya and Tiffen are always good filter choices, but are a little pricey. Sometimes, lower quality filters will work fine, but other times, you may have problems such as low performance, low image quality, haze or blur, etc. With a Hoya or Tiffen you are pretty much guaranteed to have no problems. All filters are measured in millimeters, and the size of filt...
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