Tag Archives : lens
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 – Review
Posted by Barrie Smith on April 14, 2010 · 0 Comment
I sometimes hear from people who’ve newly acquired a digital SLR, saying they find it a hassle to continually change lenses when shooting a wide variety of subjects. Frankly, it goes with ‘SLR-territory’ (digital and film) and is the price you pay to enjoy the improved image of an interchangeable lens, reflex camera.
In reality, unless you’re very demanding and continually shoot magazine quality [...]
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Sigma 8-16mm f4-5.6 DC HSM
Mark Goldstein
The Sigma 8-16mm f4-5.6 DC HSM is a new ultra wide-angle zoom lens for DSLRs with APS-C size sensors. This lens has an equivalent angle of view of a 12-24mm lens, producing striking images with exaggerated perspective. Four FLD (“F” Low Dispersion) glass elements, which have the performance equal to fluorite glass, compensate for colour aberration. The Sigma 8-16mm has a minimum [...]
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Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM
Mark Goldstein
The Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM is a compact large aperture standard zoom lens equipped with optical stabilisation. This large aperture standard zoom lens is designed for digital SLR cameras with APS-C size sensors. Two FLD (“F” Low Dispersion) glass elements, plus two glass mold and one hybrid aspherical lens, provide excellent correction for all type of aberrations. The inner [...]
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Cosina APO-LANTHAR 90mm F3.5 SL II
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, [...]
Filed in: Lens Filters, Photography: The Basics
AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED
Zoltan Arva-Toth
The AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED is a new ultra-wideangle prime for FX format DSLR camera bodies. Designed for professional photojournalists and landscapists, the AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED has 12 elements in 10 groups. Among these are two ED – extra-low dispersion – glass elements and two aspherical lens elements. The lens also features Nano Crystal coating to reduce reflections, [...]
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Samyang 14mm f/2.8 Availability Announced
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. [...]
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Knowing Which Digital SLR Camera Lens is Right for You?
by Scott Karcich
When shopping for a Digital SLR Camera people often overlook or skimp on the camera’s lenses. Camera Lenses serve as the digital SLR cameras “eye,” the lens determines what and how your camera will see your subject and how well that view is transmitted to the camera’s sensor chip for recording. The way I like to look at camera lenses is as painter’s brushes, broad strokes, [...]
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Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX 11-16mm f/2.8 for Sony
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Tokina has announced the availability of its AT-X 116 Pro DX 11-16mm f/2.8 DX zoom for Sony, which is the manufacturer’s first DX lens for the Sony Alpha mount. Years ago, Tokina used to manufacture lenses for the Minolta A mount, but this is their first-ever offering for cropped-sensor Sony DSLR cameras. Constructed of 13 elements in 11 groups, the Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX offers [...]
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50 Million Canon EF Lenses
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 [...]
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Sigma Announces Price Reduction on 9 Lenses
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Sigma UK have managed to slash the price of several of their specialist, professional lenses by securing lower cost prices from their parent company in Japan. The lenses in question include the Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Circular Fisheye, the 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Circular Fisheye, the 10mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Fisheye, the 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Fisheye, the 180mm f/3.5 EX DG HSM Macro, the 800mm [...]
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Voigtländer Ultra-Wide Heliar 12mm f5.6 Aspherical II
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Cosina has just released a new, Voigtländer branded ultra-wide lens for the M mount. The Heliar 12mm f5.6 Aspherical II is a rectilinear lens that has an angle of view of 121° when mounted on an M series Leica – except for the cropped-sensor M8 and M8.2 – or any other rangefinder camera that uses the M mount (except for the Epson R-D1xG and its predecessors sporting [...]
Filed in: Choosing Lens, Photography: The Basics
How to Choose and Use Lenses – Part 1
By: Mark Goldstein
What would be your dream “money no object” photographic system? Let’s just forget about the actual cameras for a bit. In an ideal world with no mortgages, tax demands or gas bills to contemplate what lenses would you have in your bag? I remember as a fledgling photographer looking at the Nikon lens brochure and drooling over the purposeful black beauties with shining, [...]
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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Zoltan Arva-Toth
Canon today introduced the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens. Built for the professional, the body structure of the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens has been enhanced to provide better durability and strength without a significant increase in weight, the manufacturer claims. Canon has improved optical performance on the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens by redesigning [...]
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Canon’s enormous 5200mm F/14 DSLR lens
I love when odd pieces of crazy photo gear show up on eBay and this one has crazy written all over it. The listing, which sadly ended back in December, claims this 5200mm prime is more than 6-feet long and weighs about 220-pounds. The more of the listing you read, the more crazy numbers you come across. Minimum focus distance? 120 meters, which is just a shade under 400 feet. That means that if you [...]
Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC Aspherical Interchangeable Lens Review
ePHOTOzine lens expert, Gary Wolstenholme casts his keen eye over the 15x Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC LD Aspherical (IF).
Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical: Handling and features
With a zoom range of 15x, The Tamron 18-270mm is intended to be a lightweight and convenient all-in-one solution for APS-C sized sensor cameras. This lens covers an incredible range from moderate [...]
How To Build a Bomb-Proof Blast Shield for your Camera
By Vin Marshall
Camera Blast Shield Vin Marshall
Many of the things we film for TE videos aren’t the kind of thing you’d want to put an expensive camera anywhere near. Some of them aren’t even the kind of thing you’d want to put a cheap camera near. To expand our recording options, I built a protective housing for a lipstick camera. Here’s the how-to and video of us trying [...]
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Lenses and Focal Length Photography Tutorial
By Fredrik Silverglimth
In Photography, your lens is often your most important purchase. This photography tutorial outlines some important qualities of different lenses, and how each performs in identical situations.
Choosing a lens is often more difficult then choosing a camera when it comes to purchasing. One thing to remember is that a lens will last several times longer than digital cameras. [...]
How to Choose a Lens
Your lens is quite possibly the most important part of your camera. SLR and dSLR (digital SLR) cameras (and even some non SLR/dSLR) allow you to change out the lenses, to suit all of your photography needs. A good lens will produce sharp crystal-clear pictures with beautiful detail. A low quality lens can hinder you to the point where you’d be better off shooting with a disposable camera. Basically, [...]
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If You Could Only Have One Lens, What Would It Be?
Posted by Peter Carey on November 9, 2009 · 0 Comment
Creative Commons Copyright Steven Wong
It’s time to open up your favorite photo gear catalog and pick a page! My question to you is this: If you could only have one lens for the rest of your days, what would it be and why?
The reason I ask is because the bittersweet decision says a lot about a photographer and their style. When I’ve asked other photographers it’s helped me to understand more [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips
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