Apr
03
2008
This is one of my favorite canon lens. I like it when i used to shoot surf action on the beach. You can make great shoots with this lens, especially if you are like sport actions and wild life. It will become a good photography gear with a good price. Some of my photos in my gallery where taken by this lens. It’s sharp, easy to handheld and quick focus in all range.
Some of other people’s review to this lens are:
- ”Crisp, sharp,contrasty images extreamly easy to hand hold even at 400mm quick auto focus”
- ”Portability for such a long range zoom. I found it was extremely useful, even handheld in bird photo…”
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Mar
20
2008
The Pentax SMC DA* 200mm f/2.8 ED [IF] SDM is a long awaited lens in the Pentax community. The DA* 200mm f/2.8 is part of Pentax’ professional grade lens lineup and, correspondingly, it is a beautifully crafted lens. The outer body is obviously made of metal and the broad, rubberized focus ring operates very smooth. The lens is also sealed against dust and moisture and The Pentax Super Protect (SP) coating on the front element has been optimized to repel dust, water and grease. Thanks to an IF (internal focusing) design the front element does not rotate and the physical size of the lens remains constant regardless of the focus setting. The deep lens hood features a removable “window” which provides access to the filter area so it’s possible to use a polarizer even with attached hood - a simple and smart solution.
Specifications:
- Optical construction, 9 elements in 8 groups inc. 2x ED elements
- Number of aperture blades, 9
- min. focus distance, 1.2m (max. magnification ratio 1:5)
- Dimensions, 83×134mm
- Weight, 825g
- Filter size, 77mm (non-rotating)
- Hood, Barrel shaped (supplied)
- Other features, ultrasonic AF motor with quick-shift. SP-coating.
Its a good lens with low distortion, low vignetting, really sharpness lens. Check it review in photozone.
Mar
19
2008
It different with its old versatile EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM, this Mark II type is really great and full frame Lens from Canon. The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens is what I consider one of the most important lenses in Canon’s lineup.
The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Autofocus Lens is a high performance, water-resistant, and ultra wide-angle L-series lens. The optical design has been improved to offer better edge-to-edge image quality. Compatible with all EOS SLRs past and present, it uses three high-precision aspherical lens elements and two Ultra Low Dispersion (UD) lens elements to minimize lateral chromatic aberration and to produce superb image quality with excellent resolution and contrast.
While most Canon L Lenses have 8-blade diaphragms, the ultra-wide L zooms including the Canon EF 17-40 L Lens, Canon EF 16-35 L Lens and Canon EF 16-35 L II Lens diaphragms contain only 7 blades. The circular shape of the 16-35 L II’s blades help create desirable round-shaped OOF (Out Of Focus) highlights and an attractive background blur. Of course, a lens this wide is not the best for creating a blurred background.
Unfortunately, It need a 82mm filter thread (77mm is standard). If brick walls are your thing, like all ultrawide zooms, there is plenty of distortion at 16mm. Shoot at 21mm and it goes away. Bigger and heavier than the previous big and heavy 16-35mm. But It still isn’t that bad, and is a few ounces (100g) less than 70-200mm f/4 L IS.
Here to find full specification at Canon site.
The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM Lens could also make a reasonable walk-around lens if your needs are typically for a wide angle lens - especially on a 1.6x FOVCF body. The short focal length range limits this lens’ usefulness as a 1-lens-does-it-all general purpose lens. But, this lens performs excellently as part of a kit.
The Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens - not inexpensive, but highly recommended.
Mar
14
2008
While peoples go on travelling, most of them like to go to the beach or play some water games in their vacation. And of course, they do not want to miss every moment on their vacation including in water area.
Today, there are many digital cameras have a waterproof ability with a good quality images. Olympus and Pentax have many choices of this digital camera. Here are some of their product :
OLYMPUS
Olympus has STYLUS SW types which are a shockproof and waterproof digital camera. Olympus Shock and Waterproof Series cameras are engineered to be tough. The durable Shock and Waterproof design means these cameras were built for performance – even in extreme conditions.
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Feb
18
2008
Because i am a Canon user, but i want to share this favorite lens to other nikonian all around the world. I had ask some friends who are an Nikonians about what they are favorite Nikon lens.
This is my articles base on their answers. And they had give me what the strong point of their favorite lens.
1. Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens - Sharp, Great DOF control, Fast focus. This lens is so versatile (and inexpensive) that I think everyone should own in addition to all the lenses that they already have. Being a very fast lens, it enables me to take pictures in low light (sport/action photography) that I otherwise wouldn’t be able to do.
2. Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens - is one of the Nikon lens used by every professional photographer every day. The other lens is usually a wide zoom on a second body. This is Nikon’s latest professional workhorse lens. Sharp at every aperture. Sharp with tele converters. And the VR helps you achieve that sharpness. Great dof! Gorgeous out-of-focus rendering, perhaps as good as any existing Nikkor.
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Feb
15
2008
Sony’s CyberShot DSCW55 was America’s top-selling digital compact for January.
Each month the NPD Group ranks America’s top-selling digital cameras based on unit sales. Here are the top-selling digital compacts for January 2008. Also, see our digital SLR rankings for January.
| Make/Model |
Megapixel |
Zoom |
Street Price |
| 1. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 |
7.2MP |
3x |
$184.99 |
| 2. Canon PowerShot SD1000 |
7.1MP |
3x |
$169.95 |
| 3. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W80 |
7.2MP |
3x |
$269.95 |
| 4. Canon PowerShot SD750 |
7.1MP |
3x |
$199.99 |
| 5. Canon PowerShot A570 IS |
7.1MP |
3x |
$149.95 |
