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Tamron 17-50mm F/2.8 XR VC Zoom Lens – Featured User Review
This is the first user review for the new Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD zoom lens. The new 17-50mm is an updated version of an already popular and highly-rated lens that adds Tamron’s VC Vibration Compensation image stabilization. I’ve been anxious to see reviews for this lens and this review absolutely qualifies […]
Read More »2010 CES Tradeshow Camera News Wrap-up
By Photo-John
2010 CES Canon Casio Events Featured Film Photography Kodak Lenses Memory Cards News Olympus Panasonic Samsung Sony Uncategorized Underwater
The 2010 Consumer Electronics Association tradeshow (CES) took place last week (Jan 7 – 10) in Las Vegas. The photo industry has its own tradeshow coming up next month in Southern California. But since a lot of the big electronics companies make digital cameras as well as TV sets and other electronics; CES usually sees […]
Read More »New Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II Lens
Canon has updated their venerable 70-200mm f/2.8 professional zoom lens making one of Canon’s best even better. The new Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM zoom lens has improved optics, increased durability, enhanced image stabilization, a shorter minimum focus distance and faster auto focus.
Read More »Sigma 10-20mm EX DC HSM Lens – Featured User Review
In the beginning, crop-sensor DSLR owners didn’t have the option of real wide-angle shooting. That has changed and there are now plenty of very good super-wide lenses made for APS-C, crop-sensor digital SLRs. I chose this review as a Featured User Review because it’s very well written and because the Sigma 10-20mm EX DC […]
Read More »Carl Zeiss "Digital Culture" Photo Contest
Carl Zeiss has announced a month long photo contest which opens today and closes on January 15th, 2010. The contest is open to anyone who has made a photograph shot with a Carl Zeiss lens. Pictures can be taken with any type of camera, from an SLR to a camera phone, as long as the […]
Read More »Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZE & Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZE Lenses
Carl Zeiss announced two new macro lenses, the Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZE and the Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZE for EF-mount cameras. The macro lenses render objects in close-up on a scale of 1:2 and can create distortion-free images thanks to their extraordinary fast aperture. Now EOS camera model owners can create detailed macro images that […]
Read More »Nikon Announces 300mm f/2.8 VR II Lens and TC-20E III Teleconverter
Nikon has updated their professional 300mm f/2.8 lens and the TC-20E 2x teleconverter. The new AF-S DX Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II lens uses the latest version of Nikon’s Vibration Reduction optical image stabilization system and has expanded auto focus controls. Nikon claims the new VR II image stabilization system can get sharp photos […]
Read More »New Weather-Resistant Pentax Lens: Pentax D FA Macro 100mm F2.8 WR
Pentax has added a new weather-resistant lens to its lineup. The Pentax D FA Macro 100mm f/2.8 WR lens is equivalent to a 153mm lens on a full frame or 35mm camera and it can focus as close as 5 inches (12.7cm). The WR in the name indicates that the lens is weather resistant […]
Read More »Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
Sigma announced their newly upgraded 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM lens by adding Optical Stabilization (OS) to the already popular zoom lens. The lens is ideal for a wide range of photography, with a large aperture of f/2.8 on the wide end and f/4 at the telephoto end, as well as a macro function […]
Read More »Lensbaby Call for Image Submissions
Lensbaby has announced a call for image submissions for their new book “Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective” due out in summer of 2010. Photographers will have the chance to be published in the “Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective” book which will feature lots of how-tos, inspirational content, and galleries of Lensbaby photos.
Read More »Zeiss Announces ZF.2 CPU Lenses For Nikon SLRs
Optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss has announced a new line of manual focus prime lenses for Nikon SLRs. The eight new Carl Zeiss ZF.2 lenses allow full automatic exposure control with compatible Nikon DSLR and 35mm SLR cameras. That means photographers who want to use the excellent Zeiss lenses will no long be restricted to using […]
Read More »Pentax "Focus On Savings" Rebate
Pentax announced their “Focus On Savings” Rebate from now until January 15, 2010. Pentax K-7 buyers may select from more than 20 lenses and receive a $100 VISA prepaid card rebate for each and every qualifying lens purchased at the same time.
Read More »Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE Wide-Angle Lens
Carl Zeiss announced the launch of the sixth lens in the ZE series for EOS cameras. The Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE is a moderate wide angle lens designed for full-frame (D)SLR cameras, delivering a 62-degree field of view.
Read More »Lensbaby Fisheye & Soft Focus Optics
Lensbaby announced two new additions to their Optic Swap System, the Fisheye Optic and Soft Focus Optic. The new Lensbaby Fisheye Optic allows photographers to turn their Lensbaby Composer or Muse into a fisheye lens by swapping out the installed optic and dropping the new Fisheye Optic into the lens. The Fisheye Optic has an […]
Read More »Tamron Lens Rebate Offers
Tamron has announced a $25 mail-in rebate offer on two of their newest lenses, the SP AF17-50mm f/2.8 XR VC Di II LD Aspherical IF (model B005) and SP AF60mm f/2.0 Di II LD IF 1:1 Macro (model G005). The two new lenses are available for Canon, Nikon and Sony mounts and are designed for […]
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