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Nikon’s just announced instant rebates of up to $400 on lens and camera body combos. There are four lenses available in combination with six bodies. You can pick from the Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8G AF-S ED VR II, Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 G ED AF-S, Nikkor 24-120 f/3.5-5.6G AF-S VR or Nikkor AF-S 18-200mm VR II. To ... read more
Sigma announced 5 new lenses at PMA today including a super fast f1.4 85mm prime and 10x 50-500mm zoom for Sigma, Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Canon mounts. Unfortunately pricing and availability were not mentioned in the press releases. Sigma is also showing a new prototype of the SD15 Foveon based digital SLR that was first introduced at ... read more
Nikon’s just taken the wraps off of two brand new lenses. The first is the drool-worthy 24mm 1.4G ED lens and the second is a 16-35mm f/4 VR. MELVILLE, N.Y. (February 8, 2010) – Nikon Inc. today announced two new lenses for professional and enthusiast photographers that epitomize NIKKOR leadership in optical excellence. The highly anticipated ... read more
In a press release today, Canon announced that it had passed the 50 Millionth lens milestone in December 2009. That is a lot of glass in 22 years. It is a testament to the growth of the DSLR market to see that it took 8 and a half years to build the first 10 Million ... read more
Think Tank has offered Hydrophobia protective covers for Super Telephoto lenses for a while, now they are bringing this much needed functionality down to shorter lenses as well with the new Hydrophobia 70-200 cover. Wile it is not immersion water proof (a.k.a. a underwater housing) it does protect D-SLRs with short lenses from the elements ... read more
The white-bodied Canon 70-200 f/2.8 lens is one of the most recognizable in the industry—it’s one of the lenses so often seen in the photo pool in pro sporting events. Canon’s new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM updates the lens to provide bettter optical elements, a reduced focus distance (down to 3.9 feet now), ... read more
Nikon today announced a brand new 300mm f 2.8 prime lens. These high-speed super telephoto lenses have been the work horse lens of serious sports shooters and landscape photographers for many years. The new AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II features Nikon’s latest and greatest AF, VR and optical coating technology. The improved VR ... read more
Last Friday I took the opportunity to avoid the mall traffic and do something productive, like shoot my kids’ portraits for our annual family Christmas cards. The kids chose the venue, Seacliff State Park in Aptos CA. It was the same location they had spent most of their summer for the Junior Life Guard program. We ... read more
In these days of computer operated AF VR Zoom lenses where you can pack an entire 18-300mm focal length range into a single lens, it is hard to imagine that there are still companies making completely manual fixed focal length lenses. Carl Zeiss has been a leader in the high quality precision optics for many ... read more
When it comes to creative photographic accessories, the Lensbaby is one of our favorite tools, allowing photographers to create distinctive images in-camera with high-quality optics. The company has just released two new elements—a fisheye and a soft focus lens—in their Swap Systema technology that allows users to drop-in different lenses without having to remove the ... read more
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