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In addition to the new Nikon D3100 camera, Nikon has also announced four new Nikkor lenses. We had the chance to play with these lenses at a meeting with Nikon and they’re all welcome additions to the Nikkor line. The superstar lens is the AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G, priced at $1699. We compared this lens to ... read more
Nikon has officially announced the D3100, and update to the D3000 camera design that adds full HD video and numerous other advancements to the already popular D3000. Recently we had a chance to sit down with Nikon to look at the D3100 and it’s an impressive little camera. The new EXPEED 2 image processing engine should ... read more
There are plenty of websites and magazines that perform thorough testing and technical analysis of new lenses, so I won’t even attempt to provide any numbers or MTF charts in this review. What I will report on, is how it was to work with this 10x zoom lens and share some sample images that I ... read more
If you like to shoot wide and you don’t want to go fish, you need to check out this lens. At 8mm it offers whopping 121.2° rectilinear field of view. This is the widest angle lens available for APS-C sensors, and is now available in a Canon mount configuration for the MSRP of $1,100, and ... read more
Sigma today announced that their newly announced APO 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM lenses are now available for purchase in Canon mounts. The 10x zoom provides optical image stabilization which makes it a major upgrade from the previous model. Sigma claims that its Optical Stabilization (OS) provides a 4 f-stop advantage allowing photographers to shoot using ... read more
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
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