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  • New Canon lenses

    Canon adds to the EOS 7D a set of new lenses that will be attractive to enthusiast, expert and pro photographers: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF 100mm F2.8L IS USM macro, with Hybrid IS system which is claimed to provide up to 2 stops stabilization at…

  • Lenses for iPhone

    Your iPhone is probably not at the same quality level as your other(s) photo camera(s). But since the arrival of the iPhone 3G-S it looks more and more like a cute small photo notepad. But you still had no option to extend its lens with lens converters of any kind. This is corrected by Factron,…

  • Nikon also launches 2 lenses

    Today is clearly a big day for Nikon marketing department, since they not only launch two major SLR cameras, but this also comes with a couple of nice lenses: The AF-S DX Nikkor 18-200mm F3.5-5.6G ED VR II improved to correct the unpleasant ‘zoom creep‘ of previous versions, at a list price of €887.00 /…

  • New Nikkor 70-200mm

    We should discover tomorrow that Nikon updated one of its most attractive tele-zoom lenses, the 70-200mm. The new AF-S Nikkor 70-200 mm f/2.8G ED VR II is expected by RP to have the following specs: Image stabilization: VR II. Lens with nano-coating. New faster AF. 1540g weight (70g more than the previous model). 209mm length…

  • Focal length and photo lenses

    Tamron rewrote its web site. This was the occasion to move the Lens Comparison Tool but it is still useful to compare a 400mm with a 500mm (or a 35mm with a 50mm). But you can also find a similar tool at Olympus (and it takes into account the specificities of 4/3 sensor format, of…

  • Upcoming Sony Alpha 800

    PhotoRumors is telling us about an anonymous leak describing a possible new Sony Alpha 800 with the following features: 16.2 MP full frame sensor EXMOR R (new technology) 100-25600 ISO 8 frame/sec SSI, same a900 OVF, new AF system, GPS and WiFi built-in 3.5″ LCD display Pop-up flash Flash sync: 1/500s Camera level 23 AF sensors…

  • Two new Weather-resistant lenses at Pentax

    Really unusual announcement : Pentax, which already has a nice line of SLR photo cameras specially treated to be weather-resistant, and just introduced the Pentax K-7 as weather-resistant and cold-temperature-hardened, now offers two new weather-resistant zoom lenses. SMC PENTAX DA 18-55MM F3.5-5.6 AL WR Lens Mount: N/A Lens Construction: 11 elements in 8 groups Angle…

  • Web sites for lens reviews

    It is often difficult to group lens reviews in order to compare/evaluate a little more than their mere physical characteristics (focal length, aperture/diaphragm, or even number of individual lenses). But how would you evaluate/review optical quality? When I see the really impressive differences between two lenses, I would be prepared to judge from their price,…