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Thursday, January 20, 2011

More Glass for Less: A Simple Guide to Inexpensive Lenses

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 08:00 AM

As more people get into photography as a hobby, a common refrain heard is that it is an expensive hobby. It is not without some truth, as hobbies by their nature can involve spending large outlays of money since it is human nature to delve deeper into our interests, and hobbies that involve any kind of gear will have many opportunities for the hobbyist to spend their hard-earned money on. Not helping is today's world of marketing departments' promises of being better at what you do if you buy their companies' products or services.

Even if you ignore the messages from marketing, you still need some basic gear to take a photo, like a lens, and lenses can be very very expensive. Lenses can range from the popular f/2.8 zooms (as much as US$2,000+) to the super telephoto lenses (too much). Thankfully, there are cheap options out there, some good, some downright awful. So what does a budget (and budding) photographer buy? Well, here's a short roundup of some lenses that can be considered to be not too expensive.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Nikon Releases Four New Nikkor DSLR Lenses

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 09:01 PM

http://www.nikon.ca

"Mississauga, ON, August 19, 2010 - Nikon Canada today added four new lenses to the legendary NIKKOR line, meeting the needs of all types of photographers - from those looking for the ideal lens to capture memories of the school play to users who require a pro glass to capture client work in the studio. The new NIKKOR AF-S DX 55-300mm VR II, AF-S 28-300mm VR II, AF-S 24-120mm f/4 VR II and AF-S 85mm f/1.4 deliver optical excellence and stunning image quality. Nikon's engineering experience and devotion to extraordinary standards have contributed to the strength and reputation of the NIKKOR brand. With the addition of these four lenses, 2010 has seen the launch of a total of seven new NIKKOR lenses, reinforcing Nikon's role as the world leader in optics."

Lenses: the true cost of any camera system isn't in the camera body, but the lenses. Digital camera bodies come and go as technology changes, but a good lens will last years. Nikon has brought some interesting lenses to the table - see any that you like? Read more...


Monday, August 16, 2010

Rumour: Nikon D3100, New Coolpix Cameras, Lenses

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 09:30 PM

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/08/13/f...new-lenses.aspx

I missed some neat Nikon rumours last week while ill, so here's a quick round-up:

Nikon D3100: Nikon's never been fast to replace their DSLR cameras, save for the lowest rung. First we had the D40, then the D40x, D60 and D3000 in fairly quick succession. Now with the D3100, here's to looking to Nikon to doing something different with the low-end (or at least improve on what feels like a really dated line). With a rumoured ISO range of up to 12,800, I'm hoping it's using a new CMOS sensor based on the D300/D90's. That'd be a nice improvement over the half-decade old 10 megapixel CCD sensor used in the D3000. Lenses next!

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