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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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Monday, December 13, 2010

Tamron Releases 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 with Piezo Electric Motor; Serious Enthusiasts Cry

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 10:00 AM

http://www.photographyblog.com/news...3_di_ii_vc_pzd/

So uh, yes. Now the 18-270mm (which translates to 27-405 in 35mm equivalent terms for APS sensors) is updated with a piezo electric motor for its autofocus (like those found in Nikon AFS and Canon USM lenses), you finally can have a lens that is fast enough to track in sports photography! Or maybe not. I am sure this lens will be popular with the casual crowd, and those upgrading from their superzoom compacts, but I suspect most serious amateurs will steer away from this one. If you want one, it will be available in Nikon and Canon mounts from 20th December in Japan, which means rest of the world in January earliest, and in Sony mounts at a later date. No word on a US pricing, but UK price is £650.


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