Posts Tagged ‘lens’

February 18, 2010

What is architecture without the photograph?

Polarisers and sunshine don’t always go together

Your lens came with a hood for a reason. Use it.

October 9, 2009

Shooting & stitching a panoramic photo from start to finish

September 2, 2009

The curious case of lens compression @ Photocrati

July 27, 2009

Why you need a telephoto zoom Lens for landscape photography

May 27, 2009

Moose Peterson reviews the Nikon 24-70AFS

I don't agree with him that this isn't a good lens for a DX body, though it requires you to also have a really wide angle lens in your bag.

April 2, 2009

15 criteria for evaluating camera lenses

via @hakandahlstrom

April 1, 2009

Prime lenses, and why you need one

Because they're a damn sight cheaper than f2.8 zooms for a start...

March 14, 2009

Digital Photography Review asks: "Where are the portrait lenses?"

March 10, 2009

A Really Big Show

- an audio slideshow on manipulating DoF for maximum impact by Vincent Laforet

March 5, 2009

Turning blah into beautiful - macro tips and more

@ MostlyLisa.com

February 27, 2009

Gizmodo explains: Why lenses are the real key to stunning photos

I know lots of photographers who'd rather upgrade bodies than upgrade lenses. They've got it backwards.

February 19, 2009

Using a tilt-shift lens

- a Lighting Essentials tech sheet

February 16, 2009

Nikon DX 35mm F1.8 G sample photos

@ Digital Photography Review

It's The Lens, Baby! - The LensBaby Composer reviewed

The tilt lens for the masses...

February 15, 2009

All Lens Tests are Wrong

@ The Online Photographer

February 14, 2009

"This lens is soft" and other myths

The lens is 'soft' because you/your camera can't/didn't focus on the bit you wanted in focus. This is a real problem with lenses with extremely shallow DoF. Maybe your technique is bad. Maybe your camera [D200] isn't good enough for your lens [70-200 f/2.8 VR]...

February 12, 2009

35mm F1.8 for DX? What is Nikon up to?

@ DPR
"this is not the last lens announcement we'll be making this year" says Nikon Europe

February 9, 2009

Nikon launches AF-S 35mm F1.8 DX prime lens

Er... why? Doesn't make sense unless there is a 35mm f/1.4 FX lens on the way...

February 6, 2009

The BJP reviews the Sigma 50mm f/1.4

They like it.

December 31, 2008

LensAlign - a simple solution to back-focus and front-focus problems?

@ Luminous landscape
Perhaps - if you have a camera with Micro-AF Adjustment capability [i.e. Canon 1D MKIII, 1Ds MKIII, 5DII, 50D, or Nikon D3, D3x, D300, D700, or Sony A900, or Pentax K20].

December 24, 2008

Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E Nikkor tested

@ SLRgear.com
This is a lens which is apparently hard to review, particularly if your review is mainly focused [pardon the pun] on test and resolution charts. I'll give you a one sentence review: it's an absolutely fabulous lens.

December 12, 2008

Tilt Shift wedding photography

y Neil Cowley

Tilt-shift lenses & tilting at windmills

@ Shutterbug