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Canon Live Learning: Workshops and Classes 2011 Schedule
Canon has announced its Canon Live Learning 2011 schedule. Programs include EOS Immersion Seminars and Workshops, EOS Destination Workshops, and a new workshop geared towards videographers called “Deconstructing the Story: Light, Sound, Motion & EOS HD”. The EOS Immersion Seminar and Workshops are broken up into two parts, EOS Immersion Saturday Seminars and EOS Immersion […]
Read More »Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic 35mm Selective Focus Optic
Today, Lensbaby announced the Sweet 35 Optic 35mm selective focus optic to their Optic Swap System, that has an internal 12-blade adjustable aperture of f/2.5 through f/22 that is controlled by rotating a dial at the front of the optic. The adjustable aperture creates a sweet spot of sharp focus surrounded by blur, and allows […]
Read More »Samsung Adds Five New NX Lenses
Last week, Samsung announced five new lenses for their NX mirrorless camera system. Like the Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras and the Sony NEX cameras, the Samsung NX system has interchangeable lenses but eliminates the mirror and optical viewfinder of a traditional SLR and replaces it with an electronic viewfinder or just a […]
Read More »Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II Professional Zoom Lens – Featured User Review
This is our first user review for the latest version of Canon’s 70-200mm pro workhorse zoom lens. The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM zoom was a significant update (Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II announcement) to what was already an excellent lens and killerbee gives it a lot of praise in his well-written, detailed […]
Read More »75 Years Of Olympus Zuiko Lenses – Plus – Mystery Lens!
At the CP+ tradeshow in Japan this week (Feb 9-12, 2011), Olympus will be celebrating 75 years of Zuiko lenses by showing off one of the original Zuiko lens cameras and a model of a new M.Zuiko Micro Four Thirds mystery lens scheduled for later this year. Stop and think about that for second – […]
Read More »Sigma APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM
Sigma has announced the APO 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM lens for APS-C size image sensors. The APO 50-150mm lens features Optical Stabilization, Hyper Sonic Motor, Super Multi-Layer Coating, 6 SLD glass elements, a rounded 9 blade diaphragm, and high speed autofocus and manual focus.
Read More »Sigma Macro 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Lens
Sigma has announced the upgraded Macro 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM large aperture medium telephoto lens which has been one of the most popular lenses on the site since we launched back in 1999. The new macro 105mm lens features Optical Stabilizer, a Hyper Sonic Motor, a weather-resistant design, a Special Low Dispersion and […]
Read More »Canon 200-400mm f/4L With Built-In Tele-Extender Plus Two Updated Super-Tele Lenses
The 60 millionth Canon EOS lens, an EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS zoom, rolled off the production line recently. Canon sent out a celebratory press release today and they also announced three new super-telephoto lenses, a 500mm f/4, 600mm f/4 and a very interesting 200-400mm zoom with a built-in tele-converter that increases the maximum focal length […]
Read More »Pricing and Availability for 3 Updated Sigma Lenses
Sigma has announced the pricing and availabilty of three updated lenses that were announced at Photokonia last year, the Sigma APO 120-300mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM, APO Macro 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM, and the 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 II DG HSM. All three lenses are now weather-resistant from dust and water and the Sigma […]
Read More »smc Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 AL [IF] SDM AW Ultra-Wide-Angle Lens
Today, Pentax announced the smc Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 AL [IF] SDM AW ultra-wide-angle lens, the second lens for the 645D Medium Format digital camera. It features a 19.5mm in the 35mm format (or approximately 15.5mm when mounted on a Pentax 645-format film SLR camera body) focal length, Aero Bright Coating, a built-in […]
Read More »Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D Adds Tilt-Swivel LCD
Canon has announced a follow-up to their hugely successful EOS Rebel T2i / 550D digital SLR introduced in early 2010. The new Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D DSLR is built on the same foundation as the T2i – DIGIC 4 processing powering an 18-megapixel APS-C sensor and 1920 x 1080 HD video capability – […]
Read More »Panasonic Announces Pricing For 2011 Lumix Cameras and Camcorders
Panasonic has announced the pricing and availabilty of recently announced Lumix camera and camcorder models from this year’s CES tradeshow. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 – Available mid-February 2011 Lumix DMC-GF2 (body only) – $499.95 Lumix GF2K 14-42mm Lens – $599.95 Lumix GF2C 14mm f/2.5 Lens – $699.95 Lumix G 12.5mm f/12 3D Lens – $249.95
Read More »Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G Zoom Lens – Featured User Review
I recently had the pleasure of using the AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G Nikkor zoom lens with the Nikon D3s digital SLR. The lens is a tank but the wonderful optics more than make up for the extra size and weight. When I saw Prettym1k3′s excellent user review for the Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G zoom lens, I […]
Read More »2011 CES Tradeshow Camera News
By Photo-John
2011 CES Canon Casio Digital Picture Frames Digital Storage Epson Events Featured Kodak Lenses Lexar News Olympus Panasonic Samsung Software Sony
So far this year at CES there are new cameras from Sony, Canon, Olympus, Fujifilm, Kodak, and more. We’re updating the links below on this page as new products are announced. So make this your go to source for 2011 CES camera and photography-related news. 2011 CES Tradeshow Camera Final Report >> The photography tradeshow […]
Read More »Samsung NX11 Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera
Samsung announced the new NX11 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Similar to Samsung’s previous model, the NX10, the NX11 now features an upgraded design and i-Function lens compatibility. The NX11 has a designated i-Function button that accesses shooting controls such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO and white balance for fast and easy shooting. The Samsung NX11 […]
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