» Archive for the ‘Lenses’ Category
16Apr Tokina 11-16mm Cinema Lens
When I walked by the Tokina booth at NAB, they had this prominently displayed out front. A Canon 5d mark III with the prototype 11-16mm attached. My first question was “Are you making a full frame version of this lens?”, I got an ashamed looking “No.” from the rep working at the booth. He went on […]
26Feb Pinch in the middle lens caps
A complaint many of us have had about Canon glass is the outside pinch lens cap. If you have the lens hood on and your fingers are even remotely normal size, it can be a very tricky task to remove the lens cap from the lens. In the past if you wanted a pinch in […]
21Dec Canon 35mm f2 IS Lens, why?
The Canon 35mm f2 IS lens makes me scratch my head with wonder, as in I wonder what they were thinking. The original Canon 35mm f2 lens wasn’t great with it’s ugly looking bokeh and very soft corners even on a crop body, but the price was around $300 or less making it’s short comings more […]
07Nov Eos-m to FD lens adapter, no extra glass needed.
When I mentioned the EOS-M camera announcement awhile back, you might remember me saying that the best reason to buy an EOS-M camera would be the up and coming EOS-M to FD adapter that would follow. I pointed out that the flange distance of the EOS-M to the sensor would be close enough to allow for the use […]
28Oct Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 quick Bokeh test
I had a chance to grab a few quick Bokeh tests on the Tamron 24-70mm f2.8. It isn’t nearly as beautiful as the primes i’m used to using, but it’s pretty good. There is a little bit of onion pattern in the Bokeh and it does pinch off a little at the edges wide open. […]
28Oct Canon 40mm f2.8 price drop
The Canon 40mm f2.8 lens is an interesting little peace of kit, ( full review here) but at $200 it’s a hard sell. However, now that the price has dropped to $149 on both B&H and Amazon it could be a little more attractive offering (pun intended). I’m not sure if this is a permanent price drop or […]
27Oct Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 VC – First impressions
I picked up the Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 on that Amazon warehouse deal I posted awhile back and I’ve been using it quit a bit over my last month worth of travel. Image quality so far has been great and I’ve found the VC (vibration control) a lot more useful then I expected. The vibration control isn’t […]
25Sep Tamron SP 24-70mm f2.8 VC Amazon Warehouse Deal
The Canon 24-70mm L f2.8 lens has been a very popular zoom since it was released in 2002. But over the last 10 years lens technology has advanced and the Canon 24-70 has stayed the same. Although Canon has finally released the 24-70mm mark II, it’s lack of IS and it’s$2300 price tag are pretty hard […]
03Sep Declicking a Rokinon/Samyang 35mm 1.4 lens
If you have the Rokinon/Samyang 35mm f1.4 lens, an easy upgrade is to “Declick” the aperture ring. Youtube member c2thew does a pretty good job in this video of walking you through the process. It isn’t very hard to do and gives you the ability to have smooth aperture transitions. By Declicking the lens you basically have a Samyang 35mm […]
30Aug Rokinon 35mm f1.4 Review video
The Rokinon 35mm f1.4 lens can be found under the name Samyang as well as Bower and Vivitar. Basically all of these lenses have the same component parts with slightly different branding. Regardless of which brand you pick, this 35mm f1.4 lens was designed as a less expensive alternative to other 35mm offerings on the […]
