lenses
Cameras

You Won’t Mind That This Giant Lens Is Soft

Photographers shouldn’t mind adding this massive fisheye lens to their studio setups, even though it’s described as soft and made of wood. It’s actually a stool designed to look like a Canon lens, but with enough changes to skirt any lawsuits or legal repercussions.

19 April 2013

Cameras

World’s First F/1.8 Constant Aperture Lens Will Stalk Light Like Nothing Else

Sigma has just announced its new 18-35mm f/1.8 lens — the world’s first lens to offer a fixed f/1.8 aperture throughout its zoom range. This thing will stalk light like you would not believe.

19 March 2013

Cameras

Boiling Your DSLR Lenses Can Save Them

Dropped a valuable DSLR lens in the sea? You might think that you can pretty much wave it goodbye, but it is feasible to rescue salt water damaged lenses by boiling them.

26 February 2013

Cameras

Panasonic’s New Sensor Captures 3D Images With A Single Lens

Using similar techniques that enable the Nintendo 3DS to display 3D images without the need for special glasses, Panasonic has developed a new image sensor that can capture 3D stills and videos without the need for multiple lenses.

19 February 2013

Cameras

Video: A Basic Introduction To Choosing Camera Lenses

When you’re starting out in photography, with your shiny new DSLR, the world of lenses can be complex and scary place: prime this, wide angle that, and what the hell is focal length anyway? Don’t worry! This video should have you covered.

5 February 2013

Cameras

Watch The Spell-Binding Process Of How Nikon Makes Its Lenses

It’s a work of art. The magnificently choreographed dance of manufacturing lenses seems like an ancient tradition as old as making swords or soap or something (which I guess isn’t surprising because it is glass that they’re making).

31 January 2013

Cameras

Olympus Officially Made The Worst Lens In The World

Here it is, ladies and gentleman, the worst camera lens in the world. The benchmarking authority, DXO Labs, has spoken, and the new Olympus 15mm body cap lens is the worst lens it has ever tested. It scored just a 4/40, earning the ranking of “Poor”. Its official rank amongst all the lenses ever made: 2872.

30 January 2013

Cameras

Nikon’s Ridiculous 800mm Lens Only Costs $18,000

Nikon has been teasing development of the new absurdly long, fixed AF-S Nikkor 800mm, f/5.6 aperture lens since last year. Now it’s here, and you’ll be happy to know that this lens’ crazy and inflexible magnification potential is coupled with the absolutely ludicrous price of $US18,000. But don’t worry, cheapskates, because there’s an actually affordable new lens coming out too.

24 January 2013

Cameras

Sony Adds Two E-Mount Lenses To The Lineup

NEX cameras owners should feel a bit better about their purchase after tonight, as Sony just announced two additional E-Mount lenses to pick from — a 20mm f/2.8, and 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 power zoom.

23 January 2013

Cameras

Lego Lens Cap Holder Hack Merges Old Toys With New Toys

How do you keep track of your camera’s lens cap when you’re shooting? Do you carefully put it back in your camera bag or just cram it into the nearest pocket? Flickr user RawSniper1 does neither thanks to a brilliant lens cap holder hack using nothing but a couple of Lego pieces.

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