Sony re-introduces the Carl Zeiss 24mm F/2, and lifts the veil on a couple new additions to the Sony lens lineup, the 85mm F/2.8 (weird combo) with plastic mount, and the 35mm F/1.8 (Nikon inspired) also with a plastic mount. The two lenses are known as “easy choice” lenses, I suppose because they’re cheap! I’ll estimate the US price …
Check out the survey results below. The percentages for each lens at first glance appear too high, but includes the three lens choices that were possible for each person taking the survey. Clearly the Tamron 70-200mm F/2.8 is the most popular lens in the survey, and will get a concise review, along with the Sigma equivalent (and the teleconverters) …
Thanks to all of you that spent time taking my survey. I’ll post the results later this week. I received so many written comments it’ll take me a couple of days to read them all. I realize I forgot a couple of interesting lenses to include, like the Sigma 50mm F/1.4 HSM, and new Sigma 85mm F/1.4 etc.
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This survey was closed by accident for a couple of hours right after I opened it, everything is ok now, and you can take the survey.
Since I’m pretty much out of lenses to review at the moment, I’m putting up a survey to see what lenses people are most interested in, and …
Check out the latest, and last Minolta lens review, at least the last Minolta lens I have on hand to review. The Minolta AF 70-210mm F/3.5-4.5 turned in a so-so performance. It really looks better at the long end than the much more popular Minolta AF 70-210mm F/4 beer can, but at the short end, things start to look …
The Sony NEX system is shipping now, but I don’t see the NE-5 with the 16mm lens as being available in the US right now. I’ve added a link above to B&H Photo for the camera and kits, and the link below that on the bottom right is to Sonystyle.com, so you can see what’s available for the system, …
Wow, check out the massive swarm of Ladybugs sitting relatively motionless on the bark of a tree in the mountains. This is not the only tree filled with the bugs, there were a whole bunch of trees with this many, and hundreds with less than this. The trunk of the tree below is about 6′ (1.8m) from the top …
Happy Independence day folks. Hopefully some of you will be able to vacation out west in the national parks this week, and this summer. Although you may not have a choice, you should try to avoid Yosemite valley and the Grand Canyon south rim village this week unless you love traffic jams and hoards of people.
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