Post Tagged with: "lenses"

Laowa new lens mounts
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News from Photokina

Laowa has announced 10 lenses at the Photokina show to add to their unique product line-up. New for Sony FE mount cameras, Laowa’s 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom is currently the widest zoom lens available for Sony full frame E-mount cameras. Designed primarily for travel photography, Laowa has managed to compress the […]

DX 2x
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Shooting the Supermoon with a Superzoom and Teleconverters

Tamron Canada recently released an updated version of my favourite Superzoom – the SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. The G2 is sharper at the long end, which is where I use it the most. I’ve been a big fan of Tamron’s superzoom lenses for a while and appreciate […]

Tamron SP 85mm Lens
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Tamron SP 85mm F/1.8 Di VC USD Review

An 85mm lens is an indispensable tool for any photographer, particularly for portrait photographers. It is a very flattering focal length and provides a beautiful perspective and the potential of excellent separation of the subject from the background. Canon and Nikon shooters have typically had two choices. One is the […]

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Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Full-Frame Lens

Announced on March 29, 2016 in San Francisco, this lens was designed for the mirrorless Alpha series cameras and is currently the longest full-frame E-mount zoom. It’s definitely a high-grade product as the G designation suggests. The designers specified a full four aspherical glass elements, two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass […]

TIPA Awards
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Tamron wins TIPA Award for three consecutive years

Tamron lenses awarded with two prestigious TIPA Awards in 2016 SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (Model F012) wins “BEST DSLR PRIME LENS” 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC (Model B018) wins “BEST ENTRY LEVEL DSLR LENS” April 18, 2016, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Shiro Ajisaka), a leading […]

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Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD Review

It was only 28 months ago that I was reviewing the predecessor to this lens, and my final verdict was that it was generally excellent and a strong competitor to lenses like the Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS while undercutting it significantly in price. So why, you might ask, is Tamron […]

KRISTIN REPSHER
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What's in my bag: A Travel Photography Gear Guide

See the original post here. LEARN MORE ABOUT KRISTIN For the last four months, I’ve been travelling around northern Europe shooting some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world. Nearly every waking moment has been consumed by planning shoot locations, re-planning those shoots when the weather doesn’t cooperate (which […]

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Tamron SP 35 and SP 45 F/1.8 Di VC USD Preview

Tamron recently announced two new prime lenses – SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD and SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD. The SP line of Tamron lenses are known as professional grade lenses and these two are no exception. For those wondering, a prime lens means it only has one […]

Tamron F012 & F013
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Redefining the SP series Lenses – Tamron SP 35mm & 45mm

REDEFINING THE SP SERIES LENSES DESIGNED FOR THE NEW ERA OF IMAGING First to debut: two fast, fixed focal standard lenses packed with exceptional features that deliver ultimate performance. – SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (Model F012) – SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (Model F013) September 2, 2015, […]

Tamron 15-30mm
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Tamron SP 15-30mm wins "European DSLR Zoom Lens 2015-2016”

SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Model A012) wins “European DSLR Zoom Lens 2015-2016”. Tamron lens wins EISA Award for 10th consecutive year. August 17, 2015, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Morio Ono), a leading manufacturer of precision optics, has announced that the European Imaging and […]