Camera Lenses

Brilliant Lens - Brilliant Price

Advantages: Price, Quality
Disadvantages: None

...this lens to accompany my Canon EOS 450d and it really has been a brilliant purchase. Pick one up on Amazon for well under £200 which is an absolute bargain. It has very good build quality and you really will notice the picture quality difference between using this lens and using the standard kit lens (18-55). I got this lens just before Christmas and so I have only had it for around a month, but I have been really impressed with its capability. ...
...exclusive to Canon meaning a fast zoom. Is also has Image Stabalizer (IS) which reduces the blur resulting from any "camera shake". I used this taking family photos over Christmas where it performed well....a good zoom really captured people's faces when opening presents! I also used it over in Ireland to take a few landscape shots and the pictures are very sharp even at full extension (250mm). The build quality feels sturdy, just make sure you ...

quininho 28.01.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS

Ef 50 1.8 II

Advantages: Cheap, great image quality, fast (aperture)
Disadvantages: Bad focus motor. Noisy and slow (focus). Plastic build

This lens is the first prime I ever bought. I was looking at primes because they produce better quality images and are faster than zooms, though less practical. I saw that 130$ lens (brand new!) ... I gave it a shot, saying to myself: -well I'll try this out and if I don't like primes or if this turns out to be a bad lens, i'll loose only 130$. I also believed at the time that 130$ brand new lenses cannot produce quality images. Nikon doesn't have ...
...of my favourite. It doesn't produce image as nice as my 85mm (also reviewed here on ciao), but for the price, it is unbeatable. Apart from beeing extremely fast (compared to zooms anyway), it is SHARP (well it's a prime...) and I also noticed better contrast (at least a more pleasing effect to my eye) in my image (compared to my 17-40L). You can't go wrong with this lens. Even if you have 50mm covered with one or more of your zooms, you have to buy ...

bardall 12.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Canon EF lens - 50 mm F/1.8

Great 2nd Lens

Advantages: Fast Focus, well built, reliable excellent performance all round
Disadvantages: Heavy, you will need a tripod

...and fits on both the Sony a-mount as well as the Konica Minolta mount. Zooming is done through a large in the middle and if you are focusing manually it is through a front ring. Again there is no distance indicator for the focus ring but that is only useful for nerds as you will not be able to focus and measure distance at the same time unless you want to get a tape out to check! The longest zoom is at 300mm. Now bear in mind that digital SLR cameras ...
...the Sony a-100 has a 1.5 crop factor, that means the lens is effectively a longest zoom of 450mm. With that you can take a good picture of a car number plate from about 450 meters away (500 yards in old money). The zoom is fast enough for sports like football where you can take quality shots from all accross the field. It is also very good for the bird watchers out there! I never thought I could enthusiasticly put a a camera on a tripod and use ...

jtamagnini 21.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Sony SAL75300 - telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm F/4.5-5.6

Tamron is best for tight budget

Advantages: Versatile, good range and great if you're constantly on the move.
Disadvantages: A bit too slow, not as sharp but will improve when you know its habits.

I bought my Tamron 28-300mm lens from Jessops, it was on offer at the time, I think I only paid £199. I've used it for a number of different shooting scenarios because of its flexibility regarding wide angle and zoom. Pros: I really like the range. It gives me most of what I need in one lens so I can take it with me on holiday and not have to worry about packing three different lenses. It doubles as a macro as well due to the zoom length and the ...
...this lens with my Canon 400D SLR which I had bought about a year earlier and I've used it predominantly for wildlife. It's been with me to Mull, Scotland, Prague, Venice and its been very handy for switching quickly from street shots to long shots. Cons: Well, given the Canon 400D is heavy (for me anyway - I'm only 5ft 3), this makes the body even heavier. At times, I also felt the zoom ring was quite sticky and wouldn't focus if I was a tad too ...

HBForth 14.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Tamron AF 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 XR Di LD (IF)

Do not buy this

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: If you want to ruin your photographs buy this converter.

...on the lens sticking a Canon 2X would not make a lot of difference and I could live with an f4.8. I bought the converter and carried out a number of tests...Triopd mounted. I took various photographs of people and statick objects in good light. I had to do a lot of post processing work to make anything look half decent.The results were VERY soft. I could go on but here is a tip.....DO NOT BUY THIS CONVERTER IT IS PANTS. How Canon have the cheek ...

roryt 20.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Canon Extender EF 2x II - converter