The Canon 10-20mm EF-S lens, perfect for landscapes.

Advantages: Excellent quality pictures, Useful wide angle range. Good build quality.
Disadvantages: No lens hood, Not compatible with all EOS cameras

...Introduction The Canon EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-f4.5 USM lens is a high quality wide-angle zoom lens that is ideal for landscape, architectural and interior photography. It is designed to be used with all Canon EOS cameras with an APS-C sized censor and an EF-S lens mount, it cannot be used with Canon full frame or film cameras, also some older EOS models will not accept this lens either. To see if your camera is compatible with this lens, check your camera for the following. All Canon EOS cameras have a red spot on the lens mount to denote the lens alignment for EF mount lenses, check to see if your camera has an additional white spot to denote the lens alignment for EF-S mount lenses, if it does, then this lens will fit. Focal length This lens has an actual focal length of 10-22mm, but because of the x1.6 crop...

Markh5682 30.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF wide-angle zoom lens - 10 mm - 22 mm F/3.5-4.5

Wide angle fun with a capital F

Advantages: Solid build, great image quality, super-wide view
Disadvantages: f4 aperture doesn't give very deep bokeh

...Overview ------------- I bought the EF 17-40 f4 L about 3 years ago in order to take urban landcape pictures, as buildings often don't fit into a 28mm "frame". This optic is the widest in the f4 constant aperture series of zoom lenses in the trio that includes the 24-105 super-zoom and the 70-200 telephoto, all of which I now own. At the time, I owned a 20D body and the 17-40 was my first L Series purchase as the 1.6 crop factor on the sensor meant that you had to go for a super-wide angle lens to get even moderate wide angle shots (17mm becomes 27mm on an APS sensor). Now I own a 5D body and can make full use of the extraordinary wide angle of view this lens can provide. Being a standard EF mount (not EF-S), this lens can be used on all the Canon bodies. My friend had an EF-S 10-22mm but this became redundant when he upgraded...

buyer991 07.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF L USM wide-angle zoom lens - 17 - 40mm F/4.0

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-f4.5 USM

Advantages: Range. Optical Quality. Size. Weight. Price.
Disadvantages: Lens hood not supplied with lens.

...- 13 elements in 10 groups with no less than 3 Aspherical elements and 1 S-UD one. Also, whilst the lens isn't 'technically' internal focusing, the body of the lens doesn't alter as the lens is focused. This is cleverly achieved by situating the forward group of lens elements in a separate tube which 'does' move back and forth a little during focusing. AF, via ultrasonic (USM) motor, is extremely fast, quiet and accurate. While FTM (Full Time Manual) focusing is available in One Shot AF mode, as yet, I have never had to use it! Focusing to an impressively close 0.24m, the full range of wide-angle effects are available. If you like to turn pebbles into boulders, this may be the lens for you! Distortion is very well controlled. Even at 10mm setting, barrel distortion is minimal by any standards and by the time you have zoomed in to 12mm...

davecham 27.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon EF wide-angle zoom lens - 10 mm - 22 mm F/3.5-4.5

A super wide angle lens for panoramic photographs

Advantages: Excellent field of view
Disadvantages: none that I have found in months of use

...Sigma Wide Zoom Lens. If you want a panorama of a landscape then you should try this lens. Described as 12 - 24mm f5-5.6 EX DG Aspherical HSM Technical details first. To fit Sigma, Canon and Nikon (D) Lens construction Groups/elements 12 / 16 Angle of view (degrees) 122.0 - 84.1 Diaphragm blades 6 Minimum Aperture (wide) F22 Minimum Focus (cm/in) 28/11 Filter size (mm) Rear Mount gelatin filter Dimensions diameter x length 87/100mm / 3.4" x 3.9" Weight (g/oz) 615/21.6 Fitted with Hypersonic motor. Comes with its own carry case with a belt mounting attachment and template to make the gel filters. This is a lens designed for a digital camera. It is an ultra wide angle lens (122 degrees) at 12mm along the diagonal axis and is ideal for both indoor and landscape photography. The lens...

Coloneljohn 05.11.2004 · Read review
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8mm DVD Review

Advantages: Characters, Tension.
Disadvantages: Not for everyone.

...Tense stuff. Just don't show it to the kids."The things I do--I do them because I like them. Because I want to.'' -- 'Machine' (Chris Bauer) 8mm exhibits bad taste and may be shocking to most people, but to me it felt like a movie with serious intent, especially seen as though it tracks the descent of Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage), as the ordinary guy, into the nasty, immoral world of underground pornography. The character, understandably, is tormented, mentally, as he simply cannot accept why all the evil surrounding him exists. Notoriously panned by critics upon its release, this was by no means a milestone in the career of Cage, even though I believe it to contain ones of his most powerful performances. He plays a man dedicated, slightly obsessed, and deeply sickened by the events that unfold throughout his investigation into...

andycarrington 01.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of 8MM (DVD)

Wide Open Spaces

Advantages: Great first album, good introduction to country
Disadvantages: None

...Wide Open Spaces If you?re looking for a great starter country album then look no further than Wide Open Spaces by The Dixie Chicks. It?s a great introduction if you have never really listened to country before and are not really a fan of the old classics yet, like Dolly Parton, etc, but want to experience a bit of the blue grass, country and that whole scene and get into the music. This album offers you upbeat, toe tapping, yee-hawing, classic story telling country with a new modern, sexy twist. The Dixie Chicks is made up of three females, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison. They are the highest grossing female band in the US, selling over 36 million albums as of March 2009! They actually formed in 1989 with a different formation but did not release their debut album, Wide Open Spaces, until 1998. They have...

Spottydog11 01.04.2009 · Read review
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Open wide for Wendy

Advantages: Novel design featuring a built in hand puppet to tell the story, bright images
Disadvantages: Pages can get caught on the puppet

...'Wendy the Wide-Mouthed Frog' is a children's book written by Sam Lloyd, author of 'Calm Down, Boris' and 'You're Not So Scary, Sid' amongst others. What all of these books have in common is a hand-puppet built in to the centre of the book, which forms the basis of the story. In this particular story, the star is Wendy a wide-mouthed frog. All that is required to bring Wendy to life is for the reader to pop their hand into the puppet and mimick Wendy's mouth movements. I haven't actually read any of the other books in the series so this was still quite a novelty for me to read and both my two year old and my six year old son thought so too. I first came across this book when it was read at the 'Baby Bounce & Rhyme' group that I go to with my youngest son. The sessions always start off with a story and when Wendy was read out...

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Review of Wendy the Wide-Mouthed Frog - Sam Lloyd

M&M'S FOR ME.

Advantages: Delicious and filling
Disadvantages: Nut allergy sufferers steer clear.

...---PEANUT M&M's--- Peanut M&M's are delicious. There is just something about the scrumptious crispy coatings and peanut centre that really go well together. Made by Mars incorporated, they have been in production since 1990. ---THE PRODUCT--- The M&M's come to us presented in a thick bright yellow plastic package. To the front of the packaging there is a selection of the candies all piled up. They show the different colourings of the M&M's. In large brown bubble writing you have the product name of M&M's in large brown letters held up by two of the M&M characters. The packet is bright, cheerful and eye catching, appealing to young and old. - ---THE M&M CHARACTERS--- The actual candies are colourful and fun. They have been given characters pertaining to colour. Starting with red; He is the leader of the pack - Yellow...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 09.05.2008 (10.05.2008) · Read review
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8mm Tapes are so last year!

Advantages: Good quality tapes that will work and last
Disadvantages: Very dated with better SD Card or Hard Drive options

...I initially wondered why people would be looking to buy these tapes, and if they do, whether it is time to update the camcorder to an affordable SD Card or hard drive version. However, if 8 mm tapes still rock your boat, then the Sony tapes work a treat. There are two kinds of Sony 8mm tapes, the 60 minute (Pack of 3 = £11.99) and 90 minute (Pack of 3 = £21.99) and weigh about 200g per tape. These are lightweight and portable and come in sealed plastic casing with good design covering. You can trust the Sony brand as a leading manufacturer in the video and audio market. The quality of the product is excellent and durable. It will fit snugly into the camcorder without sticking and you will be ready to go. The output very much depends on the quality of your camcorder. What goes in comes out. It will also make a difference if you...

Nothing-But-The-Truth 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony 8mm Camcorder Tape

Great wide angle for a good price

Advantages: low price, very wide, good quality
Disadvantages: not a particularly 'fast' lens

...As a photographer and a student I have a need for (expensive) equipment and very little money with which to buy it. When the need arose for adding a wide angle lens to my kit I did alot of research - looks at specifications, read reviews online/magazines and tested different lenses my self in shops. The 10-20mm by sigma is a fantastic wide angle lens for the price - many wide angle lenses don't go down as far as 10mm but when shelling out money for a wide angle lens my thought was to find the widest possible for the best price and this was it. The lens doesn't let you down in other areas either - the image quality is superb (no visible chromatic abberation). To hold the lens is a good weight and feels well made. The lens is capable of automatic focus as well as manual. If you look at the specifications this isn't exactly the fastest lens...

Huomenna 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sigma EX zoom lens - 10 mm - 20 mm