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January 24 2013

1/24/13

New Sony lenses, and in-stock items.

Sony introduces another pancake lens, this time it’s a 20mm F/2.8, painted black.  This new design uses six elements (6/6) instead of five (5/5) on the 16mm pancake, so the image quality should be better.  All the other specs like size and weight are about the same; the big difference is the …

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January 21 2013

1/21/13

Full review of the Panasonic Leica 45mm F/2.8 Macro lens.

The Panasonic Leica 45mm macro lens is pretty small, lightweight, built well, and has a good working distance of slightly less than 3″ or 70mm, that’s not bad for a short macro like this one.  The center sharpness at F/4-5.6 is almost unbelievable, with the sides sharpening up nicely, …

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January 17 2013

1/17/13

Hot deal on Sigma 19mm and 30mm lenses.  

Pick yourself up two lenses for the price of one; $199; Sony NEX or MFT camera, both lenses are good, but the 19mm is the best in my opinion, check out my review of that lens here, and the 30mm too.  Right now the combos are on back order, so …

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January 16 2013

1/16/13

Cool new toy, but not in my stable yet.

I could probably see myself with one of these, not because I can justify it for business use, (couldn’t use it anyways thanks to the new FAA ruling), it just looks like a blast!  Since I have no RC skills, it might be the best thing for those cool…

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January 7 2013

1/7/13

Panasonic 12-35mm and Sony CZ 16-80mm comp.

Check out the comps below, all are at the wide end, which is 12mm for the Panasonic, and 16mm
for the CZ 16-80mm, the coverage area is the same with an equivalent of 24mm in 135 film format.  It’s easy to see the Panasonic is sharper in the centers (top image), and…

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January 6 2013

1/6/13

Deal on new Sony NEX-5R, and used NEX-5R and NEX-7.  

The price below reflects a free NEX 16/2.8 pancake lens when purchased together.  I’d recommend this if you want a brand new NEX-5R, but here’s what I’d do after I bought it; ebay the 16/2.8, which should come in a retail box (making it worth …

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January 3 2013

1/3/13

Panasonic 12-35mm F/2.8 lens review.  

The first lens review of the new year is a high performing zoom—only from the mind of Panasonic!! This time we check out the X Vario 12-35mm that sports a relatively fast constant F/2.8 aperture, and a zoom range with the equivalent of 24-70mm in 135 film format.  At the wide end, this lens …

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