Just an item I’d like to pass along; anybody that has a superzoom camera, such as the Olympus SP-550 UZ, should check out the quite small, but very handy case I found at OfficeMax ($14.99). It holds the camera snugly, and still allows room for some batteries or filters. There are two side pockets, where you could put …
Thanks to another kind visitor (Thomas from the great state of Texas), I was able to review the Minotla AF 300mm F/4 APO G (HS). This lens is fairly small and portable, which makes it a good birding or sports lens in decent light. Without the hood, it’s about the same size and weight as the Sony 70-200mm …
The 300mm zoom and prime lens shoot out page now has Sony tele-converter use crops added below the regular crops for the three lenses that will accept the Sony TCs.
A few interesting results show up if you look closely, like the extra 100mm on the end of the Sony 70-400mm produces about the most detail, even when you …
Done with Sony! Believe it or not, I’ve reviewed every Sony DSLR lens. Who knows when we’ll see anything new, maybe later in the year. Of course I’ll be reviewing any new lenses or interesting cameras they do come out with. In the meantime, I’ve got a couple of Minolta lenses to finish up on, and the Minolta 300mm …
The Sony 300mm F/2.8 SSM G review is now ready. I got carried away with the product shots, so dial-up users be patient! This lens turned in an overall stellar performance, and that should come as no surprise based on the cost. You saw a small sample of what the lens is capable of if you visited this page…
Oh no! Some people are getting confused about the Sony 20mm Focusing issue article below. I’m getting letters saying things like “that’s just the same as depth of field focusing,” or “that’s called focus shift, and I use micro adjustments to take care of it.” That’s not what I was talking about in the article. Depth of field sharpening …
As luck would have it, I got to check out all the Sony (plus one Minolta) 300mm zooms and primes—shown below, and of course I had to do a comparison between each lens at 300mm. I used the Sony 75-300mm, Sony 70-300mm G, Sony 70-400mm G (@300mm), Sony 300mm F/2.8 G, and the Minolta AF 300mm F/4 APO …
Sometimes I mention that you can “short focus” a lens to eke out a little extra sharpness, that is, by focusing in front of the subject a small amount. In this article I’ve chosen the Sony 20mm F/2.8 because it shows the most gains by doing this than any other lens I’ve tested so far. The amount of sharpness …