Archive for 'Camera Lens'
New Lens! Canon EFS 18-55 IS and 55-250 IS
20 August 2007The EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is a lightweight general-purpose zoom lens that is ideal for handheld photography in a wide range of lighting conditions. Offering high optical quality, the lens has an 11 element, 9 group construction, including one aspherical element for crisp corner-to-corner detail. The lens maintains a closest focusing distance of just 25cm [...]
Sigma launches new HSM lenses for Nikon SLRs
7 July 2007The Sigma 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 DC HSM for Nikon The HSM is incorporated into the compact standard zoom lens 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 DC giving this lens the capability to auto focusing with all Nikon DSLR cameras(including the D40 and D40x). An aspherical lens and Super Multi Layer Coatings are used to achieve excellent lens performance and High [...]
Sigma releases stabilized 18-200mm ultrazoom
25 June 2007Canon SLR (single-lens reflex) owners now have an answer to Nikon’s 18-200mm ultrazoom–as long as they’re willing to buy a non-Canon lens. Japanese lensmaker Sigma this week announced it’s begun selling its 18-200mm ultrazoom for Canon SLR cameras. These lenses are flexible, but typically have lower image quality than zoom lenses with narrower ranges or [...]