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- The glass or plastic elements that focus light onto analog film or a digital sensor in a still or video camera. Lens quality is just as important in digital...
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- Carl Zeiss unveils 18mm F3.5 lens for Canon DSLRs
- Carl Zeiss has announced a new ultra-wide-angle lens for Canon EOS users: the Distagon T* 3,5/18. While the focal length is only 18mm, the lens packs a lot in. With a 99°-angle view, the extremely wide-angle lens is meant for full-frame sensor cameras, especially for shooting landscape and architecture. The...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Panasonic introduces LUMIX DMC-GF1 and two new lenses
- Panasonic announced the release of a new addition to the LUMIX G family: the DMC-GF1. The 12-megapixel model is the world’s smallest and lightest system digital camera with a built-in flash. A follower in the LUMIX G series, known for producing "DSLR-like" models at the sizes of pocket cameras, it comes with...
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Sony 30mm f2.8 DT Macro and Sony 28-75mm f2.8 SAM
- Sony announced two new lenses, the 30mm f2.8 DT Macro lens (SAL30M28) and the 28-75mm f2.8 SAM lens (SAL2875). by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-08-27
- Olympus FE-5020 photos
- The $159.99 FE-5020 bumps up to a 5x zoom 24-120mm-equivalent lens. You can get that in black or wine red. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-21
- Olympus FE-4000 photos
- The $149.99 FE-4000 sports a 26.3-105mm-equivalent 4x zoom lens and comes in gray, magenta, white and blue. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-21
- Olympus FE-46 photos
- The cheapest model, the FE-46, runs a mere $99 and has a 36-180mm-equivalent 5X zoom lens. It runs off 2 AA batteries and comes in pink, blue, white and black. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-21
- ShiftN 3.5.1 (Windows)
- Converging lines in photographs, particularly of buildings, forests and so on, can often detract from the desired effect. Architectural elements in photographs often have diagonal lines, but the mind thinks of buildings as having vertical and horizontal lines. Converging lines are caused by the film-plane being angled relative to the...
- Software downloads 2009-05-22
- Nikon 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 DX VR lens - sample photos
- The Nikon AF-S DX 18-105mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR lens is a good choice for someone who wants more than the basic kit lens has to offer, while remaining compact and lightweight. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-02-22
- Nikon 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 DX VR lens - photos
- The Nikon AF-S DX 18-105mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR lens is a good choice for someone who wants more than the basic kit lens has to offer, while remaining compact and lightweight. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-02-22
- Kai's Projektion Clock.Net (Mobile)
- Change your Pocket PC into a Projection Clock. For that the time display will be mirrored and projected through a desk lens on the Ceiling. So, additional, you need a desk lens with about 25-35 cm height.Displaying the time (hh:mm:ss), mirroredchoose individual colorFull screen mode (w/o Title-, Menu bar)Night light:...
- Software downloads 2009-02-12
- Awesome hack for Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 flaw
- This is the cleverest solution I've seen to the one thing that annoys me about the otherwise-fabulous Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (i.e., that ridiculous lens cap). by Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD
- For a sub-$300 megazoom digital camera, the Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD offers a lot for an advanced amateur photographer. It's as easy to operate as a budget point-and-shoot, but puts forth an abundant array of settings, modes, and trickery to make experimentation just as simple. This package isn't perfect however, as...
- Product reviews 2008-11-24
- Optical fibers with a silicon core?
- Optical fibers with a silicon core?And optical fibre is made of...Isn't optical fibre made from glass or plastic anyhow. And what is glass made of? ;)Hint: Not pure silicon...More often than not it's made of silcon dioxide (SiO2) or Silica and other ingredients that change the properties of the resulting...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Five more reasons to get the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
- Olympus just announced a firmware update to five of its Zuiko Digital lenses that will allow you to use them with Panasonic's new compact interchangeable-lens camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1. by Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Improving chip density by a factor of 100
- According to the semiconductor industry, maskless nanolithography is a flexible nanofabrication technique which suffers from low throughput. But now, engineers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new approach that involves 'flying' an array of plasmonic lenses just 20 nanometers above a rotating surface. With this approach,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-26
- Lens Gallery 1.0 (Mobile)
- Lens Gallery make you easier to find the information of hundreds of lens including five brands.By Lens Gallery,you can find the photos that taken by the exact lens ,and the photos is updated continuously.
- Software downloads 2008-10-16
- Nikon D90 Reviewed: Great image quality and performance. Video mode? Not so hot
- DPReview and PhotographyBlog both posted full, hands-on reviews of the Nikon D90 yesterday. The general consensus among the reviewers (including our sister site CNET's Lori Grunin who posted her review earlier in the month) is that the D90 is an excellent and highly recommended enthusiast's dSLR. by Janice Chen
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand
- Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandYou mean......Vitovar. Along with Kodiak and Palmeroid.This is the way customers actually mispronounced manufacturers' names.RE: Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandI remember Vivitar as the maker of the world-class Series One prime and zoom lenses...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Canon EF 70-200mm f4 IS USM L
- You want a medium telephoto lens for your Canon dSLR, something with a constant aperture, solidly built with pro quality, yet light enough to carry on adventure to some far away part of the world. You have looked at the f2.8 models but didn't think you could afford them or...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- Liquid camera lenses controlled by sound
- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI have created an adaptive liquid lens that captures 250 pictures per second. Because these lenses are simply powered by water and sound, they need less energy to operate than competing technologies. According to the project leader, 'The lens is easy to manipulate, with very...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
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