For some reason, Pentax has been up to a lot lately. with announcing the Rugged Optio WG-1 & WG-1 GPS and many colors of the Pentax K-x series. Now, there is a new lens, and rather than let me talk about this lens like I know what I am talking about, here is what ...
Canon has announced a brand new 200-400mm F/4 zoom lens, which is the first one to include a built-in teleconverter. Usually teleconverters are added externally, and offer a magnifying feature from 1.4X up to 2.0X the zoom. The new 200-400mm has a 1.4X teleconverter built in, and when switched on, it expands the lens to 280-560mm ...
I'm sure that there are a lot of you out there that cannot stand the bigness of the DSLR camera, and you might find that the lens of the future will be much smaller. Some scientists from the University of Illinois and Northwestern are working on a camera with a liquid lens and flexible ...
If you're any sort of self respecting photography enthusiast you've undoubtedly heard of Carl Zeiss. This company has been around since 1846 producing some of the finest optical systems the world has ever seen, but you probably already know that. What you may not have known is that Carl Zeiss has just signed on to produce lenses for ...
There are already small, clip on zoom lenses for iPhones and other phones out there, but what about those looking for some extra power? They might be interested in this 6X zoom lens which works on the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S, and Sony Xperia 10. Called Conicle Zoom Lens, it retails at just under $50 ...
When it comes to photography the actual camera itself is only the beginning. Past that you need various lenses, dependable storage and perhaps even expensive software to finalize the project. While we'll save the latter two for another time, Ricoh has just made an announcement that is sure to please owners of the GXR. According to ...
Nikon has a history of making some great high powered zoom lenses for its DSLRs, and now, according to Nikon Rumors, the Japanese camera and optics maker is working on a new 200-500mm F/4-5.6 super-zoom lens, for which new patents were filed recently (shown above). The new lens appears to share some design elements to the ...
Sony Japan announced yesterday that there will have an addition to the NEX-5 series of interchangeable lens digital cameras. The model is a step up from silver and black cameras, and this one is in gold. I believe it is identical to the other models that we saw from Sony. This would ...
Please try and not have a dirty mind when you look at the picture on the right. Okay, now that I've got that out of my system. This is a way to take shots of the moon from the surface of the Earth. All you need is about five Canon 2x focal ...
Just to let you know, this is not some sort of weird CG effect, but a real shot taken, presumably from above. All it takes is just a little work by some special fish eye camera lenses, and a little bit of photographic manipulation. As you can see, the effect turns a simple ...
