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Olympus developing 7-14mm F2.8 and 300mm F4 ‘Pro’ lenses

12 Feb

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When Olympus announced the high-end OM-D E-M1, it promised that it would be making a wideangle zoom and super-telephoto prime in its matching ‘PRO’ line of lenses. Now it’s given a few more details for those products. The M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm 1:2.8 PRO shares many design features with the current 12-40mm 1:2.8 PRO, while the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm 1:4 PRO offers a 600mm equivalent angle of view. Both lenses are dust- and splash-proof, and will be available next year. Click through for more details and pictures of the lenses

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Buy our New Posing eBook and Go in the Draw to Win $2000 worth of Lenses

05 Feb

NewImageLast week we launched a brand new dPS eBook – Portraits: Striking the Pose – an eBook to help you take natural looking portraits that bring out the true character in your subjects.

When we launched this eBook we suspected it would do well as it’s a popular topic and written by one of our much loved authors – Gina Milicia – who really knows her stuff.

However we had no idea just how popular it would be. In the first two days of it’s launch we saw more people grab a copy than we usually do in the first two weeks of a launch.

And the response has been so positive from those who got a copy.

Check out this comment from one of our readers – Brad Granger – who bought a copy last week:

I picked up a copy of this eBook last week and have read it through 3 times already.

I can see that what I’m learning is already improving my portraits but what excites me most is that I took a photo of my wife that she’s proud to show her friends! She normally doesn’t like photos of herself but today she uploaded it to Facebook – something I’ve never known her to do before.

Thanks DPS and Gina!

Win $ 2000 USD to Put Towards Camera Gear

win camera gear with our eBookWe launched Striking the Pose with a bonus set of 7 posing printables with 67 poses that you can put in your camera bag to help you on your next launch. This is an early bird offer only but before we end that discount we thought we’d add one more sweetener for those who pick up the eBook before our launch ends.

Everyone who buys a copy of Portraits: Striking the Pose before midnight on Friday 28 February US eastern time (including those who already have bought one) will go into the draw to win $ 2000 to go toward camera gear.

The Prize

The winner (chosen randomly) can choose a combination of gear to suit their needs. So Canon owners can choose Canon gear. Nikon owners can choose Nikon accessories or a new body. Micro 4/3 camera owners can choose lenses to suit their cameras.

The winner can choose to spend their $ 2000 USD on one single camera or lens or might choose to buy a bundle of things (as long as they total up to $ 2000).

FAQ

Based upon previous competitions I know we’ll get a number of questions on this so here’s some FAQs:

  • what if I already purchased Portraits: Striking the Pose? – you’re in the draw and don’t need to do anything else. This is also the case if you bought it as part of a bundle of Gina’s other eBooks.
  • is this open to all international readers – yes, everyone. We’ll ship the lenses to you anywhere at our cost. Our preference is to use B&H Photo and Video but if you live outside of their delivery area we’ll work with a local supplier to you to get you your lenses.
  • can I enter more than once? – no, there is one entry per person. Multiple purchases of the eBook only get you one entry
  • are there any conditions of entry? – yes, just one. The only condition of entry is that you allow us to publish your name on the blog when you’re drawn as a winner (we’ll keep any other details private). This way everyone will know who has won (we’ve previously had winners ask not to be named which has been difficult to be transparent about winner announcements).

Here’s the deal in a Nutshell

Buy Portraits: Striking the pose before midnight on Friday 28 February (US eastern time) and you get:

  • 7 Bonus Posing Printable Guides (worth $ 9.95)
  • an entry into the $ 2000 gear giveaway
  • Plus (and most importantly) you’ll come away from reading the eBook with some inspiration and knowledge to go away and take beautiful portrait images – this eBook has the potential to transform your photography!

To enter simply buy Portraits: Striking the Pose before midnight on Friday 28 February (Eastern US time). We’ll draw the winner that evening and notify them of their win and then publish their name here on the dPS blog in the coming days. If the winner doesn’t respond within 7 days we’ll draw another winner and publish their name on the blog.

As this post goes up you have just a few weeks to take advantage of this offer – so don’t hesitate and pick up your copy of Portraits: Striking the Pose here today!

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Using third-party lenses on the Sony a7 / a7R

22 Jan

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In theory, if you’ve got a collection of old or obscure lenses for long-defunct 35mm film cameras, the full-frame Sony a7 / a7R may allow you to breathe new life into them. Lenses for a great many systems can be attached to the a7 / a7R without huge cost via a range of third-party mount adapters. We’re planning on publishing our full review of the a7 within the next 24 hours, but until then, click through to read about editor Barnaby Britton’s experience of shooting with older third-party lenses on the a7 and a7R.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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15 January, 2014 – Bower Cine Lenses

15 Jan

 Whether you’re shooting with a DSLR, Compact System Camera (CSC) or large sensor interchangeable lens video camera, you probably have discovered two things about lenses. Those that are designed for still cameras are far from ideal when used for cine work, and lenses designed for cine work are very expensive. Explore the alternatives in this article. Read . . .


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DxOMark recommends lenses for the Pentax K-3

14 Jan

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The Pentax K-3 was a justified winner in our reader poll for the Best DSLR of 2013, and now our friends and collaborators over at DxOMark have been looking into how various lenses score on it. In the process, they’ve also reviewed many of Pentax’s lovely ‘Limited’ primes in their latest ‘HD’ incarnations. See DxOMark’s latest reviews

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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CES 2014: Hands-on with Kodak’s M43 Pixpro S-1 and ‘Smart Lenses’

10 Jan

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Among the cameras launched at this year’s CES were a handful from JK Imaging, a worldwide licensee for Kodak ‘PIXPRO’ digital cameras and lenses. JK doesn’t have a booth at the show, but we visited them in a hotel suite for a briefing and some hands-on time with the new S1 Micro Four Thirds camera, and the company’s two new ‘Smart Lens’ camera modules. Click through to read more, and see some pictures of the new cameras. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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JK Imaging updates Kodak line with superzooms and ‘Smart Lenses’

09 Jan

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CES2014: JK Imaging has announced an array of Kodak-branded cameras, including a superzoom compact with a 65x optical zoom and a couple of ‘Smart Lenses’ designed to clip onto smartphones (very much like Sony’s QX cameras). It’s also given more details about its long-in-development PIXPRO S1 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera. Click through to learn more.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Fujifilm adds five lenses to X system roadmap, including fast zooms

06 Jan

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CES 2014: Fujifilm has updated its X-system roadmap for 2014, adding five lenses to its list of upcoming releases. First up is an extended-range zoom, the XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R OIS (28-200mm equivalent). Following this will be two fast zooms, the XF 16-55mm F2.8 R OIS standard zoom, and XF 50-140 F2.8 R OIS (24-83mm and 75-210mm equivalent respectively). All three feature aperture rings and optical stabilisation. They’ll be followed by a ‘high speed wide angle lens’ and ‘super telephoto zoom lens’ in late 2014 / early 2015. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Samsung adds premium and consumer 16-50mm lenses to NX system

02 Jan

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Samsung added two new lenses to its NX mirrorless camera lineup, one for pros, and another designed to serve as a smaller alternative to the kit lens. Both lenses range from 16-50mm, but the first is a premium design with the ‘S’ designation, whose bulkier design accommodates an F2.0-F2.8 aperture and optical image stabilization. The second lens is a retractable F3.5-5.6 power zoom with OIS, which the company says offers improved performance over the 18-55mm kit lens. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Samyang says five of its full frame lenses now available in Sony E mount

17 Dec

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Samyang has announced that, as promised in October, five of its full frame lenses are now available in Sony E-mount, and are therefore the first third-party optics with native mounts for the Sony A7 and A7R. The lenses are the 14mm F2.8, 24mm F1.4, 24mm F3.5 tilt-and-shift, 35mm F1.4, and 85mm F1.4. All feature manual focus and aperture operation and, because they’re essentially SLR lenses with an adapter tube added, all are considerably more bulky than their Alpha mount counterparts. Click through for more information and images of the E-mount lenses.

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