Photos Taken With The Tamron AF 60mm F/2 SP Macro Lens

What Is Fast Glass?

One of my fast lens the Tamron SP 28-75mm F/2.8 Not to be too technical here, fast glass also known as fast lens are lenses that have a larger maximum aperture or lower f-stops, like F/2.8, F/1.8 and F/1.4. It does not refer to the auto focus system of the lens, so even if the lens [...]

Review Update on My Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC

This is a follow up on the mini review a wrote for my Tamron 17-50mm VC back in March of 2010. You can read the post here. For the past 1 year and 19 days at the time of posting, the  Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC  has been my primary lens. It’s [...]

Available for Pre-Order now! Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Lens at B&H Photo

Available for Pre-Order now! Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Lens at B&H Photo Product Highlights - L-Series Optics - Optical Image Stabilization System - 2 Ultra Low Dispersion Lens Elements - Fast Ultra-Sonic Motor (USM) Autofocus Tweet

Photog News : Samyang 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC – Availability

“Samyang 35mm F/1.4 Manual Focus – Available Feb. 2011 I love this one. I think I’m going to get one, can’t wait!!! The New Samyang 35 mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens for Canon, Four-thirds, Nikon, Pentax, Samsung NX, KM/Sony will be available for sale by February 2011. Manufacturer’s Description: Sophisticated optics of Samyang 35 mm [...]

Street Photography – Be Involve, Be a Part of the Story

Street photography is my passion, I love walking around crowded places looking for that right moment to freeze. As I always say, the streets is alive and there is always something happening which I am a part of. Through photography a second can last a lifetime. Photograph with a Canon Rebel XS and Tamron AF [...]

Lens Hoods : Third Party VS. Manufacturer Made Lens Hoods

I’ve encountered this question many times, Third party made lens hoods(including those sold on ebay) vs manufacturer made. In my strongest opinion it is ok to get a third party made lens hood, in fact they work as well as the original. All of my lens hoods are from third party chinese manufacturers and were [...]

For Sale Used Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Lens in Excellent Like New Condition

This item was sold May 21, 2010. I’m selling this for a friend. This lens is a year old and is in excellent like new condition. He’s selling it for $150 only. The item is currently located in GreenVille, SC. This lens comes complete with Front and Rear Cups Original Box Users Manual He can [...]

For Sale Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM Lens

style=”text-align: center;”> Great News to macro enthusiast! For those interested, I’m selling my less than three month old Canon EF 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM Lens for $440 including shipping. This lens is Like New and still under warranty from CANON USA. I bought it from Amazon last Feb. 23, 2010 and have only taken a [...]

Rokinon 85mm F/1.4 Manual Focus, Impressive Performance on all Levels

Rokinon Sample Photo I have been looking at this lens for quite sometime now, and I find it really impressive. Here is a comparison between the Rokinon 85mm F/1.4 and Leica Summilux 80mm F/1.4. Tweet

My Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC exceeded expectations

I have an updated review of the lens here. You can read it when you’re done here. Thanks. I Not really a thorough review, just my impression and experience with this great lens. I bought my Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC (Vibration Compensation) Zoom Lens for my Canon XS from Amazon [...]

Canon EF 70-210mm F4 First Impression.

This is the old lens from the 80s that I just both from ebay for $175.00. It’s the Canon EF 70-210mm F4. Amazingly it’s still in pretty good condition both in functionality and appearance and it still has the Passed JCII sticker attached. It looks awesome. Here are some images of the lens attached to [...]

For Sale : Canon EF 28-90mm F/4-5.6 III SLR Lens

Sorry, this item has been sold. Hi All, I’m selling my 6 month young, Canon EF 28-90mm F/4-5.6 III. It is in excellent Like New condition and still under warranty from Canon USA. I only used it once to test it. It takes great photos. I’m only selling it because I also have a Canon [...]

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens Review

Introduce around Jan. 2008, the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Lens is a low-cost kit lens for Canon EOS APS-C(Crop Sensor) DSLRs. It is the successorr to the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II which didn’t get much attention. Compared to its older siblings, and even to other Canon consumer zooms, the IS lens is sharper [...]

Tamron Announces the AF SP 60mm F/2 Macro 1:1 Life-size macro lens designed APS-C Sensors

Tamron Introduces SP AF60mm F/2 Di II MACRO 1:1 Life-size macro lens designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras with APS-C size image sensors* that features a fast maximum aperture of F/2 SAITAMA CITY, June 16, 2009 – Tamron Co., Ltd is pleased to announce the release of the SP AF60mm F/2 Di II LD (IF) [...]