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You CAN Correct It In Post, but . . .

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. . . . there is no free lunch. I hear this about 20 times a day and it’s true: “Yes, it has a lot of distortion, but that’s easy to correct in post.” It’s a totally true statement. Unfortunately, way too often, the complete statement goes like this: “I got it because it has […]

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A Peek Inside the Canon 24-70 f/4 IS

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If we knew what we were doing it wouldn’t be called research, would it?  Albert Einstein Of course we had to do it. One of them was soft, you see, and we were really curious about how that Macro mode switch worked and  . . . . OK, we just wanted to. Actually, we’ve found […]

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Canon 24-70 f/4 IS Resolution Tests

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A lot of people have been waiting on the release of the Canon 24-70 f/4 IS, deciding which of the new lenses they wanted, or whether they wanted to upgrade at all. So, when the first batch arrived early this morning we were set up and waiting to do some resolution testing. The Players The […]

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Another 35mm Lens for Canon

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It seems we had barely finished testing the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens when the first shipment of Canon 35mm f/2 IS lenses arrived. I’d describe my feelings as more interested than excited. This finishes (I think) the Canon wide-angle IS consumer-grade lens trilogy. We’d found the previous members, the Canon 24mm f/2.8 IS and Canon […]

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Quick Resolution Tests on Two New 70-200s

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We got stock on two new 70-200mm lenses this week: the Nikon 70-200 f/4 VR and the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 VC. I would have loved to do some side-by-side comparisons. They’re priced similarly and I expect a lot of Nikon shooters will be choosing between these two since both are quite a bit less expensive […]

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