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Quick Take on the New Nikon 80-400 AF-S VR

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You have to hand it to Nikon. We may wait a long time for the lens improvement we want, but once Nikon announces it, they get it in our hands pretty quickly. Unlike, say, the Canon 200-400 f/4 Unicorn Bigfoot lens. I’ve been screaming for some time that this was the lens in the Nikon […]

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Introducing Lensrentals HD

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  What is LensRentals HD? LensRentals HD is a shipping discount program. By signing up, you’ll get free Standard Shipping on all the orders you place for one year, and you’ll even save 50% on all FedEx Overnight shipping. No items are excluded from the program: if we carry it, we’ll ship it free. Need […]

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Overcoming My f / Entekaphobia

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Entekaphobia – fear of the number 11 Or. . . How I Learned to Appreciate Small Aperture Photography If you read my blog much, you know I’m a resolution fanatic. I test every new lens for resolution. For personal use, I’ll choose the lens with higher resolution over the one with creamy bokeh every time. […]

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Nikon 24-120 f/4 VR Revisited

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My view of lenses is often colored by measurements, numbers, taking them apart, and other geeky things. I also take photographs with them. One of the things I’m always interested in is comparing my measurements with actual photographs. When Uwe Steinmueller from The Digital Outback suggested we compare the same lens from both perspectives it […]

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Seeing the Numbers

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When someone tells you that something defies description, you can be pretty sure he’s going to have a go at it anyway.  – Author Unknown A lot of my posts about lens resolution consist largely of showing the MTF 50 numbers from Imatest or our optical bench. That leads to a lot of questions about […]

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