Roger's Corner

Is Sony Going to be the Digital Kodak?

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My mind is a strange and dangerous place. I shouldn’t go in there alone after dark. But the other night I was thinking, just me and myself, about all the new camera releases this year. Which has made the biggest impact? Is it the Canon 5D III with that world-class autofocus system? The Olympus OM-D […]

Lenses and Optics

Optically Adjusting a Lens

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I write a lot about the fact that every copy of a lens is slightly different than every other copy. Now don’t get me wrong: I’m talking slight differences that are barely detectable, not good or bad. Even when things appear to be in the “bad lens” area, they usually aren’t. The majority of the […]

Lenses and Optics

A Weekend with the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8

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Tyler has an amazing ability to purchase hard to find items and get them to Lensrentals. Today he amazed even me —  a brand new Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8 OIS lens arrived when, in theory at least, there are none available anywhere in the U. S. None of us know how he does it. I’m pretty sure […]

New Items

The “Other” Canon Primes — Why Did They Do That?

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Canon actually released 3 prime lenses this month. The 40mm pancake has received a lot of attention, as it should. It’s an amazing little lens at an amazing price. Almost no one is commenting on the other two lenses, though. We got our first small batches of the Canon 24mm f/2.8 and Canon 28mm f/2.8 IS […]

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