Top of arthur's seat Edinburgh 7am February

Top of arthur's seat Edinburgh 7am February, a photo by dombower83 on Flickr.

Panorama of the top of edinburgh at 7.30 this morning just as the sun was rising, taken with the gopro hero2, 9 images stitched in ptgui software

Samyang 35mm f1.4: lens review

This is a review of the Samyang 35mm f1.4

The lenses for this review were provided by

www.samyang-lens.co.uk  and can be found in the nikon mount here

 http://www.samyang-lens.co.uk/samyang-35mm-f14-as-umc-nikon-ae.html

Sharpness test

Conclusion

Dom's Amazon Camera Store

Make sure to click on the bit at the side that say Nikon and Canon stuff as that is where I have put the most effort in

Jack Rowberry - Hide Away - Music video

Todays blog post is all about shooting and editing the music video for the Musician Jack Rowberry.

More details below

Samyang 24mm f/1.4 Full frame Manual lens

Page currently under construction but there are some photos here if you want to see

  link to www.samyang-lens.co.uk  
http://www.samyang-lens.co.uk/samyang-24mm-f14-ed-as-umc-nikon-ae.html

lenses supplied by http://www.ukdigital.co.uk in Clitheroe, 

Telephone number 01200 444744

Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 VC USD Full Frame review

The Tamron 24-70mm VC lens is my latest addition to my camera bag and is currently taking the place of its older brother the Tamron 28-75mm.

It may sound crazy buying a lens which is almost the same as a lens I already have and also spending £900 for a lens which didnt really need upgraded. (now around 820pounds)

Let me first explain that the Tamron 28-75mm is a fantastic lens and for its price, I don't think anything can beat it.
It is still for sale for under £350 (as of October 2012) here is a link


That lens is fantastically sharp in the centre, it focal range is great and its macro ability is very impressive.
In the studio it rocks, and it has been my go to lens for weddings. Its f/2.8 is bright appreciated and its aperture ring has been great so that with just a cheap adapter I have been able to use the Nikon version on my Canon cameras for video work.
When shooting weddings i always take a bag full of other lenses but 95% of the time I end up just using the Tamron 28-75, it stays on the camera the whole time, and maybe my backup camera will have a wider lens for more landscape shots.

So why the hell upgrade then?

Good question,  and further more why not upgrade to the Nikon 24-70, surely that should be better?

Maybe so, but lets find out what is good about this lens and how it stacks up against its competitors

First thing to figure out is its PRICE

The Tamron 24-70vc lens is currently available from Amazon for around £820, if you go to any highstreet shop such as Jessops or Calumet you will find it is more around the £1099

Compare that to the rivals
The Nikon 24-70 is £1199 (now up to 1250)
Canon 24-70 mark2 is £2299 (now down to 1800)
Sigma 24-70 is £690(now around 599)
Old Tamron 28-75 is £350

Battle of the Shadows!

 

Canon: Picture style settings

 Although not totally obvious the different picture styles that canon provides in its cameras do have subtle differences which if shooting Jpeg......(ughhh) then they will affect your images.  If you shoot raw then the picture style settings have no affect on your raw file.

more details after the break

Hormone Timeline

I think I have figured it out.

Explaning 35mm Equivalent Focal length of your Lenses

Trying to explain the confusion about focal length when manufacturers put in the confusing term of Equivalent into the sales speech. Focal length on all dslr lenses are measured in MM (millimeters) and if it is a 50mm lens on a full frame camera it is still a 50mm lens on a cropped frame camera but the only difference is you see less of the bits at the side making it look like it is zoomed in, but the perspective is not changed so it is the same as putting a toilet roll around your eye, your eye still has the same perspective you just cant see stuff round the edges

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