The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the new APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM for Sony and Pentax.
This ultra-telephoto zoom lens covers a telephoto range up to 500mm and allows photographers to bring the subject close and short perspective. This lens has an equivalent field of view of a 225-750mm when used on digital SLR cameras with an APS-C size image sensor. Sigma’s original OS (Optical Stabilizer) function offers the use of shutter speeds approximately 4 stops slower. As compensation for camera shake is visible in the view finder, the photographer can easily check for accurate focus and ensure there is no subject movement.It is ideal for sports, wildlife and landscape photography with handheld shooting. Three SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements provide excellent correction for chromatic aberration. This lens is equipped with a rear focus system that minimizes fluctuation of aberration caused by focusing. The super multi-layer lens coating reduces flare and ghosting. High image quality is assured throughout the entire zoom range. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sigma Release APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM for Sony and Pentax
Tilt Shift Photography
Tilt Shift Photography is a creative form of photography where the camera used to manipulate the image so that is a life-place or an object such as a miniature scale.
You can also Tilt Shift Photos with Photoshop to manipulate your existing images.
These have amazing shots Tilt Shift to an urban scene or a picture of the car and into what looks like a model. This is done by the photographer or done later in Photoshop or another image editing program. The Tilt Shift is a shallow depth, is out of focus in the foreground and background. The trick your eye to think that the image of a subject very close to your eyes, and should be small so that the interpretation that the subjects actually models.
You can do this for yourself. Keep a finger of his left hand a few inches from your eyes, hold one finger of the right half of the route learned from your own eye, and in a position where you can see two fingers. to focus now on the fingers of the left hand. You will notice that the finger in focus and other finger is blurred. You will also notice that the background is also blurred – it helps if you try with a wall or a shelf very close to the background. So if you see your eyes a picture that looks like brains, you take the subject is fairly close, perhaps only a few centimeters, and so you think what you are looking for a model. Read the rest of this entry »
.Nikon 200-400mm f/4G AF-S SWM SIC ED IF VR II Nikkor Super Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the AF-S NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II, an FX-format compatible telephoto zoom lens offering Nikon’s exclusive support for focal lengths from 200 mm to the super telephoto 400 mm.
The AF-S NIKKOR 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II is a successor to the AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED, offering improvements in performance and function. In addition to the adoption of Nano Crystal Coat and the VR II vibration reduction system, which offers camera shake compensation equivalent to a shutter speed increase of approximately 4 stops, the lens is equipped with A/M (autofocus with manual override, AF priority) mode. A wide variety of angles of view are supported by the 200 mm telephoto to 400 mm super telephoto range of focal lengths. This lens is perfect for capturing subjects that require zoom capability, including sports, press and bird photography.
Nikon’s development of the FX format, including D3-series and D700 digital-SLR cameras, has received tremendous support from professional and advanced amateur photographers. We intend to expand and strengthen the NIKKOR lineup with the steady release of new, high-performance lenses compatible with the FX format. Read the rest of this entry »
.Meaning Codes in DSLR Lens (part 2)
After i explain the nemenclature for canon, nikon, and sony lens, here i will post for Tamron and Sigma Lens. Hope you are not confused again, when you find tamron or sigma lens, or when you want buy one of this lens. 
Tamron Lens
Macro - it appears that Tamron designated lenses as “Macro” lenses only if the lens was capable of achieving considerably closer focusing compared to many similar lenses, or if the lens featured either a macro button or some other form of specific mechanism in order to get into macro mode. Read the rest of this entry »
.Meaning Codes in DSLR Lens (part 1)
In photography, the begginer or ussulay called newbie, sometimes get confused for interpret the codes that write in lens or also called nomenclature, for example Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM. The word EF means it can be use for Full Frame camera (ex:Canon 5D MKII), 70-200mm is the lens focal length, f/2.8 is the aperture, is mean Image Stabilizer, USM mean Ultra Sonic Motor. Thats for canon lens.
Detail for the lens nomenclature for common digital lens : Read the rest of this entry »
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Shutter Speed, The Control of Light.
Now, after we learn about aperture, the other triangle exposure is Shutter Speed. Here i bring from wiki.
In still cameras, the term shutter speed represents the time that the shutter remains open when taking a photograph. Along with the aperture of the lens (also called f-number), it determines the amount of light that reaches the [...]
How to photograph landscape
Great landscape photography everywhere. Let’s face it, if you go on holiday, which falls into the eye? Yup, it is the view. That’s why you go to your destination.
To remove the camera, ran a couple of pictures and photos at home, to show everyone how great the city and … They are [...]
Travel Photography Tips and Tutorial
Travel photography tips
With travel photography you want to convey not only the sites and scenes you have seen but also the feelings and emotions associated with the locations. The unexpected is always around the corner when you travel and with some careful preparation and a keen photographic eye you can produce some memorable results.
Good travel [...]
What Was Your First Photography Experience?
Think back to the first time that you held a camera.
* What was the camera?
* What were you photographing?
* Was it film or digital?
* What lessons were you taught in the early days?
Looking forward to reading your stories!
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10 Tips Photo Competitions, Get the Best To Win
Winning a big morale booster or even a highly regarded competition. Many professional photographers today have competitions to get them started on the path to a successful career to thank.
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After we learn about exposure triangle, to make more clear about it, i post this article take from wiki. yeah, the aperture definition, and all about aperture.
here it is.
In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that [...]
