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Tuesday, 27 March 2012
New Carl Zeiss wide lens
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/03/16/Carl-Zeiss-Distagon-T-15mm-F2p8-super-wide
Well for those of you out there who like to splash the cash, this is the new "must have" item. The super high quality German optics manufacture Zeiss has released their new wide lens with Canon and Nikon mounts (full frame only for both). It has a full metal barrel, with buttery smooth focusing ring and boasts a very wide angle of view with 110 degrees across the face. Now you might be saying "hold on a moment SeanRay, both Nikon and Canon have a lens that offers the same if not higher angle of view" and you would be right. They also have extremely high standards of construction. So will the more than $3000 asking price be worth the bragging rights? I am unlikely to get my hands on one to make a comparison but while it does look very posh I will stick with my L-series lenses and leave this for the posers.
Cheers.
SeanRay :)
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Adobe Lightroom 4
Well the new version of the much loved Adobe lightroom has been released and this 4th version looks to be a great improvement over the previous versions I have been using.
The biggest addition has been the new Book feature. Using elements from other Adobe programs such as Indesign to allow the user to create layouts for photobooks and either export them as a PDF or directly to an American book printer called Blurb. This is great for those who want a simple way to create amazing looking books using their own work in the same programme they used to edit it. I like this full circle way of doing things as you don’t need lots of programs for the same thing. Of course it is not as powerful as using Indesign for layouts and overall features and it never will be.
The Adobe website as always has a raft of new tutorials to help you explore and understand what is new and exciting with this update and they are very easy to understand for those that may be new to the software. A bonus for the non computer savvy like myself.
I have been a big fan of lightroom since I started using it last year and will have no hesitation getting the new version once funds permits me to do so.
Happy photographing,
Love SeanRay.
Canon 5D Mark III!
The long awaited 5D MK III is now out and it looks to be an interesting time for the much favoured camera from Canon. With the new Nikon D800E boasting a far higher megapixel count it on paper has the goods over the 5DMKIII.
The biggest problem ahead of it’s Australian release is the price. Pricing information was taken fromwww.teds.com.au and have the 5DMKIII body only listed at $4200 with the Nikon D800 (also a new release to the Aust market) is listed at $3800! and it should be noted that at this point the 5D MKII has not had a price reduction…. Yet.
Now without going in depth to my normal extent. I believe this will cost Canon greatly in sales because Megapixels sell and unless you are going for the top of the tree from these 2 manufactures (Canon 1DX or Nikon D4) it will be a hard sell to the untrained consumer to buy a 22.3Mp camera when for $400 less you can get a 36.3Mp. To make things clear I am a Canon person so I guess the proof will be in the sample images and customer reviews from the Australian market later in March when both are on sale.
But it’s hard to believe the Canon 5D MKIII would be superior to any dramatic level over the Nikon D800. These are pro level cameras and both have an extremely high level of construction and the R&D from the world leaders in Cameras.
My choice. Save your cash for a Canon 1DX for a cool 9 grand.
Love.
SeanRay :)
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