Lenses

Bits of glass to mount on your camera.

Article 03/10 2011

What's in my bag

I see these articles and videos all over the web, and like them. Despite claiming the opposite, we're obsessed with gear, aren't we? Here is my gear list.
Article 17/01 2011

Fun with fisheyes

I have had a couple of fisheye lenses in my long career with SLR's and have always considered them a lot of fun.
Article 16/01 2011

Nikon 35mm f/1.8

Shallow DOF and good brightness - and a great price
This lens is a no-brainer for any Nikon owner! It might not be the best lens Nikon ever made, but the quality to price ratio is unsurpassed.
Article 11/01 2011

Minolta MD 24mm f/2.8

A real eyeopener (litterally) and the start of my still ongoing wideangle craze
Article 09/01 2011

Sigma 20mm f/1.8

I've always liked two things in my lenses: wide angle and brightness. Combine the two and you have a winner!
Article 28/10 2010

Sigma 10-20mm

My Sigma 10-20 - the hood has since been lost to the ocean
My acquisition of a Sigma 10-20mm wideangle zoom many years ago was the beginning of a beautiful friendship, to quote Bogart in Casablanca. It is just my kind of lens.
Article 27/09 2010

Lensbaby, yeah!

If you want to have a ton of fun with your DSLR and like to take creative and different images, you need to acquire a Lensbaby.
Article 14/08 2010

Life starts at f/1.8

I have always loved bright lenses. If money was no issue, all my lenses would have f/1.4 and f/1.8 stamped on them. A few slow ones would be f/2.8, but only the slow ones...
Article 06/04 2007

The feeling of pro glass

Oh, yes! These huge 17-55mm and 70-200mm f2.8 lenses do feel great in the hands, and the do take some awful nice pictures
Article 03/12 2006

A cure for lens lust

Can you really control the urge to browse shop windows, surf B&H, KEH and read the same lens test in a magazine for the umpteenth time? Is there a cure? There just may be...

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