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Geek Post. If you follow this blog, you’ll find that I collect lots of random Canon and Nikon Replica Lens Mugs. Some for myself and some I keep around for last minute gift ideas to other geek friends. I mainly use it as Pen Holders on my desk. Some of these Replica lens Mugs / [...]

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The Rokinon 35mm F/1.4 is surely a nice lens to have in your kit – especially nice when there’s a discount available. Normally about $500 dollars, today it’s part of Amazon’s Lightning Deals which is usually the best price you’ll find anywhere. The deal was so good last time (just $350), I ended up buying [...]

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There’s practically an adapter to mount any lens to any camera these days, and here YouTube member videotestground talks about the Pentax M42 Super Takumar 50mm F/1.4 [Thanks Vedran]. These M42 lenses are older manual lenses for Pentax film cameras that can be mounted to your Canon DSLR through a cheap adapter. A Canon 50mm [...]

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Just got this in today so we’ll see how it performs. Seems to be a fairly popular lens due to it’s backorder status on most websites. Part of the appeal when shooting with the Sony NEX-7 is it’s compact size. I wanted an autofocus prime lens and decided to go with the Sigma 30mm F/2.8. [...]

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If you’re looking for more range in your lenses, there’s a minor instant rebate discount available for Sigma’s 70-200mm F/2.8 lens with OS (optical stabilization). I’m not going to dive into hyperfocal distance lingo, but there’s a certain look that you get when zoomed out to 200mm and opened up to F/2.8, over a 24mm [...]

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Thanks to LJ for pointing this interesting little product that brings ENG style zooming to standard DSLR lenses. Most people might be familiar with these controls from consumer camcorders, but for some high end ENG video cameras, you can purchase various focal length lenses that come with built in zoom controls (as seen here).

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I just had a back and forth comment conversation about adapting Nikon Manual lenses, and here’s a video from Caleb Pike of DSLRVIDEOSHOOTER.com that might help break down some of those questions. As far as adapting random lenses to smaller sensor cameras, Nikon’s manual aperture ring makes them one of the favorites. The fact that [...]

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Ray writes in and shares an interesting link to some very cheap Panasonic 14mm Lenses. [Thanks Ray] These lenses are found for over $300 dollars on Amazon (seen here) and B&H (seen here), but at the listing it sells for just $164. Seller has excellent ratings and checking the feedback shows the seller has sold [...]

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Constantly poking around for a good set of lenses for the Sony NEX-7, this eBay seller takes old vintage lenses and modifies them to fit (without adapter) to most Micro Four Thirds, Sony NEX (e-mount), and Leica cameras. That’s right, no adapters needed. He seems to always have some interesting modifications for these small sensor [...]

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Do you think with all the new gear Canon is announcing, they might be trying to offload some of their existing models that have been around for some time? Who knows, but the Canon Rebates are back, and they double if you bundle them with a select camera body. More information on the dedicated Rebates [...]

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I originally picked up this Nikon 50mm F/1.8 E Series Pancake lens for use with the new Sony NEX-7, but I thought I would remind others that are just starting out in DSLR video, that these very inexpensive lenses can be used with your Canon DSLR cameras as well.

One of the first lenses most [...]

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Hmm..So Canon has announced a new 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM lens like all the rumors were speculating for months now, but where’s the ‘IS’ stamp? No Image Stabilization on this new lens, i’m sort of let down. For folks who are shooting with cropped sensors, they at least have the nice option of the 17-55mm [...]

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A few days ago I posted about using Rubber Hoods as an inexpensive solution to shading your glass (as opposed to Matte Boxes). The LCW – Light Craft Workshop Digi Pro ND Filter starts with a 77mm thread and cones out to an 82mm thread. Since these ND filters can be pretty expensive, you can [...]

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Once you’ve placed something on your lens like the new LCW Digi Pro Variable ND filter, which can start at 77mm and end in 82mm, you can no longer use the standard hood on your lens. Most likely you’ll be using ND filters because you’re outdoors on a bright day trying to cut down light. [...]

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If you’re in the market for that Canon 70-200mm F/2.8 IS II (the latest version), there’s currently a $300 dollar discount floating around. What you might not know is that there is another link that actually shows you a different price of $400 dollars off. They’ve listed the deal to expire on Jan 7th, and [...]

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If you love to shoot outdoors on bright sunny days with a shallow DOF, you’ll need to get yourself an ND (neutral density) Filter. The ND filter will cut down the amount of light that comes in through the lens so that you can tame that shutter speed, and use a wide aperture without blowing [...]