What is a lens hood and lens adapter ring used for?

September 4th, 2010 admin 2 comments

I just bought a Sony Cyber-shot 9.1-Megapixel Digital Camera, it comes with a lens hood and lens adapter ring that you’re supposed to hook onto the lens. What is the purpose of these?

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What is the difference between reversing a lens and stacking a reversed lens onto another lens for macro?

August 27th, 2010 admin 2 comments

I have a 50mm manual lens and a 50mm auto lens. I have read that if I reverse the manual lens I can use it for macro photography. I have also read that if I couple the reversed manual lens on top of the auto lens it acts as a diopter and I can also use it for macro photography.

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5200mm Canon Lens World’s MOST powerful Super telephoto EF FD (updated upload)

August 21st, 2010 admin 25 comments


READ!! Canon 5200mm F14 Prime Lens. The world’s largest dedicated SLR Super Telephoto lens. Extremely rare. Made in Japan. Most probably a government ordered cold war spy tool – it certainly wasn’t designed to look at the stairs with the use of it’s ND filters… It uses a mirror & lens combination. The front lens is massive. Rear drop-in filters can be used. •Focal Length: 5150mm •Exposure Control: Light quantity is controlled with the use of built-in ND filters, corresponding to f/14, f/16, f/22, f/32 •Minimum Object Distance: 120 meters (Approx 393 feet!) •Size: 500mm(wide) x 600mm(high) x 1890mm(deep) [20x24x75.6] •Weight: 100kg (220 lbs) without stand. From a Canon Flyer: “This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain one hundred times as large an object image as that of a 50mm lens.” “For focusing this mounted or fixed lens on an extremely distant object, two aiming telescopes are set on the side of the lens barrel, and the entire lens is placed on a rigid stand which rotates smoothly. Minimizing the overall length had been a big problem in designing this lens. However, the Catadioptric system that is applied to the other two Canon mirror lenses (Canon 800mm f3.8 & 2000mm f11) has succeeded in reducing it down to one third of the nominal focal length. In general focal length and optical aberration increase with

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Is it common for the lens cover of a Panasonic Tz7 camera to scratch the lens?

August 13th, 2010 admin 1 comment

I have a Panasonic TZ7 camera, which I’ve had for nearly a year and some small scratches are appearing at the centre of the lens from the lens cover rubbing on it. The lens cover is extremely close to the lens when it opens and shuts. Is this a common problem? How can I fix this?


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Lens? I want to buy a indoor lens for sports photography.

August 6th, 2010 admin 4 comments

I want to buy a indoor lens for sports photography indoor what lens yould you recomend the 18-55mm that comes with the nikon d60 or would you recomend just getting the body and buying the 50mm f/1.8??

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Lenses for your vision.

August 6th, 2010 admin No comments

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