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LENS REVIEW SITESWe have had a number of opinions on lenses and also review sites recently. I thought I would share my favourites and also my biased opinion on them. Feel free to add your own favourites
Three favourites http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_surv.html Great site, by someone with the knowledge, time and experience to make judgement. Very comprehensive, mostly Nikkor http://www.digital-images.net/Lenses/lenses.html As above, but based on his own smaller pallette of lenses. Ron has also been seen on this board http://www.imagepower.de/equipm.htm As on top, but based on his own smaller pallette of lenses. Also good http://www.bythom.com/nikon.htm Good site, though thought Thom was unusual when I pointed out an error in his 12-24 dx review (he claims that 28cm equals a foot and chides Nikon for rounding a foot to 30cm. I pointed out he was wrong, he sent me an email claiming a foot is between 11-13 inches. Bizzarre) Others http://www.nikonlinks.com/ http://www.photozone.de/bindex2.html http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html http://non-aol.com/D70/ (even a review by our own sirhc55) Unusual http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm Opinionated reviews by a guy who uses his D70 as a point and shoot as he has medium format. Some comments are fair, some not. Must be read in conjunction with other reviews, cannot be relied upon alone. Hope this helps and please feel free to add to this
Len's Review SitesGood number of Sites Glen
I found http://www.bythom.com to be one of the better sites, I'am suprised he got his feet and inches wrong ![]() As you said www.kenrockwell.com is unsual!!!and straight forward, [any donation!??]. Never the less I learned somthing from every site.Thanks for the idea. ![]() cheers . NeoN .
Neon, I like his straightforward advice too, and don't believe because he cant work out mathematics or read a ruler has anything to do with his skills as a photography equipment reviewer. The error is still on his site about half way down 4 or 5 months after I mentioned it http://www.bythom.com/1224lens.htm
Here are some other:
camera hobby Moose Peterson Photography in Malaysia Vivid Light Dr. Walter Pietsch Nikon Page Essence of Light and for those Medium Format people Medium Format Articles Page Happy Reading ![]() ![]() ![]() I just removed some duplicate links
I'm surprised nobody has posted this one yet:
Fred Miranda user reviews section Photo gallery online <a href="http://photoden.net/oliver">here</a> and some more on deviantArt <a href="http://oliau.deviantart.com">here</a>.
hehe - this thread reads like my 'camera' folder in my 'bookmarks' so far....
![]() This link contains some lense review ratings as reviewed by Photo Asia in 4 issues from Sept to Dec 94 - might help if you're after older, cheaper lenses. Not sure how useful it is though... http://web.telia.com/~u54105795/AF_Lens_Test_Rating This link is maintained by Roland Vink and contains a list Nikon lens specifications... http://home.aut.ac.nz/staff/rvink/nikon.html I'm not surprised that quite a lot of my links no longer work, which supports my theory that if you find something useful on the net then you should make your own 'backup', as there is no guarantee that it will always be there. Cheers Justin
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The Nikon lens specifications are now at http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/specs.html and I agree that it is a very valuable resource. Cheers Steffen. lust for comfort suffocates the soul
Re: LENS REVIEW SITESI have found http://www.slrgear.com helpful in the past for lens reviews (they do Canon Nikon + 3rd party).
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I still laugh every time i read this ![]() cheers, juice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickeyjuice/ A bunch of Canon stuff (including Canon & Sigma lenses). Way more gear than talent.
Re: LENS REVIEW SITESFunny thing Mickey if you go to the review the line is still in the review, it takes confidence to believe your own opinion over every imperial/metric conversion chart available on the net!
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Well, I guess a foot is between 11 and 13 inches. Right in the middle. It's also between 6 and 18 inches (not to mention 0 and 24....) ![]() ![]() ![]() Cheers What's another word for "thesaurus"?
Re: LENS REVIEW SITEShttp://www.lenstip.com as recommended by Murray Foote for the AF-S 50mm f/1.4G is worth a read.
I followed the link and looked at a few of their other reviews and found that they were very consistent and covered a lot of detail in their reviews. I will definitely be using them in the future. Cameron
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Re: LENS REVIEW SITESThanks Murray and Cameron
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Re: LENS REVIEW SITESThanks, Cameron.
Here's some more: - Photozone summary - Nikon Links (lots of links to other reviews including for specific lenses) - DPReview (recently started on lens reviews) - NikonGear (anecdotal only, but potentially you can ask questions of Bjorn Rorslett) - (You can also potentially subscribe to Nikonians for a month before they cut you off for lack of payment) Canon Lenses: - Bob Atkins - Digital picture Regards, Murray
Re: LENS REVIEW SITESI am sure that I am not the only one here that uses Canon (and hopefully saying that I won't get kicked off!!), but a good site to start with is Canon EF Lens review. The site does not review lenses per se, but has a list of Canon lenses and links off to a variety of web sites that do review them such as Fred Miranda, The Digital Picture, Photozone, PopPhoto, SLRgear and Lens Reviews.
Mark P. Canon 60D, 50 1.8, 24-105L IS, 100-400L IS, Sigma 10-20mm etc
I'd put something witty here, but I just can't think of anything....
Re: LENS REVIEW SITES....... I read all the lens reviews when I want to buy a new lens, but take the reviews with a grain of salt as the reviews differ so much, reviewing the same lens......
When I make the purchase, I make sure that the lens can be returned for re calibrating, or and replaced....... and I have had this happen. The lens, I now have in my kit are the sharpest that were available when purchased. I did pick up a 35-mm f2d lens, second hand from ECS...... a great buy, but was tested and images downloaded to my computer at ECS before I left the store..... further testing showed no fault with this lens, so there are some bargains out there along with honest traders On my D300 I have made some small adjustment for my long lens, and also TC's, which have improved the sharpness, on the D700 not needed, as yet, as I tend to use long lens on the D300 as the crop sensor is just fantastic...... also a tad lazy to test the 2 bodies and lens..... only use one camera at a time What I have found, is that 3rd party lens makers run a little hot and cold, some good lens some bad lens with the same focal length...... yes I do have my fair share of 3rd party lens which are quite sharp, but there was the odd teething problem with the odd lens, which was sorted with the minimum of fuss..... ........ so as far as lens reviews go........ well I like to do my own Cheers ....bp....
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Re: LENS REVIEW SITESThanks for those links.
Re: LENS REVIEW SITEShttp://www.dxomark.com now does lens reviews as well as bodies.
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