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Well, that didn’t take too long. What has it been, 7 months? Here we see my new Canon 30D (bought used from B.H. Photo) and Canon 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM lens next to my “old” Olympus E-P1 PEN with the 14-42mm kit lens it came with.

January 15th, 2011 | Tags: 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM, camera, Canon 30D, DSLR, ergonomics, grip, handling, lens, Olympus E-P1, PEN, size, viewfinder | Category: Photography, gear | Comments (5)

Ever since I started shooting DSLRs with APS-C sized sensors I have struggled to find the perfect go-to lens for the majority of my photos. I love the speed and image quality of my old A series 50mm f/1.7 but the lack of autofocus and relatively tight F0V (75mm equiv.) makes it less than ideal [...]

April 4th, 2009 | Tags: 1:1, 50mm f/1.7 SMC-A, aperture, auto focus, bokeh, close, detail, every day, FA 35mm f/2 AL, field of view, flare, FoV, Fuji F200EXR, handling, K100D, k10d, K2000, K200D, K20D, Km, lens, lens cap, magnification, manual focus, Pentax, portrait, real world, resolution, resolving power, review, Robert S. Donovan, sharp, SMCP-DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Limited, SMCP-DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 ED AL (IF) SDM, starburst, Stephen Woolverton, studio, test, user | Category: reviews | Comments (8)