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Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens

August 13th, 2011 Jhon Comments off

Canon EF24 – 70 mm standard zoom lens, a number of advantages that impossible task – even something better to replace L series 28 – 70mm f/2.8 lens. Lens provides ultra wide-angle coverage to 24mm, ideal for digital and film shooters choice. The new processing unit, while the auto focus (AF), faster than ever before. Two aspherical lens elements and a new UD glass lens, optical, far better than the earlier lens. Prevent dust and moisture seals and gaskets, EF24-70mm lens for a one-year warranty.

In April 2005, I bought a 18-55 kit lens Canon 20D, my first SLR camera. It is proper camera, I bought the 24-70 lens upgrade picture – what is the upgrade. You read all the positive about this lens is true …… what color, contrast, sharpness, it’s incredible how this lens compared to a consumer lens.

One for the debate, you will find more around 24-70 new Canon 24-105 F / 4 note …… these lenses is not an either-or built, or they use different for different the lens. I found online about 24-70 complaints, it does not shake, I eventually dismissed the complaint irrelevant. I have taken thousands of photos, this lens, I did not once miss a shot because the lens does not have. Simply put, this lens is not long enough, the need is.

If you are new SLR photographic carefully read product reviews, especially those in the forum. Just like any other hobby (such as computers), photographer who has a strong opinion, often the latest and greatest thing just came out. If you want to buy such an expensive lens, if you should get one or the other uncertain, try to rent one a few days.

Another reviewer on this page comment on the lens used on the 10D built-in flash. If you buy a $ 1,100 lens, you should know that Canon did not design special, so you can use the built-in flash. They may assume that if you can spend a grand plus a camera, you can enhance the action and buy a real flash. This review 3 / 5 rating of the lens, because his body is not the right camera flash, the lens has nothing to do in all things.

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Technical Details

  • EF mount; standard zoom lens; Comes with Lens Cap E77U, Rear Lens Cap, Lens Hood EW-83F, Soft Lens Case 1219.
  • Ultra-low Dispersion glass with Fluorite elements; inner focusing ring; full-time manual focus; aspherical lens
  • 24-70mm focal length
  • f/2.8 constant maximum aperture
  • UltraSonic Motor (USM) AF actuator

List Price: $2,300.00 Price: $1,399.00 You Save: $901.00 (39%)

Canon EF 100mm f2.8L IS USM Macro Lens

August 13th, 2011 Jhon Comments off

I am not sure this lens will be a good value or selection of APS – C camera. Recently bought a 7D, I think it may be too long focal length, but do not want the EF – S60 mm macro, when I want to buy a full frame sensor, the body in a few years. Consider a 100mm macro person, my 6×6 “high, and can squeeze into a 8×11 of” a piece of paper on the floor, and stand on my 20D.

My assessment of EF one hundred mm macro lens on one side and this side. 100 mm macro with great reputation. From the specifications, you will see the new lens longer, more weight. The establishment of good quality, in line with L lenses. Optical precision. Outstanding color and background blur, as the review samples to prove. Autofocus and manual focus is smooth and deliberate. Like with the other macro, focusing on precision, but lower than a standard focal length telephoto lenses in the same slow speed. It takes about 2.5 seconds focus from infinity to 0.3 meters. Emphasis from .3 m to infinity, the mechanism delay 0.5 seconds, when the AF start about 3.0 seconds.

Focus limiter function selector switch, eliminating the time to focus on, if you know your problems between .3 m to 0.5 m or 0.5 m to infinity. Range provides a good compromise between the key elements of travel and very practical subject distance. .3 M to 0.5 m, represents the focus ring 180 degree turn, and 0.5 m to infinity focus ring on behalf of 150-degree turn.

I bought the old one hundred millimeters macro stabilization lens. Image stabilization for hand-held in bright lighting conditions using the lens. Of course, the image stabilization of the behavior is different from other large 100 mm lens. Telephoto may allow you to pan, this camera does not. While tracking moving objects, will be a better shooting; However, this telephoto lens is not replaced with the translation capabilities. New technology seems better suited to macro shooting, and not earlier extension technology. Theme seems to “stick” on the lens, seems to “float”, and the image compared to other IS lenses.

Compensation movement is quite good, but I will on a tripod shooting low-light subjects. With the 2.8 and the shooting, a very shallow depth of field. Any movement toward or away from the subject, will lead to an out-of-focus image. I doubt the 1.6 sensor exacerbates the problem. If you need to get more adequate depth of field, you have to shoot at 8.0 or above, which will require a longer shutter time, in low lighting. Outdoors, this lens will provide a unique opportunity to allow a complete hand-held shooting bright bright subjects, especially if you have a full-frame sensor.

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Technical Details

  • 100mm lens with f2.8 aperture
  • Canon’s first mid-telephoto macro “L” series lens to include Canon’s sophisticated Image Stabilization
  • Near-silent Ultrasonic focusing
  • Enjoy life-size close-up capabilities without an adapter
  • Compatible with 67mm filters

List Price: $1,700.00 Price: $979.00 You Save: $721.00 (42%)

Dell XPS 15 X15L-1024ELS Silver Laptop

August 12th, 2011 Jhon 1 comment

Dell XPS15 including high-speed USB 3 technology, and provides a 2 USB3.0 port, one on the left side and back side of the power connector. USB 2 ( ESATA / powershare ) can be found on the right side of the notebook computer. In the back, you’ll find out a Gigabit LAN port and one HDMI1.4 port. The SD slot of the card reader is difficult to detect the virtual SD card covered notebook refresh before.

I can honestly say, I have never heard of JBL2.1 XPS15 on the Dell notebook speakers speakers. Notebook computer, including both sides of the two speakers (each power has 4W ) and the base of a 12W subwoofer. This is a general 20W total peak in 15 inch Laptop audio performance. Not loud, but in a high volume of loudspeaker. The maximum volume in music and film, with no significant distortion. Bass impressed me most, achieve a clear booming voice. No doubt, these speakers, Dell XPS15 the best on the market one of the multimedia notebook computer.

This review mode of the wireless network card is the flagship N6300 Intel centrino. This model was quickly taken down, due to the lack of supply of the huge demand, Dell XPS15 released the week. It is a shame, because of this he is by far the best laptop wireless card, I had to use. This eventually – N6300 series were rated for 2 times, Centrino senior – N6200 series, but what makes the card in addition to the third antenna. The 6200 card, usually only 2 antennas. In third, allowing faster wireless speed and overall more reliable connection. Rated voltage of 450 Mbps compared to the rate of 6200 cards, 300 Mbps.

Dell XPS15 is a warm machine. Please note, I used to warm hot. If you use a laptop, general things, like browsing webpage and file work temperature will hang around 55 degrees celsius. If you render video, fan rises, around 70 degrees Celsius temperature. The game will raise the temperature to 80 or even higher.

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Technical Details

  • Intel Core i7-2630QM
  • 6GB, DDR3, 1333MHz, 2 DIMM,
  • 15.6″ HD WLED (1366X768)-display
  • 640GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive,
  • 9-in-1 Media Card Reader
  • 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
  • Audio jacks: headphone (2 total) with SPID/F support (1), 1 Mic-in
  • Battery: 6-cell Lithium Ion Battery (56 WHr)
  • Mini DisplayPort (1), 2 total USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0 (eSATA/powershare combo), AC adapter connector
  • Warranty and Support: 1Yr Limited Warranty and Mail-In Service
  • Webcam: Built-in 2.0MP webcam, HDMI port

Price: $899.99

HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB 9.7-Inch Tablet Computer

August 12th, 2011 Jhon 1 comment

HP touchpad Wi – Fi16GB, design work, like you a flat, to do more. Connection, play, surf the Internet and sharing easier. Maintain the brilliant 9.7-inch diagonal LED-backlit MultiTouch display card stack group related activities of the organization. You can also enjoy more networks, including the use of Adobe ® Flash ® content sites. Listen to music the way the artist intended to hear the audio beat, coupled with the front camera, real-time video calls microphone. HP webOS can help you multi-task seamlessly.

Sign in to your online account, the HP Tablet pull together automatically. In your contacts, see your face book friend’s birthday, more work and personal calendars side by side, together or separately to view your work and personal e-mail. Just type allows you to create messages, search the Internet and more, without having to launch an application. Receive new messages, e-mail and notification of events, without interrupting your screen. In addition, responsible for the HP Tablet Wireless. Touchstone using the optional HP. HP touchpad Wi – Fi16GB can also work with other HP webOS devices: touch, to share your HP Pre3 web site or a U-turn smart phones work better together.

At first, you trailer is a bit thicker (but comfortable) and the glossy black case is a major fingerprint magnet, but once you start to enter the operating system, true multi-tasking, its awesome. WebOS card interface is very intuitive, easy to use. The browser works great, and the support Flash. The keyboard is a joy to use, because it is the basic figure line with the above, is also a common special symbols the same layout, easy to store by typing SHIFT QWERTY keyboard. Also … because some people may already know, the keyboard size is adjustable.

Today, my VPN I touch panel to my office ( IPAD2 VPN not good, however, the honeycomb without a built-in VPN client is compatible), install MS Exchange synchronization ( accurately ) and download several applications. Browse faster, in support of the majority of my visit the website.

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Technical Details

Capacity: 16GB

  • Brilliant 9.7-inch diagonal LED backlit multitouch display
  • Seamless multitasking with HP webOS 3.0 and essential productivity apps
  • Exclusive Beats Audio for studio-quality sound
  • Blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2GHz processor

Kodak EasyShare Sport C123 Waterproof Digital Camera

August 11th, 2011 Jhon 2 comments

I bought this camera, my 15-year-old son who is taking two weeks hiking. In fact, he did not take the trip, but he has been playing at home, the camera (we have, in fact) to get comfortable features and capabilities. Considering the price, in fact I am quite impressed. Apart from price, there are two reasons I chose this camera. First, it is waterproof (10 feet), and may therefore bear more and more rain fell in a puddle or on.

Waterproof, just worry about the type of equation. My son is a competitive player, so I fully believe he will at some point also in the pool with his friends. Choose this camera second reason is “simple sharing” picture. Pre-set e-mail or Facebook account, then you put the picture you select here, you will share (e-mail, Facebook’s).

To really share them, you will need to insert into a computer, but it will automatically and quickly send the images where you specify. (Hint: It is easiest to use set up, you need to specify an e-mail and Yahoo or Gmail account …… technical staff may know more, but this work best for me). The biggest surprise is his photo. Quality is actually not bad. Professional photographers and photography enthusiasts, of course, will not be satisfied, but for a 15-year-old boy was me, this works very good. Lighting set up and very simple to use.

Video is in good lighting. Lighting may be the key to all, but we do not have any problem, any light (assuming the flash in poor lighting) so far. I want to see something more than a Facebook account associated with the time and the viewfinder, so you can see in bright sunlight’s ability to do, but these are minor shortcomings. Given the price, this is really a very nice camera, will serve well our purpose.

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Technical Details

Color: Blue | Style: Camera

  • World’s only digital cameras with 3-step sharing
  • One-button upload to e-mail or to Kodak PULSE Display, Kodak Gallery, YouTube, Facebook, FLICKR, Twitter, ORKUT, YANDEX, and KAIXIN001 Sites
  • 2.6 in. display
  • Waterproof up to 10 ft underwater
  • Kodak’s Smart Capture feature