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With all the options on the market, shopping for cameras and accessories can be overwhelming. That’s why we created the Gear guides and reviews section. Here, our experts will help you find equipment that suits your personal needs, goals, and style.

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Horseman Large Type Cable Release, for Mounted Large Format Lenses.

$56.50

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P Series Fabric Case for P50, P60, P5000 and P5100 with belt

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Nik Software Sharpener Pro 3.0!, Complete Edition, Plug-in Software for Sharpening Digital Images, for Macintosh & Windows.

$199.95

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Does sensor size matter? YES!

Full Frame? Micro Four Thirds? APS? Here's a guide to how sensor size affects image quality.

ArticleBuying Guides Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 13 hours ago

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The size of a camera’s sensor can directly affect image quality, especially when you’re shooting above ISO 100. Here’s what you should know when you’re shopping for a new digital camera

 

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TAGS: digital camera,  digicam,  sensor,  ISO,  comparison,  compared 

Product review: Leica 24mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

A handy low-light street lens

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Jason Schneider, 1 day ago

Leica’s 24mm f/1.4 Summilux is one of only two such lenses in production—the other one is the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II. How does this fast wide angle lens fare?

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TAGS: Leica,  rangefinder,  lens 

Product review: Leica 21mm f/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH

Super-wide, super-fast. Super good?

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Jason Schneider, 3 days ago

As Leica proudly proclaims, the 21mm f/1.4 Summilux is indeed the fastest 21mm lens ever produced. Let's take a closer look.

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TAGS: Leica,  rangefinder,  lens 

Product review: Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH

The world’s fastest “normal” prime lens

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Jason Schneider, 4 days ago

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For well over half a century, one of the chief attractions of the venerable Leica M rangefinder system has been its acclaimed line of interchangeable Leica lenses. This week, we look at three of the latest.

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TAGS: Leica,  rangefinder,  lens 

25 Photo-tastic Gifts for Under $100

2009 Holiday Buying Guide to Affordable Photography Accessories

ArticleBuying Guides Gear Guides & Reviews - by Bill Schiffner, 5 days ago

Memo to photographers: Share this buying guide with your generous friends. Maybe they’ll get the hint. Memo to gift-givers: Read on to help decide what to get for the photographers in your life.

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TAGS: accessories,  photo,  gifts 

Product Review: Carl Zeiss 28mm Distagon T* f/2.0 ZE lens

Wide and fast…and perfect?

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Joe Farace, 8 days ago

Zeiss has recently introduced a series of spare-no-expenses, top-quality manual-focus lenses optimized for today’s digital SLR cameras. Let’s put one of them through its paces.

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Product Review: Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens

A longer telephoto zoom for the rest of us

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 10 days ago

It has a desirable focal range and a very tempting price tag, but can the Sony 75-300 f/4.5-5.6 Macro deliver good enough quality?

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TAGS: tele,  telephoto,  zoom lens,  sony 

Product Review: Sony 11-18mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens

We take a close look at a holdover from the Minolta days

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 10 days ago

Made exclusively for Sony DSLRs with APS sensors, the Sony 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 has the Minolta DNA. Does it deliver what digital shooters need?

 

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TAGS: wide angle,  sony,  lens 

Product Test: Sony Alpha A230

Can this small, lightweight starter DSLR deliver big camera results?

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Mason Resnick, 12 days ago

Minolta’s demise as a camera maker brought Sony into the serious digital camera fold. Nearly five years have passed. Let’s see how Sony’s doing by looking at their current entry-level DSLR, the A230.

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Product Review: Leica M9

Our resident Leica expert puts the first full-frame digital Leica M through its paces

ArticleProduct Reviews Gear Guides & Reviews - by Jason Schneider, 15 days ago

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Truly, the Leica M9 is a camera unlike any other. Is this the rangefinder camera Leica aficionados have been waiting for?

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TAGS: digital camera,  Leica,  review,  rangefinder 

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