News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)Digital Photography Review, Latest digital camera news, camera reviews, galleries, technology and comparisons.Tamron 28-300mm VC for Nikon- May 15, 2008 As well as adding motors to its existing lenses, Tamron has also started building motors into its new Nikon-compatible lenses. The 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 VC lens offers a 10.7x zoom range with the company's proprietary optical stabilization system. DX-format users get fields of view equivalent to 43-465mm (in FX terms).http://www.dpreview.com/news/0805/08051502tamron28-300.asp Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 gains motor for Nikons- May 15, 2008 Tamron has continued its process of adding in-lens motors to its Nikon-mount lenses, with its 28-75mm f2.8 being the latest recipient. This makes the lens fully compatible with the Nikon D40, D40x and D60, offering their owners fields of view equivalent to a 42-112.5mm lens (in FX35mm terms). The magnificently named 'SP AF28-75mm F2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO' can focus as close as 33cm throughout its zoom range.http://www.dpreview.com/news/0805/08051501tamron28-75.asp Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f4 - 5.6- May 13, 2008 Olympus has launched a consumer-level wide angle lens for the Four Thirds system: the Zuiko Digital 9-18mm f4-5.6. The lens, that offers fields of view equivalent to 18 - 36mm in 35mm terms, makes extreme wide-angle zoom more accessible to users of the Olympus E-System, Panasonic DSLRs and selected Leica Digilux cameras.http://www.dpreview.com/news/0805/08051302olympus9-18.asp Olympus launches E-520- May 13, 2008 Olympus has launched the E-520, an update of its E-510 DSLR. The E-520 represents continuity, rather than revolution within the E-System camp. This process of orderly transistion sees the arrival of contrast detection AF at the E-5XX level of camera. This feature does not represent all the camera's new talents, however, with a larger LCD and Face Detection doing their utmost to add buyer appeal.http://www.dpreview.com/news/0805/08051301olympusE520.asp |