http://www.notesonphotography.com Practical guides and tips to improve your photography Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:43:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/quick-take-tamron-18-270-lens http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/quick-take-tamron-18-270-lens#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:43:19 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=711 I had the chance to get my hands (briefly) on the Tamron 18-270. This was a lens I was very interested in, with the gigantic zoom range of course being the main attraction. Being a Nikon D40 owner, one of my worries was the weight and size of the thing. As it turns out, this is [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/quick-take-tamron-18-270-lens/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/tamron-10-24mm-wideangle-lens http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/tamron-10-24mm-wideangle-lens#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:50:00 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=153 The Tamron 10-24mm lens was designed for use on crop sensor DSLRs. For Nikon DX camera owners, it has a quite useful (35mm equivalent) focal length range of 15-36mm. For Canon APS-C cameras, the range becomes 16-38mm due to the slightly larger crop factor. In both cases, it covers a useful range from extreme wideangle [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/tamron-10-24mm-wideangle-lens/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-55-vr-compared-to-nikon-18-105-vr http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-55-vr-compared-to-nikon-18-105-vr#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:20:07 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=205 After about a year of fumbling around, I now have both of these lenses along with a Nikon D40. On the way, I learned a great many things, so I’ll start off with the story. Last year, after buying my Nikon D40, I was delighted at the image quality of the camera and at the same [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-55-vr-compared-to-nikon-18-105-vr/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/minolta-hi-matic-g-rangefinder http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/minolta-hi-matic-g-rangefinder#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:01:53 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=39 This is an old rangefinder camera, similar to the Olympus 35RC. The Minolta Hi-Matic G is very similar to the Olympus, but is much simpler and has less manual controls. For starters, its focus mechanism is not coupled to the viewfinder. This means you cannot view and fine tune the focus, which sounds disappointing at first. But [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/minolta-hi-matic-g-rangefinder/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/sony-w-120-digital-compact-camera http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/sony-w-120-digital-compact-camera#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:08:21 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=45 The Sony DSC W-120 I was looking for a compact, cheap, ok camera to keep in my coat pocket all the time. I wanted to have a camera that was compact and light, had acceptable image quality, image stabilization and didn’t break the bank Bonus points were given out for: Wide angle, low light ability, video capabilities, [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/sony-w-120-digital-compact-camera/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-105mm-vr-lens http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-105mm-vr-lens#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:48:29 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=9 I’ve been using the Nikkor 18-105mm VR as a walkaround lens for my Nikon D40 for a couple of months. I was looking for a lens that I could keep on my camera all day long, with a 28mm equivalent wide angle and a bit of tele, and most importantly: vibration reduction. Basically, I wanted the [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/nikon-18-105mm-vr-lens/feed 0 http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/olympus-35-rc-rangefinder http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/olympus-35-rc-rangefinder#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:05:38 +0000 admin http://www.notesonphotography.com/?p=42 This cute little camera is a classic Olympus “Rangefinder”. This means, unlike a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera, the viewfinder is not coupled to the main lens of the camera. The film will see the light through the main lens in the middle of the camera, whereas the viewfinder is on the top right corner of [...]]]> http://www.notesonphotography.com/cameras/olympus-35-rc-rangefinder/feed 0