Sunday, February 14, 2010

Important about 18 55 Nikon Lens with Nikon D40.

Important about 18 55 Nikon Lens with Nikon D40.

Nikon has hit a grand slam with Digital SLR camera. It's as close to perfection as any digital camera has ever come. Sure, there are "better" cameras for more money, but they are all twice the size/weight. I would get this Nikon Digital SLR camera even if I had an unlimited amount of money to spend.

There is simply nothing like it. Lots of ingenius user interface elements, superb feel/handling, superb flash, outstanding image quality, instant response, superb viewfinder, superb LCD... I could go on. I have nothing bad to say about it, and I'm extremely picky. I thought I was going to wait for a full-frame sensor body, but when this came along, I could not wait to upgrade.

In addition to the superb 18-55mm nikon lens, I bought the 55-200mm VR II and 50mm F/1.8D lenses, the SB-400 external flash and a remote (3rd party off Ebay). I suspect many, many people will buy this exact set of equipment, since it's really all you'll ever need.

No need for an extra battery, unless you ever go many photo-filled days without being able to recharge. Get at least two 1GB 50x (or faster) SD cards, so if one stops working (it does happen), you aren't stuck.

The 55-200mm VR Nikon Nikkor lens is a necessity for shooting any action/wildlife. The optical stabilization is truly awesome, and better than sensor-based stabilization since you can see it working right through the viewfinder, making it easier to frame/focus your shot.

Although the lens may seem slow (f4-5.6), don't forget that stabilization gives you an extra 2-3 stops, so it's really more like f2-2.8 (without the reduced depth of field, of course). DO NOT consider the slightly cheaper non-VR version, unless the slightly smaller size is an absolute necessity.

The D40x dSLR camera with nikon nikkor lens is a poorer choice for the vast majority of people. The extra resolution means your photos take up more space and are slower to work with. It also has a slower max. flash sync speed (1/200 vs 1/500).

If you don't know what this means, trust me, it's important, and one day you'll be really happy you have it. Since the D40's pixels are larger (less pixels in the same size sensor), there is less noise, so having ISO 100 is useless.

Do you really need 10MP? Do you print larger than 16x20? Heck, do you print at all? I know I don't. Think it will give you more cropping ability? Think again. Without a super expensive lens, the lack of sharpness and magnified distortion of the cropped image won't be as good as the uncropped 6MP of the D40.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Amazing 18-55mm AF-S DX nikon lens

Amazing 18-55mm AF-S DX nikon lens

  • I have the original 18-55mm AF-S DX nikon lens which came with my D40 kit and love it - it weighs nothing, performs brilliantly, and focuses so close that I can use this 18 55 nikon lens as a macro if I want.
  • I decided to get this since I do quite a bit of indoor photography without flash, and wanted some extra stability in low-light, longer-shutter speed situations from the Vibration Reduction which I have on my 18-200mm VR but don't use on my D40.
  • It's performed brilliantly under such circumstances; I can get sharp shots at 1/20, 1/10 and even 1/8 if I'm really stable at the time of the shot - something I couldn't reliably get from the non-VR version.
  • It also helps in the long end (55mm) in uneven light and other times when the VR becomes necessary.
  • In terms of sharpness, light falloff, distortion, and all the other metrics, this 18 55 nikon lens is as good as, or slightly better, than the original non-VR version.
  • It is also a bit heavier and seems a bit more solid in construction, with a tighter zoom ring and differently-sculpted manual focus ring with more recessed plastic indentations compared with the original model.
  • If you generally do lots of flash or outdoor photography, and don't tend to experience slower shutter speeds due to lighting issues, or take most of your shots at the wider end of the scale this 18 55mm nikon lens is probably an upgrade that you can either do with or without.
  • In the end the investment is quite small for those few times that VR might save the shot, so I would get one.
  • Granted, VR at this level is less about hand shake in daylight, but more about low lighting conditions and longer shutter speeds.
  • As for some reviewer's comments on the default lens speed, etc.
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Sony Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens.

Sony Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm Lens.
  • If you are a serious photographer, you are going to be better off buying the body of this camera separately from the lens. It isn't that the 18-55mm lens, 3.5-5.6 aperture lens is bad: it just isn't great for inside work, as far as I can tell.
  • The kind of "meh" aperture range means you'll struggle a bit in "normal" indoor lighting to get hand-held shots that don't really want flash, and the problem with the flash is it is straight-ahead flash, so that your attempts at head shots are going to potentially have a deer-in-the-headlights quality about them.
  • This will be because even zoomed in to 55mm, you're going to need to be close to a subject for a portrait shot--closer than you really would like to be. Getting the two-lens kit, for a couple hundred dollars more, might be a really good alternative here, because I think the longer telephoto in that kit can go out to 200mm, giving you more flexibility in where you need to stand for shots.
  • I was pretty sure when purchasing the kit that I was going to quickly need a really solid prime to go with it, and the Sony 50mm f 1.4 has already proven itself a valuable addition.
  • The good news is that, aside from the "adequate-but-kind-of-meh" lens, everything else on this thing mostly rocks! I was a bit nervous because I had seen other reviews in which some reviewers chewed on the ergonomics a bit, but I'm not really finding that to be a problem so far.
  • The battery door, the door to the memory cards, etc., are rigid and open happily and confidently. As far as the battery goes, my advice would be to pick up an extra battery, because after charging mine the first time, I was down to roughly half power without having taken that many photos maybe 75 RAW out of what I was being told was a 500-image total available.
  • I didn't expect the battery to make it for 500 shots, but it looks like I would have gotten about 150 shots out of the charge, and I can definitely see situations where a photographer would run into trouble from that.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

How to 18 55mm Canon EF Telephoto Lens work.

How to 18 55mm Canon EF Telephoto Lens work.
  • This is the third version of Canon EF Telephoto 18-55mm lens camera kit lens. The first two editions of the ef telephoto lens were regularly derided on the internet for poor sharpness at the corners, chromatic aberrations, and general naff build quality.
  • I can't confirm any of that, because I haven't used the older versions, although the samples I have seen were unimpressive. You can find these lenses going cheaply on eBay, because no-one wants them.
  • In contrast, the Canon EF Telephoto 18-55mm lens IS has exceeded expectations, and has received good reviews, notably from Digital Photography Review and Photozone.de. They go into a lot of detail about the image sharpness and so forth, I will not try to duplicate their work.
  • I've had mine for a week or so now, and I've tested it and used it generally out and about. I like it, with some reservations.
  • It's smaller and less conspicuous than my Sigma 18-125mm. It has far less distortion than my Canon 24-85mm.
  • It's more versatile than my old Super Takumar f1.4, although in most other respects the Takumar squashes it like a bug, not least because it is made of metal.
  • The Canon EF Telephoto 18-55mm lens big drawback is its physical design. It's has a nice rubber zoom ring, and it feels tougher than my Canon 50mm f1.8.
  • However, the front part of the Canon EF Telephoto 18-55mm lens, with the manual zoom ring, wobbles a bit.
  • As the reviews have pointed out, the front of the lens rotates as it focusses (and moves back and forth a surprising amount), which makes it a bother to use polarising filters.
  • It's a shame Canon didn't enlarge the body slightly, and completely enclose the front of the Canon EF Telephoto 18-55mm lens.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Have you seen the perfect 18-55mm nikon lens.

Have you seen the perfect 18-55mm nikon lens.

I have the original 18-55mm nikon lens AF-S DX which came with my D40 kit and love it - it weighs nothing, performs brilliantly, and focuses so close that I can use it as a macro if I want.

I decided to get this 18-55mm nikon lens since I do quite a bit of indoor photography without flash, and wanted some extra stability in low-light, longer-shutter speed situations from the Vibration Reduction which I have on my 18-200mm VR but don't use on my D40 (I use that on my D300, and it almost never comes off).

This 18-55mm nikon lens performed brilliantly under such circumstances; I can get sharp shots at 1/20, 1/10 and even 1/8 if I'm really stable at the time of the shot - something I couldn't reliably get from the non-VR version. It also helps in the long end (55mm) in uneven light and other times when the VR becomes necessary.

In terms of sharpness, light falloff, distortion, and all the other metrics, this lens is as good as, or slightly better, than the original non-VR version. The 18-55mm nikon lens is also a bit heavier and seems a bit more solid in construction, with a tighter zoom ring and differently-sculpted manual focus ring (with more recessed plastic indentations compared with the original model).

I think the addition of VR makes it the perfect lens for the D40, D40x or newly-introduced D60, since its performance is so much better in all metrics and tests (particularly distortion and sharpness) than some of its would-be step-up replacements .

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Incredible EF Telephoto Nikon Nikkor Lens.

Incredible EF Telephoto Nikon Nikkor Lens.

This Nikon nikkor lens is sharp even at wide apertures, the VR works great, autofocus speed is more than acceptable, and it it is very light and compact. The fact that it costs $250 and has effective VR is pretty amazing - no other company offers a lens with this 18 55mm lens nikkor feature for anywhere near this price.

As for image quality, search the various internet photo sites, such as preview and nikonians for sample photos taken with this Nikon nikkor lens by real users. The results are impressive! My copy produces similar results. The previous reviewer must have a bad sample.

Of course, the 18 55mm lens nikkor is slow, in that its widest aperture is smaller than a professional zoom or prime lens, so it's not a good choice for action photography in lower light conditions. But a fast EF telephoto lens will cost at least three times as much and weigh a ton.
I give the Nikon nikkor lens 5 stars based on a combination of image quality, value, and compactness/lightness.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

How to Fix 18 55mm Lens Nikkor

How to Fix 18 55mm Lens Nikkor.

We have here the 18 55mm lens nikkor that is seemingly designed to do one thing: make you want more.

I received mine as part of my kit package with my Nikon D40. It is a decent nikkor lens that cuts corners all over to keep price down, and doesn't really do anything great.

However, for those first starting out, it's light as a feather, simple to use, and at least for the initial month or so, all you need to get out and start capturing memories.

As expected for the price, it is of relatively low-grade plastic construction, to include the mount (the part at the rear that connects to the camera), however the optics are uncharacteristically sharp.

While it is an AF-S lens (focusing element in the 18 55mm lens nikkor and not the camera), it doesn't benefit from full-time manual override found on other AF-S lenses (that is, you're able to make manual adjustments after the lens has focused).

I'm sure that Nikon did this as a cost-cutting measure. For users of this 18 55mm lens nikkor , this shouldn't be an issue as you can always switch over to manual focus anyway via a switch on the nikon lens or camera

Save the D40/X which doesn't have an internal focus motor and as such no switch on the camera. However, more experienced users will find the manual focus ring quite distasteful.

Also, since the front element rotates, use with a polarize will be annoying.

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