Photography Resources - Reviews, tutorials, tips, deals, Etc.

[Ekliptix]

This thread will probably come is useful for a few ppl on here. Please add anything related with a description of the link.
No PS chopping or tooning related stuff please.

Lens Reviews Pretty much every lens made and reviewed. You have to click through a few things to get into the final review section for each lens.
http://www.camerareview.com/template...cfm?Category=8

Lens Decision Guide
http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/lenses.html

Photography Equipment Reviews
http://www.photographyreview.com/reviewscrx.aspx

Canon EOS Forum
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/

Tips, tutorials, reviews
http://luminous-landscape.com/

JAZZ your sky with just ONE TOOL
http://www.soocool.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=516#516

[Ben]

Perfect, that IS a great resourse, I use those too.


Another good Digital Camera Review is here:

http://www.dpreview.com

[Melinda]

Also, just found it now, but add www.sandisk.com they come out with some new stuff all the time and they often have sale information on their site as well

We should maybe have this stickied, it's a good resource for everyone

[benyl]

wow, I have been reading this stuff more than I have been reading beyond!

I read the entire photographyreview about Canon lenses!

[RC-Cola]

Don't forget the professional site:

http://www.robgalbraith.com

They also have some outstanding photographers on this site:

http://www.fredmiranda.com

[thich]

excellent! more reading

[Ekliptix]

fredmiranda.com looks really good. I'm signing up there.

[benyl]

http://www.orchideen-kartierung.de/Macro100E.html

review of ~100mm macro lenses.

I think that I am getting a Tamron.

[Moonracer]

Nice thread Graham! Very usefull.

[Strider]

print reviews for 5 major online photo developers
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...=1076281808840

[Melinda]

A fairly shitty site for layout, but really good for content: http://website.lineone.net/~wbaziw/links.html It's the calgary photographic society apparently...

[Ekliptix]

Here are a summary of the Chasseur d’Image results from the DXO analyzer software for sharpness only. The indicated values represent the maximum values obtained at the central apertures (f8 – f11) for each camera/lens combination.

Lens..................................Camera.........Sharpness(max)
Canon EF 16-35 f2.8L..........300D/10D......very good
Canon EF 16-35 f2.8L..........1Ds...............very good
Canon EFS 18-55 f3.5-5.6.....300D............good (from f8
Canon EF 17-40 f4 L............300D/10D......very good
Canon EF 17-40 f4 L............1Ds...............very good
Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L..........300D/10D......very good
Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L..........1Ds...............very good
Canon EF 28-70 f2.8L..........300D/10D......very good (good at 70)
Canon EF 28-70 f2.8............1Ds...............very good
Canon EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5.....300D/10D......very good
Canon EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5.....1Ds...............very good
Sigma 24-70 f2.8 EX............300D/10D......good (very good at > 35)
Sigma 24-70 f2.8 EX............1Ds...............good (very good at 28)
Sigma 12-24 f4.5-5.6 DG......300D/10D......good (from f8)
Sigma 12-24 f4.5-5.6 DG......1Ds...............good (from f8)
Sigma 15-30 f3.5-4.5 DG......300D/10D......very good
Sigma 15-30 f3.5-4.5 DG......1Ds...............very good
Sigma 20-40 f2.8 DG............300D/10D......very good
Sigma 20-40 f2.8 DG............1Ds...............good (very good at 40)
Nikon AFS 24-85 f3.5-4.5 G...D100............average (good at 85)
Nikon AFS 24-85 f3.5-4.5 G...D2H..............average
Nikon AFS 12-24 f4 G...........S2Pro............average
Nikon AFS 12-24 f4 G...........D100.............average at f8, poor otherwise
Nikon AFS 12-24 f4 G...........D2H..............average
Nikon AFS 17-35 f2.8...........S2Pro............average
Nikon AFS 17-35 f2.8...........D100.............average
Nikon AFS 17-35 f2.8...........D2H..............good
Nikon AF18-35 f3.5-4.5........S2Pro............very good
Nikon AF18-35 f3.5-4.5........D100.............average
Nikon AF18-35 f3.5-4.5........D2H..............average
Nikon AFS 28-70 f2.8...........S2Pro............average
Nikon AFS 28-70 f2.8...........D100.............good
Nikon AFS 28-70 f2.8...........D2H..............average
Nikon AF 24-85 f2.8-4..........D100.............average
Nikon AF 24-85 f2.8-4..........D2H..............average
Nikon AF28-100f3.5-5.6G.....D100.............average
Nikon AF28-100f3.5-5.6G.....D2H...............average (good at 50)
Nikon AF 28-80 f3.5-5.6G.....D100.............average
Nikon AF 28-80 f3.5-5.6G.....D2H..............average
Sigma 15-30 f3.5-4.5 DG......S2Pro............average (poor under 20)
Sigma 15-30 f3.5-4.5 DG......D100.............good
Sigma 15-30 f3.5-4.5 DG......D2H..............average
Sigma 20-40 f2.8 DG............S2Pro............poor (average at 40)
Sigma 20-40 f2.8 DG............D100............good
Sigma 20-40 f2.8 DG............D2H..............average
Sigma 24-70 f3.5-5.6 HF.......S2Pro............poor
Sigma 24-70 f3.5-5.6 HF.......D100............average (good at 70)
Sigma 24-70 f3.5-5.6 HF.......D2H..............good
Sigma 18-50 f3.5-5.6 DC......S2Pro.............poor
Sigma 18-50 f3.5-5.6 DC......D2H...............average

[Ekliptix]

Questions for users new to SLRs, Digital SLRs, or Photography in general.

http://www.marius.org/fom-serve/cache/68.html

[C4S]

I am surprise that most " NIKON" lens are "average" only !!

I believe .. Nikon lens still " hairy" better then Canon ! ( non tele, for Tele lens, Canon is the best ) but Canon Camera body is "hairy" better !

[Ben]

Nikon has failed to impress me the past few years which Is why I'm such a Canon Fan. Canon has the best Lens' and Cameras IMO. Nikon fell behind in the industry, just were not producing enough cameras. Still have great stuff for sure, but I dont feel they are quite at the level of Canon who is #1 in the undustry versus Nikon in 4th.

[D'z Nutz]

Bump!

Some tips on taking macros with some very cool pictures:
http://www.mplonsky.com/photo/article.htm

[Ekliptix]

Good stuff here. Taking various exposures of a scene and using Two-Exposure Contrast Masking looks cool.

http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Tips/Tips.html

[Ekliptix]

B&W tips
http://www.digidaan.nl/indexframedig...xer/index.html

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips/mov...ColortoB&W.mov

[D'z Nutz]

Some tips on how to take some really cool ass pictures:

http://www.weather-photography.com/techniques.php

[cityhunter2501]

a good introduction site to SLR cameras
http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/photo_world/kumon/