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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens

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from: Canon

April 16, 2007
Quite simply the best value for money Canon prime lens you can buy!
Amazing quality photos in low light conditions - great for portraits.
As countless others have noted, the only negative is the cheap build quality, but then any lens needs to be cared for! Used with care produces great results, full stop.

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Giottos GTAA1900 Rocket Air Blower - Black

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from: Giottos

July 14, 2008
This is a great alternative to having to wipe your lens with a microfibre cloth, which I prefer not to do unless I absolutely have to (cos I'm a ruddy paranoid!).

It isn't 100% effective, but it's near enough. There was one large piece of dust on the lens that had been there for a number of days that wouldn't budge even with a close strong squeeze - but since using this after every shooting session I haven't had any dust that I couldn't dislodge, so it doesn't lose any stars. Great buy!

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Canon EW-73B Lens Hood for EF-S17-85mm IS USM Lens

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from: Canon

June 30, 2008
This is a great alternative to having to wipe your lens with a microfibre cloth, which I prefer not to do unless I absolutely have to (cos I'm a ruddy paranoid!).

It isn't 100% effective, but it's near enough. There was one large piece of dust on the lens that had been there for a number of days that wouldn't budge even with a close strong squeeze - but since using this after every shooting session I haven't had any dust that I couldn't dislodge, so it doesn't lose any stars. Great buy!

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Canon ET-60 Lens Hood For EF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6/2, /3, USM/2, USM/3, EF-S 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6 IS

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from: Canon

August 14, 2003
So good I need to buy another one.......!
does what is says on the box but don't try one handed turnaround on lense otherwise its goodbye and another trip to Amazon!
If you are in Managgio, Lake Como there is one at the bottom of the small harbour just waiting rescue - if you can get it then its yours!

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Nikon 55-200MM F4.5-5.6G AF-S VR DX Black Lens

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from: Nikon

April 20, 2008
I have owned one of these for 18 months. In that time it has broken twice, on both occasions the lens was mounted on the camera and reasonably protected, and I am anything but an action photographer. After the most recent failure Nikon are quoting £130 to fix it, so I think I'm going to call it a day on this particular model. When it was working the image quality was good enough; that is to say it had a number of limitations (fairly widely reviewed) but in most cases images can be fixed by post processing by DX-Pro or similar. The VR kind-of-works, as someone said it's a good way of getting images of blurred sportsmen running across razor sharp grass. It is a good price mind, and perhaps I have been unlucky but it is very flimsy.

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Tiffen 52mm UV Protector Filter

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from: Tiffen

March 05, 2008
I bought this to prevent scratches etc to my lens.

For just a little money, your lens surface is protected.
This filter also prevents haze and UV rays.
Supplied in a handy protective plastic box.

Made by Tiffen, who is a very well established camera firm.

This filter which has a 52mm thread, screws nicely into my canon 50mm lens and tamron 55-200mm zoom lens.

How much to you value your expensive lens?

Buy one of these filters today.

Also prevents dust getting onto your lens glass, saving you time cleaning it! These uv filters are a must filter.......

Will save you money in the long term!!!!!!!!!!

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Tiffen 55mm UV Protector Filter

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from: Tiffen

March 05, 2008
I bought this to prevent scratches etc to my lens.

For just a little money, your lens surface is protected.
This filter also prevents haze and UV rays.
Supplied in a handy protective plastic box.

Made by Tiffen, who is a very well established camera firm.

This filter which has a 52mm thread, screws nicely into my canon 50mm lens and tamron 55-200mm zoom lens.

How much to you value your expensive lens?

Buy one of these filters today.

Also prevents dust getting onto your lens glass, saving you time cleaning it! These uv filters are a must filter.......

Will save you money in the long term!!!!!!!!!!

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Tiffen 58mm UV Protector Filter

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from: Tiffen

March 05, 2008
Bought this for my 450D and it does exactly what its supposed to. Not taken any pics where its UV filtering propeties will come in useful yet, but its primary job at the moment is to protect the len.

Its got threads on its outer aspect to allow the attachment of further filters or hoods if you want.

At £8 its a bargain, its for sale in Tottenham Court Road at £30!!! What a rip off!

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Nikon 18-200MM F3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX

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from: Nikon

February 07, 2008
Optically this lense does everything it sets out to do, although with some vignetting at 200. However it does suffer from zoom creep, even when new, [I have an e mail from nikon admitting this] and this can only get worse as the lens mechanism wears. Records of lenses sent back to cure this are not good. In short this problem can only really be cured with a suitable elastic band which of course makes a bit of a laughing stock of an expensive Nikon product. The new Tamron lense out soon will have a zoom lock - a good idea for such a long heavy barrel that Nikon should have though of.

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Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Lens

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from: Canon

August 14, 2003
I bought this lens about eight months ago for my Canon 350D. If like me you bought the kit that comes bundled with the 18-55mm lens you'll notice there is a big gap when it comes to zoom/telephoto shots, this is a great budget tele-photo zoom lens that does what it says on the tin, and fills the gap nicely.

I am an amateur photographer at best and still learning, but after using the lens for a while I was disappointed to learn that the f stop values really do make a big difference - the widest aperture you will be able to set this lens to is 4.0 at 75mm and only 5.6 at 300mm, if your really serious you need a fast lens like f/2.8, and definitely with IS (image stabilisation) - the lens is not that heavy (for me), but during a long shoot ... Read More: