Digital Camera News and Reviews

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Dpreview.com has reviewed the cheapest lens in the Canon EOS line up, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens, but does not mean that the lens is necessarily bad.

Dpreview ends up giving the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens a “Highly Recommended (just)” rating due to the fact that it produces excellent images when you stop it down and no lateral chromatic aberration.
The only downsides are that lens have a very poor build quality, the bokeh could be prettier and some vignetting.
This lens seems like an excellent choice for new photographers wanting to experiment with bigger apertures.
Read the full review of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens here.

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Ricoh R8

Dpreview.com has reviewed the new compact digital camera from Ricoh called R8. This stylish camera features a new high-resolution 10 mega pixel CCD, 7.1x optical zoom (28-200mm equivalent) and a 2.7″ screen with a resolution of 460,000 pixels.

Dpreview ends up giving the Ricoh R8 camera a “recommended” rating, but it seems like this camera has quite a few shortcomings. The camera has a pretty harsh noise reduction that smears the details even at low ISO and the focus is not the best. The built in flash is also a pretty bad performer.
The best things about this camera is the stylish retro look and the compact size for its zoom range.

Read the full review of the Ricoh R8 here.