Digital Camera News and Reviews

Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

Sigma has announced the new Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM lens. This superzoom lens gives you 13.8 zoom and features optical design of 18 elements in 14 groups.
The Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM also features anti-shake technology for the camera body and the view finder.

The is designed for APS-C / DX sensors and will be available for Sigma, Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Sony mounts in March 2009.

Press release:
January 14, 2009: The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of new SIGMA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM on March 10th, 2009.

The SIGMA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM incorporates Sigma’s original anti-shake compensation function, with a 13.8 times zoom ratio. As opposed to having an anti-shake function in the camera body, this lens’s Hybrid Optical Stabilizer provides not only an anti-shake function for the camera body, but also compensates for image shaking in the view finder as the Optical Stabilizer is built in to the lens.

Incorporating four Special Low Dispersion glass elements and three aspherical lens elements provides excellent image quality throughout the entire zoom range.

This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 45cm (17.7 inches) at all focal lengths and a maximum magnification of 1: 3.4 reproduction ratio, making it ideal for close-up photography. An inner focusing system eliminates front lens rotation, making it suitable for use with circular polarizing filters and the supplied petal-type hood. Incorporating super multi layer coating reduce the ghost in the backlight photography.

Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f/2.0

DIWA Labs has tested the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f/2.0 lens. This lens is a part of the high grade lens series from Olympus and it has an impressive f/2.0 across the zoom range.
The tests of the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f/2.0 lens were done on the professional Olympus E-3 DSLR camera body.

DIWA Labs states that this Olympus lens is an excellent optical performer.
Read all the tests of the Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 35-100mm f/2.0 lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Canon EOS 1000D DSLR camera

DIWA Labs has tested the Canon EOS 1000D DSLR camera with the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. This camera is cheaper DSLR from Canon for photographers on a budget or people that does not need all the functions you get from more expensive cameras.

Some key features for the Canon EOS 1000D:
-10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor
-7-point wide area auto focus system
-2.5” LCD screen
-Up to 3 frames per second
-Compact and light DSLR body

The test results from DIWA Labs of the Canon EOS 1000D shows us that the camera is pretty good, but not at the same level as the more expensive Canon EOS 450D.
Read all the tests of the Canon EOS 1000D budget DSLR camera with Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

Photozone.de has reviewed the new Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens that follow as kit lens with the Nikon D90 DSLR camera. The lens has a very interesting zoom range and a nice price at about .

Photozone ends up giving the Nikon lens an ok verdict due to the fact that lens is able to produce pretty good pictures, but there is some distortion, chromatic aberration and the build quality could be better.
Overall this Nikkor lens should be worth looking at for Nikon photographers on a budget.
Read the full review of the Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens here.