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Schneider PC-TS Perspective Control Tilt/Shift Lenses
Unbeatable optical quality in tilt/shift lenses for Canon or Nikon or Sony Alpha or Pentax K.
Canon 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye Zoom
State of the art design in a never before seen fisheye zoom.
Really Right Stuff Carbon Fiber Tripods
Top-grade carbon fiber tripods for professionals.
VIO POV.HD 1080p Helmet Camera
A helmet-mountable HD video camera for sports or action or underwater.
Nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8G Macro
Comparing the new Nikon 60mm to its predecessors, and the Coastal Optics 60/4 APO.
Canon 50mm Lenses
Is Canon’s f/1.2 lens really better than an inexpensive f/1.4 or f/1.8?
Canon 85mm Lenses
Is Canon’s f/1.2 lens really better than an inexpensive f/1.8 lens?
Canon TC III
Do Canon’s 1.4X and 2X version III tele extenders offer image quality at reasonable apertures?
Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/4G VR
Nikon’s latest wide range zoom with vibration reduction and fixed f/4 aperture.
Going strong since 2006.
diglloyd Advanced Photography (DAP) is a huge and still growing collection of high quality, timely, impartial research and reports by Lloyd Chambers on topics of interest to professional and amateur photographers.
New articles and updates to old articles are added frequently. The work that produces this research is funded through low-cost annual subscriptions within the reach of any photographer.
A subscription enables access to all the content in DAP and any future content for the duration of the subscription (e.g., one year). Even without updates, the breadth and depth of existing content in DAP would fill several books—a tremendous value.
A photographer’s perspective
Making real images is the focus of the vast majority of the material in DAP, with the efforts focusing on image making and the qualities that matter.
Obvious issues include resolution, noise and color rendition, but great attention is paid to issues like bokeh: how a lens draws or renders on real-world subjects.
Consistent with this approach, the number, size, and quality of images used in presenting the material is extensive and exhaustive. In a few cases deemed relevant, even RAW files are provided.
Learning not just reviews
DAP doesn’t just review cameras and lenses, it teaches along the way. Every review has areas of general photographic interest.
Some articles, like those on focus shift, are independent of brand, and focus on photography problems applicable to any brand.
Others, like the must-read The Sharpest Image, explore sharpness in ways that affect every brand, every camera, and every lens, though a small portion of the analysis is brand-specific.
Canon, Nikon and other brands
Coverage focuses on Canon EOS and Nikon, but a variety of other brands are also included; Sony, Mamiya, Hartblei, Voigtlander, Sigma, Leica and Tamron for example.
