Despite the similarity in their names, this DSLR comes with quite a few improvements over the D3000, including beefed-up ISO, more megapixels, the Expeed 2 image processor and a serious stable of video options.
This ultrawide orthoscopic lens is fun to use—you get an enormous 114-degree field of view with much, much less distortion than a fisheye. A funky filter collar fits over the fixed lenshood.
With class-leading weather-sealing, extremely fast AF in bright light, and impressive noise control, the E-5 offers an exciting alternative to competing models. Add wireless flash control and Oly’s stunning lenses to the mix, and you’ve got one heck...
Thanks to its semi-transparent mirror, the A55 can autofocus continuously while capturing video at up to 1920x1080, 30 fps. It also has the fastest burst speed for its price range, and extremely fast AF, for the best DSLR live view yet.
Leica finally serves up a full-frame M-series body, and in our lab tests it produced Excellent image quality through ISO 800. Outside the lab, we loved the classic Leica style and good old-fashioned simplicity of operation. But what’s with the...
Version II of this classic 70-200mm lens is consistently sharper across the aperture range than the previous model. However, subject magnification, at 1:7.6, was a bit of a bust.
Not a zoom, this lens offers three discrete focal lengths that each click-stop into place. Among its other unusual amenities: red barrel threading that alerts you to screw on the hood.
Beautifully finished, with smooth manual focus. Now has 6-bit contacts for Leica digital bodies. Maximum magnification: a decidedly non-macro 1:6.7. Requires the Macro-Adapter-M ($1,095, street) to get to 1:3.
Leica’s classic starter lens, light and compact, it balances well on older film bodies. Now updated with 6-bit coding for use on Leica digital M cameras.
This lens most certainly caters to the manual-focus crowd. Its ribbed, metallic focusing ring turns smoothly and is perfectly damped. The depth-of-field scale is a work of art.
