"Unfortunately, for a $4,000 lens, results are somewhat soft when used wide open at ƒ/1.4; however, if you look across the field of offerings produced by Canon, Nikon and Carl Zeiss, you'll note that it produces the sharpest results between them all at this aperture. To produce sharp results at ƒ/1.4 is an engineering challenge, to say the least.

One of the two original SLT mirrorless cameras, the Sony SLT-a55 has just received a successor. priced in the entry DSLR range this newcomer ups the ante in the category, while adding a new twist: In a first for any major camera manufacturer, a dedicated video light has been announced together with a DSLR, the HVL-LE1 1800lux/0.5m 5500K 60 led light video light.

Canon 1DX? Bah. Nikon D800/D4? Meh. Olympus OM-D? no thanks. All these cameras did get the attention of photographers worldwide, when they spinned in the rumor mill. However, all of them combined cannot compare to the buzz the 5D Mark III is creating whenever the slightest tidbit about it surfaces on the interwebs. Not much is revealed, except for the name (bye bye mythical EOS 5DX), and the fact that it looks like a...Canon DSLR.

"The EF-S 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS is Canon's latest zoom lens for APS-C format DSLRs, introduced as a companion to the EOS 50D. Its announcement in August this year came as no great surprise, as wide focal length range 'superzooms' are clearly popular amongst photographers seeking an all-in-one lens for travel and everyday shooting. The most obvious example of this is the runaway success