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Canon Lenses: Is It Worth Buying The Brand Name And Not The Cheaper Alternatives?

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:54:17 +0000

Canon Lenses: Is It Worth Buying The Brand Name And Not The Cheaper Alternatives? – If you own a newer Canon SLR, you have several choices of lens brands that you can buy for your camera. In addition to buying Canon brand lenses that work with the automatic focus of modern Canon’s, you can buy lenses from third party vendors such as Sigma and Tamron, who make Canon-compatible lenses for less cost than Canon. After having spent a large amount of money on the camera body, you may be asking yourself if it is worth spending the extra bucks for the brand name lens as well. I am an amateur photographer, so am certainly no expert, but from the day that I bought my Canon SLR with its brand name lenses you could see a marked jump in improvement in my photo albums. It is like someone focused everything and turned on the lights! I recently switched to a digital Canon and gave my six-year-old film Canon to my mother. Her photos showed the same amazing improvement.

Reasons to Buy the Canon Lens

I generally like to stick to matching brand names with brand names, and my research has shown that most people on the web agree that doing so with Canon lenses is worth it. The first reason for the popularity of this Canon lens is image quality. Canon lenses are well-corrected for distortion, and have excellent color fidelity and contrast. In addition, they are characterized by superior lens construction. Canon lenses are the choice of many imaging professionals the world over, whether those lenses are being used on EOS SLR cameras or on broadcast cameras.

Canon Lens Critics

As with any product, Canon lenses have their critics. For example, I found one person who felt that on the Canon lens the auto focus seemed slower than and not as decisive as the other lenses they had owned, especially in low light.

Canon Lens Facts and Benefits

Lenses are extremely complex and sensitive pieces of equipment in which a myriad of problems can occur. Canon lenses are adjusted through the camera body with no on-lens control. All modern Canon lenses focus with a motor in the lens, which may be one of the main reasons my mother and I got such great photos. If you are near-sighted, this is an especially nice feature since it is difficult to focus manually if you wear glasses.

Used Canon Lenses

Another great reason to invest in the higher priced Canon brand lens is that camera lenses tend to hold their monetary value over time, while camera bodies do not. I have bought both a used Canon lens and a new Canon lens for work and home and, frankly, I could not tell any difference other than the price.

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The History of Canon – From an Optical Lab to a Multimedia Giant!

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:53:42 +0000

The History of Canon – From an Optical Lab to a Multimedia Giant! – Canon, according to the dictionary means is a general law, rule, principle or criterion; church decree or law; member of cathedral chapter; body of writings accepted as genuine.

Now what I am talking about is a company that manufactures user-friendly products! Canon the camera making company that now gives varied other products and services to the world such as printers, inks and fax machines and copiers!

Canon’s Roots

Canon’s roots were laid in 1933 with very few employees as a precision optical instruments lab. The Laboratory was founded in 1933 in a third-floor apartment of the Takekawaya Building in Roppongi, Azabu Ward, Tokyo. Its objective was to produce high-grade cameras.

A young man named Goro Yoshida, a passionate camera-lover; and his brother-in-law, Saburo Uchida, set up the Laboratory jointly. Their aim was to make cameras that could compete with the German models that were considered the most advanced of the day.

They started by analyzing existing cameras, which were difficult to obtain. Systematically, they studied each camera’s internal workings, examined mechanisms, drew up design diagrams and procured parts. Takeshi Mitarai, a close friend of Uchida provided the funds required for the research. Mitarai later became president of the company and built its foundation.

It then went on to become a renowned camera making company. When it grew and decided to diversify its business plans it had to shed its image of a company that manufactured only cameras, therefore the top brass of the company decided to take on the name Canon Inc in 1969. The year1969 was also the year that canon forayed into business machines and eventually into the printing business.

Product Chronology

To go through a brief chronology of Canon’s printing and copying history – Canon successfully developed the laser beam printer in 1975. In 1982, the PC-10 and PC-20, the world’s first personal copying machines with replaceable cartridges, were introduced. Canon, in collaboration with IBM Japan, Ltd., developed the world’s first notebook PC with an installed printer in 1993.

Bubble Jet Discovery

One of canon’s most interesting discoveries in the field of printing technology was the bubble jet printing technology. Researchers while working on the inkjet printing technology hit upon the discovery when a hot solder gun accidentally touched the tip of an ink-filled needle due to which ink sprayed out! Therefore, the researchers concluded that heat instead of pressure could be used to eject the ink on the media.
The development of this technology gave the world it’s first bubblejet printer in 1981.

Laser Beam Printing

Another important technology in the field of printing by Canon was the development of laser beam printers (LBP). It started research on laser as a means of writing as early as 1962. However it was unable to develop a practical laser source and hence could not acquire the patents it had applied for due to which the research and development was suspended.

In the 1970s when lasers came into practical application fields Canon resumed its research on laser beam printers and developed the LBP’s of today combining their electro photographic technologies with laser technology.

The development of lasers imprinting also gave birth to a number of high-speed copy machines by Canon such as The NP-8500, the world’s first retention-type copying machine in 1978.

The NP-8500 SUPER, an ultrahigh speed-copying machine capable of producing 135 copies per minute 1981; and the PC-10 and PC-20, the world’s first personal copying machines with replaceable cartridges were introduced by Canon in 1982.

In 1984 Canon gave the world its LBP-8/CX, the smallest and lightest laser beam printer.

Today Canon develops technology that couples direct printing options from Cell phones equipped with a digital camera, hence integrating printing technology with photography! One such latest technology is the direct wireless printing from a camera! The printing is achieved using infrared and Bluetooth communication technology embedded in the cell phones or PCs. Being wireless no cables are required, and the image quality parallels that of printouts from PCs using memory cards.

One important feature Canon uses to achieve real true to life image quality on paper is:

Color reproduction: The color range of digital cameras (YCC) is much wider, making it possible to capture a vast amount of color information when shooting. To achieve similar quality Canon added red ink and green ink, which offers high brightness and chromaticity, to the six existing inks in their inkjet printers, raising the saturation of the red and green output range by 1.6 times and 1.2 times respectively. The result is photo image output with improved depth and translucence, and color reproduction comparable to that of prints from photo film.

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How To Choose Between Plasma And LCDs

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:09:11 +0000

While one is searching for a television, he will clearly bump into the two competing televisions, the plasma and Light Crystal Display TV. Unavoidably, to be able to arrive with a proper resolution, both sorts of televisions has to be matched up. Their brand names jut likeSamsung, Philips, Panasonic, LG and Sharp will be first be overlooked. These two competing televisions are alike in a quantity of ways. OneFirst is that they both possess extremely color-filled pictures and they both impart s

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Sharp FO 2950M Printer Cartridge – Helping Your Home Office Running Nicely

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:09:18 +0000

The Sharp FO 2950 M Printer – Sharp FO 2950M Toner black and white laser technology is just awesome for what we need it for. We have a small church and are constantly sending and receiving faxes so we decided that we needed a multi function fax machine. We researched this printer and found that it has won award in being reliable and affordable. We read up on Sharp increasing their commitment to quality printers to help improve peoples’ productivity using innovative technology. We are definit

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Canon Rebel Xti Or Nikon D40x Better For Concert?

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:06:30 +0000

Hello guys! I plan to buy a SLR digital camera. My main use will be for taking pictures in concerts. I did some researchs and heard a lot of good things on both cameras. So which one is better for low light situation in concert? I’m a new user to SLR. Which one is more [...] Related posts: Is A Canon Eos Rebel Xsi Good For Concert Photography? Which One Should I Buy, The Nikon D40x Or The Canon Rebel Xti? Which Camera Is Better, The Nikon D80 Or The Canon Eos Digital Rebel Xsi?

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L 300 Toner – Your Employees Will Thank You For This

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:05:24 +0000

When a mall to mid-sized company goes in search of a copier/fax machine they will find there are many, many to choose from. So how do you choose the best for your business. You need to find one that is relatively inexpensive and still offers all the features of some the bigger, more expensive models. It is also important to keep in mind the cost and ease of use of the toner cartridges. When you factor in all of these things you may just find that the Canon L300 is the correct machine for you and

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The Canon L300 And Its Toner Cartridges – The Right Choice For Your Company

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:05:41 +0000

by Ben Pate When a mall to mid-sized company goes in search of a copier/fax machine they will find there are many, many to choose from. So how do you choose the best for your business. You need to find one that is relatively inexpensive and still offers all the features of some the bigger, more expensive models. It is also important to keep in mind the cost and ease of use of the toner cartridges. When you factor in all of these things you may just find that the Canon L300, which works with C

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Canon Studie zur Produktivität – Lob als wichtigster Motivationsfaktor

admin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:12:18 +0000

Nur 75 % des Arbeitstages wird in Europa effektiv gearbeitet. Das zeigt eine neue Studie von ICM Research im Auftrag von Canon Europe. Flexiblere Arbeitszeiten und Motivation durch Vorgesetzte würden bei den Befragten zu einer Erhöhung der Produktivität führen. Quelle: MONITOR Online News

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What’s the Big Deal?

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:10:50 +0000

In a review of both the Canon EOS 50D and the Nikon D90, Digital Outback Photo posted some high ISO shots that can make for some interesting image comparisons. It isn’t scientific by any means, but I think the Nikon D90 has a slight advantage. To my point though, what’s the big deal. Overall, image quality is essentially the same in this current crop of cameras (of similar class). So when searching for advice on what camera to buy, the most imortant thing to consider is the feature set. What k

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Canon Powershot G9 Review

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:08:54 +0000

Canon Powershot G9 Review Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Technorati Search for: digital camera reviews Trying to sell pictures online or make great pictures with the touch of a Pro? See how I accomplished this with the Canon PowerShot G9! If a picture is worth a thousand words let the compact Canon Power Shot G9 speak for you! When I first visited the camera section of my favorite electronic\’s store I felt quite overwhelmed by the quantity and variety of cameras offered. My main purpose was t

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