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Whether you're a casual weekend shooter or a serious hobbyist, terrific camera optics will make you a much better photographer. Since you own a digital SLR camera, you’re already passionate about image quality. But which lenses are truly worth their hefty price tags? To find out, your 3LUXE team focused in on desirable features and filtered out a plethora of distracting techno-speak. Using some of the world’s top digital single-lens reflex cameras, we shot ourselves, blew ourselves up, and then hung ourselves to get a clear picture of what’s out there. The three over-performers we review here serve three very different purposes, but each succeeds enormously well. If you’re way ahead of the point-and-shoot crowd, and you don't mind hiding behind a hefty chunk of black metal and plastic, a lens like these makes an excellent investment you'll never regret. They give you the edge you need to test what your eyes and brain can do instantaneously, with a medium where, well, you have to be there.
For picture angles you can’t achieve any other way, this new ultra-wide angle lens is—gulp—an amazing “Best Of.”
The HCD 4/28, designed to be paired exclusively with the company’s flagship H3D camera, is the most extreme wide-angle lens available in medium format. It allows you to take full advantage of the camera’s excellent 48mm X 36mm digital sensor. With a lens this wide (roughly equivalent to an 18mm lens in 35mm film format), you can get literally everything in the shot. This is th...
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MSRP $3,875
Lightweight and compact, this 3LUXE “Best Of” lens is a superior all-around telephoto zoom. A true utility outfielder that’s razor sharp, fast, and blessed with amazing technology. Witness the remarkable second-generation image stabilization (IS), which reduces camera shake and endless blurred discards. Your hand-held shooting will improve by three or four stops. You can shoot in low light at slower shutter speeds and still get sharp, beautifully detailed images—the Sphinx at night, say. For shooting...
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MSRP $2,000
This wide-angle zoom is a great lens for most photography, especially portraiture or travel, a top-notch performer that easily wins 3LUXE admiration and “Best Of” status. Part of the new
DX Nikkor series designed exclusively for Nikon DX cameras, this is the lens to own for shooting family portraits and group shots. For photographing faces, the Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 DX provides the best focal length, so you get a natural perspective that mirrors the way the eye regards the human form. (In 35mm film...
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MSRP $1,700
