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The Best Budget Lenses and Accessories for Canon DSLR Users Shooting Video

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We’ve written before about the best budget lenses, the best accessories for HDSLR cameras, the right Canon lens for you and we even listed a bunch of autofocus lenses for DSLR videography. But what if you need to start shooting more video to help your business grow? Sure, you can spring for the autofocus lenses but they’re not always the most affordable and photographic lenses aren’t always the most ergonomical when it comes to shooting video. Instead, you may want to spring for some of these bad boys: providing that you have the right accessories too.

After having real-world and live testing, we bring you the guide to the best lenses for shooting video (and lots of other accessories too.)

With this said, always remember: vision comes first.

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Written by Chris Gampat

January 9th, 2012 at 12:44 am

The Guide to Telephoto Zoom Lenses for Non-Professionals

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Telephoto lenses are those considered to be around 70mm and greater. They come in both zooms, primes, variable apertures and fixed apertures. Inspired by an email from a reader letter, we’ve decided to come up with a bunch of tips for non-professional photographers who want to become better.

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Written by Chris Gampat

April 30th, 2011 at 12:47 am

The Complete Pentax K-5 Review

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The Pentax K-5, a robust and compact DSLR with excellent customization and great image quality. Now that the review is over, let’s do a recap.

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Written by Matt Beardsley

February 4th, 2011 at 12:34 am