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Nokia Lumia 920: anti-blur image stabilization, wireless charging, use touch screen with long fingernails or gloves

Just hours ago, Nokia unveiled its latest flagship device, the Lumia 920. Running on the refreshed Windows Phone 8 platform, the Lumia 920 comes packed with interesting innovations which are welcomed in an era where a lot of high end phones start to resemble each other. Among these innovations are wireless charging and a super sensitive touch screen called PureMotion HD+ which allows you to use the phone with gloves on or with very long fingernails (someone did not cut their nails!). The phone also comes loaded with the new PureView anti-blur image stabilization technology that guarantees that every shot you take is crispy clear. The latter feature is exciting to put to actual use as the 8MP Carl Zeiss camera shoots at f/2 and I’m dying to see more competition vs the HTC One X and Samsung’s Galaxy S3 cameras which are both extremely awesome.

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Lens Review: Fixed Focus AUTO Tamron 28mm f/2.8

AUTO Tamron f/2.8 28mm Nikon

Update: One of my readers, Rick Grogan was able to purchase this lens for .00. He says that “it was part of the Adapt-A-Matic range made from 1969 to 1971 and is built to the same grade as nikon/canon/carl zeiss etc”

When you leave a little boy in a room filled with different toys, there will be a tendency for that little boy to play with everything. But at some point that little boy will have a favorite toy as time passes. So thus comes my very first lens review of probably the best lens in my dad’s collection.

Tamron f/2.8 28mm

I’ve been searching for reviews of an old Tamron 28mm fixed focus lens on the Internet but could barely find anything worth a review. I read from Wikipedia that this lens has been discontinued in 2005 (that’s if I get my nomenclature right) and it is currently being sold in eBay with a Canon body adaptor. Apparently this lens is ADAPTALL compatible, making the Auto Tamron 28mm f/2.8 fit with a Canon EOS body given you have the ADAPTALL tube. The lens is very hard to find though. I currently have a set of two adaptors for Nikon bodies but they are for other lens brands. Read on for my review.