Shootout: 18x EVF Superzooms
Who's the king of the 18x optical zoom EVFs: the Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18, or the Olympus SP-560UZ?

2007 Holiday Gift Guide
We ask four photographers whose work we admire to tell us about the tools they use and the gear they'd like to add to their kits.

Nikon Releases AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55MM F/3.5-5.6G VR Lens
The improved version of Nikon's affordable zoom lens now offers optical image stabilization.

Detroit Free Press Wins First Emmy
The 23-part "Band of Brothers" series tells the stories of Michigan Marines and their families.

Episode 3 on 'The Shot'
In the third installment of VH1's new reality show, photographers climb rocks and shoot underwater.

Get Under My Desk and Let's Talk About It
What Lars Tunbjork's cross-cultural office images can tell us about the way we work.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM (User Review)

A PopPhoto.com reader from Hyderabad, India reviews the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens:

When I purchased a Canon 400D (Rebel XTi in the US), I wanted a good telephoto zoom lens to go with it. I chose the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens because I was interested in photographing birds. I tried it handheld, and thanks to its optical image stabilization, I could use it at f/5.6. Even with early morning light, I achieved excellent results. At all apertures I found the lens to be a fine performer and while the push/pull zooming was a little inconvenient, it was only for the first few hours of use.

What's Hot: Portability for such a long-range zoom. I found it was extremely useful, even handheld in bird photography.

What's Not: Push-pull zooming.

Read the complete review here.

Samsung's Plasma-Buster?
Backlit by LED light, Samsung's 46-inch LN-T4681F produces breakthrough dark blacks for an LCD HDTV. But can it best a plasma?

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Flash Range Rule: Want to know how much extra flash range you get by going to a faster ISO? The rule is, "Double the distance, four times the speed." For example: If your flash is good to 20 feet at ISO 100 (film or digital), it will be good to 40 feet at ISO 400.

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