Anastigmat

Get on the APS-C upgrade treadmill. you keep spending money and spinning the wheel and you end up with the same image quality. but bigger files.

They are profitable. $1,095 for an APS-C model is very profitable.

cameras are becoming more angular in shape, sort of like the origami (paper folding) design of Japanese cars in the early 80s.

I am still waiting for an entry level full frame that costs less than $1K.

Manufacturing cost is the the reason for omitting features. The real reason is to entice the buyer to buy the more expensive cameras. it is similar to automobile makers trying to sell you a bigger...

Instead of the ruler, you can use a spanner wrench used to remove retaining rings on lenses, after making the two notches. It is good to have a spanner wrench around because many manufacturers...

Recently i had to do something similar, although the used lens I bought was not nearly as costly. The seller put a filter onto the lens incorrectly and it got stuck. I first removed the glass part...