5750 Pictured

Juniper is now official! Last month, ATi introduced the 5800 series and now they are unveiling the 5700 budget line. The two cards 5770 and 5750 will be priced at $159 and $109-$129 respectively. It's a pretty competitive price point and the card seems to perform a little less than the current 4870 and 4850. The new card of course brings along DX11 and less power consumption, all the things you would expect from a new line and smaller dye at 40nm. The 4770 was the first 40nm card and it was really popular $110.

Anandtech's Review

Guru3D's Review

In this article, I unbox and review the lens. Writeup and sample images after the break. This is a much more expanded version of my preview earlier this week.

Note: I said I would have it done by the weekend and it's mostly done. I want to do some sample pictures (100% crops) but the weather this weekend sucked so those will have to wait till later this week when we get some sun.

Got a few people asking. So here's a handful from yesterday. Untouched, straight out of camera (RAW) via ACR (Lightroom 2.5). Didn't have time to do any editing. I must say, they looked a lot better on the camera.  Lightroom is doing a crappy job with RAWs right now. So, until they update ACR, I will be shooting JPEGs + RAW.

That is all.

Today I finally received the 24-105mm F/4L IS USM lens. This is my first canon lens for my 7D and it does not disappoint! I'll do a full review of it soon (I'm thinking this weekend).

EDIT: Review is completed!

• This lens is huge and heavy! After it was mounted, I wasn't sure if the lens was mounted to the camera, or if the 7D was mounted to the lens, that's how big it is.
• This lens reeks quality. As a pro-grade L lens, it lives up to its name with an impressive build. The zoom and focus rings are smooth and there is no lens creep. It's also weather sealed with o-rings nad grommets to protect against moisture, rain, and dust (provided you have an equally capable body). Everything is made in Japan, even down to the lens hood and lens cap.
• The lens cap (must be a Canon thing) has two small hinges on the outer rim making it hard to put on and take off when the lens hood is in place. It's a nice looking cap though, just not highly functional.
• The lens hood is plastic and feels quite cheap, particularly for a lens like this. The high end Sony Zeiss Alpha lenses have metal aluminum hoods (24-70mm CZ F/2.8 Vario-Sonnar). They also cost like $100 to replace at B&H. The hood though does have an impressive felt finish on the inside like the Sony Vario-Sonnars. I'm not sure what the felt does, but it's nice. (Probably cuts down on further reflection?)
• Lens balances the 7D well.
• Image Stabilization with IS works well. It's interesting to see how lens-based stabilization works. I'll have to get used to the floating in the viewfinder.
• Snappy AF that is pretty fast and works well to focus in low light and low contrast situations.

Edit: I lied, the cheap leather case that comes with the lens is made in China. I'm not even sure who would use such a thing, but in case you cared, it's from China.

I will explore more little details later and give more sample pictures!

All at F/4, wide open. ISO 100, 1600, and 125.