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Free Illustrator Templates: Personal Business Cards | Graphic ...

I was thinking of featuring something for inspiration today like some unusual business card designs, but found out that there are just too many design blogs doing their own unique business card design inspirational roundups. So I just decided to create some new business card designs and share it once again here in our free Adobe Illustrator template series.

So here are some personal business card designs that you can readily use. They may not be uniquely amazing inspirational designs but I thought they’re pretty stylish. Simply replace the text with your own name and contact details, print and enjoy your very own personal business cards. It doesn’t mean that when I say personal business cards, you cannot use them commercially. Of course you can. These are all original designs by yours truly, so feel free to use them with no restrictions.

You can also modify these designs and do whatever suits you. All graphic elements are vector graphics so they’re all highly customizeable. Another cool idea when doing some personal business cards is to simply find a good image background like nature and landscape photos and just place your own text on top. Make sure your text doesn’t clash too much against your background so you’ll still have highly readable text.

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Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED High Magnification Zoom ...

Specially designed for the CCD imager of the Sony DSLR-A100 camera, this is the standard zoom lens that brings you closer to your subject. With superior all-in-one lens performance for everyday shooting, its 35mm-equivalent range of wide-angle to telephoto excels at capturing faraway subjects, sports events, dramatic landscapes and intimate close-up views. DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 High Magnification Zoom DT Lens Design for optimum DSLR performance Excellent wide-angle to long telephoto shots Focal Length 35mm Equivalent - 18-200 mm Min Focus Distance - 1 feet 6 inch (45 cm) Aperture Maximum - f3.5-6.3 Aperture Minimum - f22-40 Maximum Magnification - 0.27x Lens Construction - 15 elements in 13 groups with 7 aperture blades Filter Diameter - 62 mm Dimensions - 2 7/8 x 3 3/8 inch (73 x 85.5 mm) Weight - 14.3 ounces (405 gram) As an oldtime Minolta 35mm photographer, I was excited when Sony took over the brand because I thought all my old lenses would have a new lease of life. But that didn't happen - about three years ago I purchased the 18-200mm Sony zoom with an A100 and shot comparisons with my Minolta AF lenses. Results looked identical or the Sony lens was better in some cases which meant that all my old Minolta lenses stayed in storage. So for the next year or so I only ever traveled with one camera and one lens - for the first time in my life. The 18/200 lens was a fantastic creative tool and very reliable but after a while I started to find its limitations. It's slow, and even with the in-camera stabilization of the A350, low light shots were disappointing. Some reviewers report high noise problems at relatively low ISO, but I very rarely get visible noise in pictures because I don't shoot in the dark with this lens. I started being more critical in reviewing my photos and had to admit that edge sharpness wasn't perfect with chromatic aberration and flare in highlights, although this was usually only apparent at print sizes above letter or A4. I decided to go back to basics - carrying prime lenses around instead of zooms. I bought a Sony 50mm f1.4 to start, which is an absolutely amazing lens. Obviously very fast, but tonally accurate at any aperture and razor sharp. Only problem is that not every photo I want to take, fits into a 50mm focal length, which is I think equivalent to about 75mm in 35mm full frame. The difference between the stated focal length of a lens and actual focal length on a digital camera is to do with the size of the sensor, and as each brand and even each model have varying sized sensors, it's difficult to be certain. [In case you never shot 35mm, the actual negative "full frame" size is 24mm x 36mm which gives a diagonal of 43mm - the so-called "normal" equivalent of a human eye's coverage, ignoring peripheral vision. Photographers decided that around 50mm was normal, so anything lower than that became a wider angle, anything higher was a telephoto. But digital sensors come in many sizes all the way up to "full frame" which means the diagonal changes too. So a 50mm "normal" lens will be a telephoto on a digital camera if the diagonal of its sensor is say, 30mm. The actual distance that a light ray travels from the front element of the lens to the sensor or film plane, gives you the focal length of a lens. Zoom lenses vary focal lengths by moving lens elements, mirror telephotos by bouncing light backwards and forwards inside the lens housing. If you divide the focal length of a lens by the diameter of the front element, you'll get the f stop, which is why "fast" lenses have wide front elements. Slow zoom lenses like the Sony 18/200 sacrifice a fast f stop for smaller, lighter optics]. Although the 50mm f1.4 is so sharp, I was still itching for the creative framing freedom of the 18/200 zoom. So now I'm back to the bad old days - I carry around an A100 with the 50mm Sony attached, and in my bag I have an A350 with a Sigma 28/70 f2.8 zoom, a Sony 11/18 f4.5/5.6 zoom together with the big gun - the expensive and very heavy, but truly extraordinary Sony G series 70/200mm f2.8 zoom. So now I can take sharp photographs of almost anything in semi-darkness if required, but I'm lugging about 6 kilos of gear. My wife thinks I'm crazy - she likes using the Sony camera, so now she has her own A350 with my old 18/200 lens and is very happy with the results. In the end it depends what sort of a photographer you are, and what you do with the photos. I'm carrying a big bag of tricks that will photograph anything to a very high standard - but it's not very convenient on vacation ! The Sony 18/200 zoom is not up to professional standard, but for the price, performance and convenience it's hard to beat for everyday use.

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