Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Nov 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
James Duncan Davidson’s D700 Field Report from Web 2.0 Summit.
Davidson is a long time Canon user and in a word he loved the Nikon D700’s high ISO capabilities, better auto focus and the selection of Nikor lenses he used.
This is a meaningful review. Very meaningful.
[via Daring Fireball]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Nov 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Pixels Are Like Cupcakes. Let Me Explain
In fact, recent tests conducted at dpreview.com concluded that the new 15-megapixel Canon EOS 50D ($1,400) “shows visibly more chroma and luminance noise,” and slightly less dynamic range, than the older 10-megapixel Canon EOS 40D ($920).
This is important. Anyone looking at getting a DSLR should attempt to understand this [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tools, Travel on Nov 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Hyperdrive ColorSPACE is a small, battery powered backup unit backing up camera memory cards in the field when you are away from your computer.
Take your memory card out of your camera (it will read any kind of card), place it in the built in card reader in the HyperDrive, copy your images from card [...]
Posted in Objects, Photo Gear on Nov 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. I’ve now done some more testing of the Canon 200mm f/2.8 L lens vs. the Canon 135mm f/2 L lens plus Canon 1.4x extender and while there are some differences, they’re not enough to warrant buying the 200mm lens (which is a great deal).
When you add the extender to the 135mm f/2 lens [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Oct 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Canon 50D firmware fixes Error 99
The dread error 99 can appear on Canon DSLR bodies for any number of reasons and when it does, you’re out of business until you fix the problem (clean lens contacts, charge battery, etc.).
My guess is that on newer bodies there are an increasing number of backward compatibility issues with [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Travel on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »
TSA Airport Screener Steals Over $200,000 in Gadgets, Almost Gets Away With It
Wow, good thing I don’t fly out of Newark. Yikes.
Posted in Photo Gear on Oct 10th, 2008 2 Comments »
BlackRapid R-Strap camera strap. Interesting. Of course, I don’t have lens rings on all of my lenses so I guess it would attach to the bottom of the camera in those cases. Problem is, that might make things unbalanced. This does look interesting to me though, needs some more research and maybe a buy to [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources on Oct 7th, 2008 7 Comments »
This is a bit different from the string with a bolt on it you screw into the tripod hole and stand on it. This is easier and more “flexible.”
Find it here: Figital Revolution (no pod).
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Tech Stuff on Oct 5th, 2008 4 Comments »
The Visible Dust BriteVue Sensor Loupe™ 7X is for looking inside your DSLR (any brand) in “sensor cleaning mode” (mirror locked up) so as to see dust on the sensor. If you routinely clean dust off of your sensor and you haven’t tried this product this post will change your life. I’m not kidding.
Most people [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Oct 3rd, 2008 3 Comments »
Photokina Interview Series: Canon
Interview conducted by Simon Joinson and Phil Askey, report by Simon Joinson.
This is a worthwhile read.
Some professional users have expressed concern about the fact that the 5D Mark II offers the same resolution and a more modern processor than the EOS-1Ds Mark III, making the 1Ds Mark III seem a little dated. [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a wonderful short documentary about John Chiara’s process for making large images.
[via Steve Splonskowski]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 24th, 2008 4 Comments »
Has the digital era killed Kodachrome?
Yes.
[via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Travel on Sep 22nd, 2008 9 Comments »
Vincent Laforet shows us how to do Equipment Packing - Olympic Style.
Now that’s some serious gear.
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear, Photographers on Sep 21st, 2008 11 Comments »
Something very interesting is coming…
For me, the key quote came in the discussion thread:
I shot one still with a 400mm 2.8 of a silhouette of a woman…. a beautiful woman - a model - and you could literally count the hairs on her face in a full head profile… at 3200 ASA -with close to [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Sep 17th, 2008 14 Comments »
Canon has announced the much anticipated EOS 5D Mark II. This is the successor to the successful Canon EOS 5D (that I have and love) that has been long in the making. It will be out in November.
I’ve not had time to read much about the new camera yet but here’s what it looks like:
21.1 [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 15th, 2008 8 Comments »
Carl Zeiss lenses for Canon SLRs
Now Canon has another third party lens maker building lenses that will work on its EF lens mount.
Until now if a Canon user wanted to use infamous Zeiss lenses he had to use an adapter to get the lens to communicate with the camera through the EF lens mount. Adapters [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
Red Confirms DSLR, Says It’s Bigger “Revolution” Than Red One
This is great. The DSLR world needs a real kick in the ass in my opinion Red One is just the one to do it.
[via Jon Moss]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Sep 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
This is a Canon promo video but it still may prove useful for those considering this new camera.
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Sep 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
Johnathan Harrell on How much is enough resolution on a DSLR sensor: The Race Continues…
Frankly, I like his writing better than his linked to Digital Photo Pro article: Megapixels: How Much Is Enough? which, while supporting his conclusion that more isn’t always better, isn’t well written and is hard to read.
His post is made in [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Aug 28th, 2008 8 Comments »
New Nikon Holds a Secret
But don’t knock Live View. It, after all, is the key to the breakthrough feature of the D90, the secret that turns it into a completely new kind of recording instrument. Ready?
The D90 is the first S.L.R. in the world that can record video.
High-definition video, at that. Stunning, vivid, 720p, widescreen, [...]
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