Disappointing
Based on my sheer love of my 50mm f/1.8, I started looking at a few other primes to acquire before the end of the year. The nifty-fifty gives great mid-range reach, but I need something wider and something longer to make a useful prime kit. Longer was easy to pick, but wide caused some issues. [...]
Polaroid PoGo Portable Printer – Review
FedEx delivered my Polaroid PoGo last Friday just after I left the house, which meant I got to spend all day waiting to get home and play with it. It was worth the wait – however excited I was when I discovered this instant mobile printer, I am equally – if not more – excited [...]
Do you shoot video?
Digital Photography School just ran a survey on how many camera users shoot video as well as still photos. Their results are interesting, especially when you consider that they had to discard their highest response group, the 35% who claimed that their camera “doesn’t have video.” I actually find that statistic almost hard to believe, [...]
DIY Flash Bracket
Last time I posted, it was regarding my designs for a DIY version of a flash bracket I’d found online. Well, a few hours between Lowes and Home Depot, about $30 out of pocket, and here it is: It’s simple, it’s cheap, and it does the job very well. And best of all, it requires [...]
Polaroid PoGo?!
Thanks to the wonders of Google Reader, a review of the Polaroid PoGo portable printer came across my monitor this afternoon, courtesy of the Digital Photography School feed. I’d never heard of the PoGo. Frankly I haven’t given Polaroid any attention at all after they stopped making their classic instant film (which is a real [...]
Morning in Blue & Gold
Finally made it out this morning for sunrise – another of those hectic weeks where I didn’t get a camera in my hands for far too long and it left me feeling blah. In a strange approximation to guilt, I got up even earlier this morning to atone, heading out to Ford’s before the sun [...]
Canon EF 70-210mm f/4 – Review
The lens bug is still with me, and the latest acquisition is another golden oldie, the Canon 70-210mm f/4 telephoto. This was one of the first EF fast telephotos, originally introduced in 1987. My copy is from 1987, purchased in like-new condition from KEH.com. It was my first time buying from KEH and I’m pleased [...]
Canon Wireless Flash System
With the introduction of the EOS 7D, Canon finally took the initiative to play catch-up to Nikon in an area where they had been woefully lacking: wireless flash control. For years Canon has been not only in the backseat, but in the far back of the bus, when compared to Nikon’s Creative Lighting System. The [...]
New Camera Strap
Camera straps don’t excite most people, even photogs, and I know that for many years they didn’t excite me. But during one of my recent spells of having Paypal funds burning a hole in my pocket, I pretty much went looking for some cheap accessories to buy and, fueled by a forum post somewhere, checked [...]
Unhealthy Addictions
The Canon USA page should probably come with a warning label, like the ones they put on beer and cigarettes. Something along the lines of, “Caution – viewing this page may result in feelings of envy, desire, longing, and jealousy. In some instances, serious side effects have been known to occur, including a noticeable decrease [...]
