Bokeh Power!
Alright, I’m way over-due on this. I apologize, I’ve been buried the past week adding some new top-level categories to or site (it is however a lot easier to find bags, memory cards, filters, and...
View ArticleFun Fact
So, just because I work in a specialized camera store doesn’t mean there’s not always something new for me to learn about cameras. I’ve talked in the past about Nikon flashes and Canon flashes, but...
View ArticleCamera Nomenclature Bothers Me
So, there’s a lot about camera naming that bothers me. What, you might ask, has me on this rant? Well, two things. The other day we had a call asking about trading a Pentax K1000, and it took me a...
View ArticleUnderstanding ‘Manual’ Modes
One of the things I see new DSLR users struggle with the most is how to make use of the standard ‘manual’ modes on their cameras. You know the ones, the ones there on the dial past the Auto setting and...
View ArticleTo Safari, or Not to Safari
OK, so, I gotta confess, I’m way confused here. So, some time back Leica announced the “Safari” edition of their M8 camera: Leica M8 Safari Edition And then, making my rounds today I find out daddy...
View ArticleWalkabout 3: The Blondecicle
Walkabout 3, Model 1: Emily Allen It was cold out this morning. You know it’s cold when your fingers are too stiff to work a four-way controller and your model has to take breaks to warm her hands over...
View ArticleElectro-Optical System
Canon EOS Badge It’s been twenty-two years now since the debut of Canon’s Electro-Optical System. Usually referred to, of course, as EOS, borrowing its name from the Greek goddess of the dawn.And, I...
View ArticleWalkabout Continues Evenings
OK, looks like next week Thursday, that’s May 7th, is going to be our blind-luck guess for when the weather won’t be silly and interrupt us taking awesome shots. So, Thursday! Woohoo! It’s a late night...
View ArticleThe Digital Negative Petition
OK, so, I don’t actually believe online petitions have ever fixed anything (I notice Firefly remains canceled, for example), but, gorram it, I found a petition I believe in enough that I signed it...
View ArticleSamsung announces NX10, will Dick estate sue?
While I think it sounds like an advanced model of Sean Young’s role in Blade Runner, it’s really a new mirrorless interchangeable lens compact from Samsung. Competing with Olympus and Panasonic for...
View ArticleA Good Back-up Plan
I see it all the time. Fledgling photographers landing a "paying" job for the use of their photographic eye and camera gear coming back to the store frustrated after having a technical or equipment...
View ArticleThey Run in the Rain
As a general rule, electronic devices do not like moisture. This weekend in Indianapolis (and Speedway) Indiana there is going to be a plethora of electronic devices; mini DV camcorders, high...
View ArticleNiftiness Built In
This is the age of feature-lust. Every forum I look on seems to be people bemoaning the absence (or in weird cases the inclusion) of various features which are apparently the Single Most Critical...
View ArticleNiftiness Built In Continued
Last time I started talking about some of the innovations to be found in modern cameras that go beyond the megapixel race and the arguments about noise, and I'd like to share a few more of these...
View ArticleYour Vote Counts
This year we are in a very heated race, with many worthy candidates. If you are looking for change it is here now. You have a chance for a better system, more efficient use of available resources and...
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