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Recommended Lenses [Canon]

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/ February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment

Glossary in an effort to help you understand all these terms – for more detailed explanation of what this all means see my All About the lenses – Acronyms post ef-s(canon), DX(Sigma)Built for crop sensor cameras, not useable on full frame camerasefSuitable and useable on crop sensor and full frame...
Canon HS 320, 520 and 530 – Now what the heck is the difference ?

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/ February 16, 2012 / Leave a comment

Canon recently announced new cameras in the 300 and 500 lines – for those counting we now have 10 similarly looking pocketable point and shoot cameras from Canon. I already have a post detailing the difference between the 100, 300, 310 and 500, 510. Now lets look at the...
Lightroom 4 Beta – Mapping Module Overview

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/ January 31, 2012 / Leave a comment

Brief Overview of the new map module in Lightroom 4
Digital Camera Buying Guide

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/ January 30, 2012 / Leave a comment

Let’s keep this short and sweet – If I had $____ to spend on a camera what would I buy. . . (see below for lens ideas) If I had $200 to spend I would buy the Canon HS300 This little P&S is little! but offers excellent quality, 1080p with...
Test

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/ January 22, 2012 / Leave a comment

Quick Test
New Superzoom Leica Announced – Don’t buy!

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/ December 8, 2011 / 1 Comment

Leica announced a new 24x zoom today- The V Lux 3 – Available in January, sporting a 12.1MP CMOS sensor. The camera has a 4.5 – 108mm F2.8-5.2 image stabilized lens, equivalent to 25-600mm in 35mm film terms. The camera can do 1080p60 video capture with stereo audio and 12fps. Sound...
Magical Waterfall Photos

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/ December 6, 2011 / Leave a comment

Okay – Magical might be a bit of an overreaching statement but I have a quick video below that outlines the steps to creating those flowing water photos. All you need is a camera with some control over shutter speed and a tripod. Watch the short video to see how...
3rd Generation Nikon P&S Projector

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/ December 4, 2011 / Leave a comment

Product looks to be getting better but the commercial is creeping me out!! CoolPix S1200PJ
SX230 Initial Thoughts

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/ December 1, 2011 / 1 Comment

I couldn’t resist the call of Black Friday and snagged an SX230 for cheap! A few test photos. . . More to come. . . My Initial thoughts Pros Very impressed with higher ISO images – See the Pie image above Feature set is impressive and manual control is...
DSLR-like camera that won’t break the bank

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/ November 30, 2011 / Leave a comment

Received the following from Rachelle- I am looking for a camera. Not quite the price of a DSLR but the same type of look. I want a viewfinder as well as a LCD screen and manual focus as well as auto, and I like the forced flash too. Not...