Category: gear
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ZaZa Canvas Review!
The guys at zazagallery.com contacted me about a month ago and offered me a free canvas in trade for a review (just to be completely honest). I said sure (who doesn’t want free stuff) and ordered a 30″ x 20″ 3/4″ thick gallery wrap of one of my favorite shots from 2010. The canvas itself is…
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Please welcome the newest member of our family:
THE FAMILY TRUCKSTER!!!!! What, not what you were expecting? Yeah, us neither….. ha! Well, the unfortunate issues in Japan pushed our schedule for getting the new car up a bit. Jess skied with a subaru dealer last weekend and he told her about what was going on there car production wise (all foresters are made…
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Gradual Neutral Density Filters
Filters are one of my most used tools in my kit. After the obvious camera, lens and tripod I use for my landscapes, my filters are always the next pieces out of my bag (followed by my remote). I prefer to capture my images as best as possible in camera to avoid as much processing…
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ThinkTankPhoto Hydrophobia 70-200 video review!
I got a chance to put a thinkthankphoto hydrophobia 70-200 through it’s paces in Antigua last week. It’s a very impressive “technical shell” for your camera, or basically foul weather gear. I can see a few brilliant uses for it, the obvious on (since it’s a “rain cover”) is for anyone who NEEDS to keep…
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Ben’s tech straps!
I’ve been using straps like this for quite a while now. It started because I don’t like having anything on my camera that can scratch it (metal rings, strap buckles etc) as well as the fact a strap on a camera that’s set down on a table or counter with a kid in the house…
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New Gear: NEX5.
This needs the date changed to: 12/8/2010 New NEX5, digging the camera. Here’s a thread on NSOP about it: http://newschoolofphotography.com/cameras/28370-nex5-preview.html and here’s the first two BJ.com posts with it: EAJ 127 week update. EAJ 128 week update.
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Think Tank UD70 Giveaway!
Think Tank was kind enough to send me a UD70 and three custom pixel pocket rockets as giveaways for the forum for the end of the year. Make sure you use my link if you’re going to buy ANY think tank gear as you get a free gift (if you buy enough) and I get…
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PhotoExpo 2010
I went down to Javits yesterday to go to photoexpo for the first time. It was a “working” trip for the forum and gear reviews basically, but a lot of fun. I met up with 4 of the NSOP guys as well and we hit up the show from 10am until 3pm, then 4 of…
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ThinkTank Sling-O-Matic Video Review:
The think tank sling -O- matic 20 is a mouthful, let me start with that! I will say this is the most impressive sling bag I’ve tried to date, and that’s a long list (incase DLSR sling, LowePro classifieds (both sizes), Kata 3n1-30). If you want a killer sling that’s well thought out, this is…
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Photokina 2010
I normally don’t post too much about new camera announcements (even though I follow them pretty closely, I’m obviously a gear nut!), but this year’s photokina has 2 new compact cameras that have caught my attention enough I thought I’d mention them. The first is Fuji’s X100. It was announced before the show and EVERYONE…
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ThinkTankPhoto Lens Changer 3 video review!
I recently picked up a lens changer 3 from thinktankphoto. Well, I guess I shouldn’t say recently, I tend to take my time evaluating a product before I consider reviewing it because I want to see how I like the product after the initial “honeymoon” has worn off. For this reason my bag reviews generally…
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DOF calculator
Depth of Field Calculator Sensor/Film Size 35mm “Full Frame” DSLR or film 1.3x “crop” DSLR1.5x “crop” DSLR 1.6x “crop” DSLRDSLR with 4/3″ Sensor DSLR with MFT” Sensor digital compact with 2/3″ Sensor digital compact with 1/1.8″ Sensor digital compact with 1/2″ Sensor digital compact with 1/3″ Sensor Selected aperture F 1.0 F 1.2 F 1.4…
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flickr gallery test
this is how a photoset works: [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157624896877576″] this is how a tag works: [flickr-gallery mode=”tag” tags=”10-22″ tag_mode=”all”]
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ThinkTankPhoto Retrospective 10 Video Review:
Edit: this post was done before I’d had the bag for long. I’ve since done a video review of this bag that’s more in depth. Check that out here. The video is also the header image you see above, click that and you’ll be able to watch the review here. Thinktank announced the retrospective line…
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Canon 10-22mm EF-S to EF conversion:
I converted my 10-22mm to be able to be used on FF over the weekend. I wouldn’t call it a full conversion as it’s NOT and EF lens, and you CAN damage your FF camera (and possibly 1.3) if you’re not careful, so proceed at your own risk… But, taking canon’s rear baffle out and…