Category: gear
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New Gear: Canon s90!
I picked up a canon s90 the other night at Best Buy as a band aid on the whole video thing. I think it’ll do OK with videos for now, but we’ll see. BB had ~10 hidden under the counter, the gal didn’t even know they were there. I’d called earlier and just read them a sku…
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SOLD!: EVERYTHING CANON (almost)!
well, after drowning my 5Dii I got to do some soul searching and I’ve decided to go with a Nikon D700 as it’s replacement. It has NOT been an easy decision and I still hope it’s the right one… But this means I have to sell off all my canon specific gear so I…
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New Gear: Canon 35mm f2 and 100mm f2
Well, the 135L sold quickly which allowed me to order it’s replacement(s)! I didn’t use the 135L all that much, but I did enjoy it’s speed for it’s length and the idea of using it as a travel tele (we haven’t been traveling a whole lot). I’ve also owned a 85mm 1.8 at one point…
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For Sale: Canon 135L
Yep, I’m selling my 135L. I know I know, I’ve said I never would, and I’ve paired down my lineup with this lens as my travel tele (selling my 70-200 f4 IS) but the fact is I just don’t use this lens enough to justify keeping it. I’ll be replacing it with something similar, but…
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For Sale: Kata 3N1-30
I’m selling the Kata. I just haven’t used it much really. Basically, it’s bigger than I need because I want to carry a 100-400 on my body. To accomodate that, kata went with a thicker bag to also accomodate 1 series bodies or griped smaller bodies. There’s also a ton more room in the top…
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Lens Test: sigmalux -vs- 50L
Well a friend of mine came down to shoot a sunrise with me. He knew I’d picked up the sigma so he brought his L along to do a shoot out. We used my body because my siggy front focuses a bit (which I’ve corrected for in camera) but his 50L back focuses on my…
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New Gear, Sigma 12-24mm!
Yes, I’m retracing my routes with this one was well… I originally bought the siggy 12-24mm when I had my 10D knowing a 1Dii was in my near future… It’s the go to wide prime for the 1 series IMHO because that body needs full frame lenses and the 17-40 and 16-35 lose enough of…
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Lens Test Pattern…
yeah, needing to UL this obviously means I had to use it. My BRAND NEW sigma is/was front focusing slightly (by 1cm). So I went through the process of adjusting it in camera and it’s great now! I’m at +10 which might be a tad too much actually. When it was at 0, the back…
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New Gear; Tenba Insert/DIY backpack!
Well I’ve been working on another DIY bag project lately. I’ve used nothing but shoulder bags for a long time now, but with the lenses I’ve been carrying around they aren’t ideal all the time. So I’ve been wanting a backpack/sling bag to help distribute the load, but keep my gear within a quick unzip…
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New Gear; Sigma 50mm 1.4!
Well I got a bit crazy this past week and sold off my 50mm 1.4 and the 100mm macro I’d traded for my 20mm 1.8. My canon 50mm 1.4 was a good lens, it’s just that I’ve heard great things about the sigma so I figured I’d change things up a bit. Basically the sigma…
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Bag: Lowe Pro Top Load Zoom!
I can’t believe I don’t have a post on this yet? Anyway, this is the holster bag I ski with. It’s not perfect, but it’s really good. The strap system sucks, but not bad enough I’ve replaced it yet (which would be pretty easy). It works as needed.
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New Gear; Canon 100mm Macro
This is a lens I owned a while ago, and ended up selling due to lack of use. I’m 99% sure that will be the case again this time, but someone offered it to me in trade for my sigma 20mm. So I swapped knowing I can sell this easier than the sigma. These images…
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Tokina 11-16mm
Someone on a forum mentioned this lens works at ~13.5mm on FF. Well It’s a fantastic lens, so I had a co-worker bring his in today so I could try it… Turns out it ONLY works at 16mm, so it’s not an option for me…
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DIY GND
This is an idea I’ve been playing with for a while now. I use X-pro cokin filters and they don’t have a a 10-stop ND available. Actually, no one does. So I took some plexi, got it cut down to the right size and took it to the local tint shop and had them put…