Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: Astrophotography
This wasn’t one of the planned reviews, but after spending several hours shooting the night sky on Friday, I knew that I had to change the plan a little and say something about the E-M5’s capabilities in this arena. I realize that astrophotography is a pretty niche application and I don’t know how many of [...]
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review: General Shooting
This is probably the toughest of the reviews to write, just because I want to cover a number of different points. You can probably think of this one as a catch-all, the place for anything that doesn’t exactly fit with the other, more specific posts that are coming (I’ve been writing them out of sequence). [...]
Best of 2011
Another year has passed, another trip around the sun, and another few thousand photos taken. It’d be cliche to make any grand, sweeping statements about the year; there were highs and lows, amazing moments captured and others missed, lessons learned and re-learned. Looking back through my favorite images, there are some good memories. There’s also [...]
Review – Canon 70-200L f/4 IS
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a gear review, mostly because my rate of gear acquisition has slowed dramatically since the spring. The reason is simple; I’ve finally added the last necessary lens to my bag. “Necessary,” is of course the key word here. There are still an easy half-dozen lenses that I’d love [...]
Best of 2010
Now that 2010 is over, it’s time for that annual looking-back, the year-in-review, just to remember the good moments and see how far we’ve come. For me, 2010 was a good year for photography – I organized and shot at my first Strobist workshop; got together with a number of folks and made some great [...]
Rethinking Live View
Certain features are quick to catch my negative attention when released. Anyone who has followed me on here has probably noticed this. The list isn’t huge, but it is distinctive: L glass, video modes, LiveView…all have been common targets for my scorn. Unfortunately – and I say unfortunately, because it’s unfortunate for my self-image if [...]
Canon 17-35mm L – Review
If camera gear is truly addictive, then I’m an addict. I find that it’s hard to be satisfied with a lens – it seems that there’s always a better, faster model, with just one more feature. So when I do finally find one that I’m completely happy with, it’s exciting. A while back, you may [...]
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 [...]
