While we had the K20D we got the chance to, briefly, see how it handled infrared photography The K20D is a great camera but, in the short time we had it before we needed to send it back, I was very curious to see how it handled IR photography. To this end we went out …
We test the K20D for image noise and general usefulness and find it to be an amazing camera. We were lucky enough to have the Pentax K20D in for review when it was the last opportunity to get down to the beach house for the end of the warm season (in Australia). The Pentax K20D …
Sometimes we are so overwhelmed by choice that we actually do nothing. There is a fix to this. Choice is a wonderful thing, it is the freedom we crave and so many in the world do not have. Yet choice can be a double-edged sword, especially when it comes to creativity. Whether we are a …
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Cliches stand the test of time because they contain some underlying truth, and I’m facing one of those right now. Time flies. Who hasn’t felt the truth of that zinger, usually accompanied by a sense that something wasn’t accomplished on time. Today I’m fortunate enough to savor the flip side … time has slipped by, …
ImageMaker photography tip number 6 Photography, along with other art forms, has so-called rules: rules of composition, color theory, and so on. Rather than being called rules, they really should be called principles. Part of our growth as an artist is to know these principles. Study of composition: ideas of rhythm, mass, line, form, contrast, …
Canon U.S.A., Inc. is proud to announce that Canon Inc. has achieved a new lens-manufacturing milestone as production of the Company’s EF lenses passed the 40-million mark. Press Release Production of interchangeable EF lenses for Canon EOS-series AF (autofocus) single-lens reflex cameras began in 1987 at the Company’s Utsunomiya Plant. Canon commemorated the production of …
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New DxO Correction Modules for Nikon DSLRs include the AF-S DX Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, the AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED, and the AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D Press Release DxO Labs announces today that DxO Optics Pro v5.0 now supports the Samsung GX20 DSLR camera body and an initial selection of lenses. DxO Optics Pro …
ImageMaker photography tip number 5 For many of us there is such a rush to new creation of images that we do not reconsider our old ones. Especially for those shooting digital, but even for film users, there is a perpetual focus on our latest images. We may do a lot of work on an …
ImageMaker photography tip number 4 When you shoot off-tripod, just how flexible are you? Shooting on tripod is for when you want to really work, carefully, a single position for a while. Shooting off tripod allows us huge freedom of movement, yet many of us do not make as much use of this as possible. …
ImageMaker photography tip number 3 Most of us do not use a tripod anywhere near as often as we should. But this oversight is easy to correct. Tripods have other benefits than just supporting the camera in very low light. They can help to make images sharper even at hand holdable shutter speeds, take some …