I was out all day yesterday with a stack of cameras and the Sigma 4.5mm and 10mm fisheye lenses With a pile of cameras to test I decided to get out of Melbourne for some country time. So a drive out to the North West of Melbourne took me into a variety of country, from …
As part of my testing of this lens I did some infrared shooting with this lens and my IR converted Canon 350D. Well, as I naturally do, I try everything in infrared, as well as visible. So naturally when I got the new Sigma 10mm F2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM lens in for testing I …
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We have tested the New Sigma lens for APS-C sized digital SLRs. We’ve put up an article on the Sigma 4.5mm lens on a Canon 350D converted for infrared photography over on our sister site, Experimental Digital Photography. Follow the link to go read it and examine the pictures.
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The dSLR market is maturing and so it is time for camera manufacturers to develop some courage and dare to be different. While there are lots of lovely things happening in the dSLR market, with excellent new models rolling out, there is a need for change as so many of these models just seem to …
With most manufacturers in a mad rush to add live preview to their newest dSLR cameras, it is worth considering its value for serious photographers. Many manufacturers see live preview as an important component in helping to migrate compact camera users over onto dSLRs. Frankly I find this very scary. While live preview is very …
We test the Canon G9 digital camera for image noise The Canon G-series have been great cameras, filling a great middle position between compact digitals and the digital SLR crowd. The G9 is a very nicely designed camera, having great control placement and layout, a good size and excellent image quality, at least at the …
A couple of days ago I attended a press event by Sony where there were many interesting discussions about Sony’s cameras and future. Sony’s current dSLR line-up is the A700, A350 and A200. There is also an A300 in some markets. The A700 is the oldest model in the range and the first all Sony …
The Maxtor Shared Storage II offers 1 TeraByte of storage space on your local network and some great backup software. For the last year I’ve been using a Maxtor Shared Storage II device. This NAS (network attached storage) device contains one terabyte of storage on two drives that you can configure as one 1 terabyte …