Category Archives: Cameras I’ve talked about lenses so much but -can you believe it- I’ve never actually done a post about focal length! Focal length is those main numbers you see on your lens. Like: 50mm or 24-105mm or {in my current dreams lens} 70-200mm. You may already know the basics of these numbers and that 50mm is… Pin It If you are viewing this post in your inbox or RSS reader, you may need to view on the blog to enable video playback. Pin It Pin It Yesterday, my Canon G1 X came in the mail. It was difficult to make the choice to buy such a pricey compact camera when there weren’t any reviews about it yet, but I put my faith in Canon and bought it anyway. You see, I’m always late at making commitments on technology. I bought my… Pin It This is a question I get often: “should I invest the money I’ve saved into a camera or a lens?” I think the answer is simple. Most dSLRS operate with {nearly} the same sensor, unless we’re talking the jump from crop frame to full frame sensor. Camera upgrades are merely bells & whistles. The lens… Pin It One of the most baffling features of choosing a new camera {or understanding your existing one} is sensor size and type. Are you baffled by the terms CMOS or APS-C? I was! And as usual, there’s a plain English explanation for this in the world of techie-jargon. First, let’s clear up some of the jargon…. Pin It As a photographer, I am constantly fielding questions about ‘good’ cameras, which camera to buy, how to find a camera that ‘takes better pictures’. And don’t get me wrong, this is great. People should ask for advice before deciding on such purchases. But being the public photographer I am, I also get emails from my… Pin ItSo many of my readers are getting into employing back button focusing more since I started talking about it here on this guest post for RTS. But then I introduced metering modes in my Backlighting 101 series and now, everyone’s wondering ‘how do I tell the camera what point to meter from AND where to… Pin It The following is a guest post by Aby Davis. When I was 16 I fell in love in a big way. I went to an all-girls school in Bath and when it came for my friends and I to choose our A Level courses, a few of us went for the wildcard and picked the… Pin It |
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