Some more nuances of the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR I have found out about after using it a bit more, along with my experience of using a Nikon G to Canon EF mount adapter and the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in Nikon mount on the camera. [...]
Tags: Canon 5D Mk II, Nikon G F mount to Canon EOS EF mount adapter, Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX Fisheye zoom lens Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/05/03 by Dave Kennard
Lots of photos from my first afternoon using a Canon 5D Mk II camera, with the Canon 100mm/2.8 Macro and Miranda 24mm/2.8 MC Macro lenses. How the handling and operation compares to the Nikon D200 and Canon 450D I am used to using, and a brief note on what I think of the image quality. [...]
Tags: Canon 5D Mk II, Olympus OM to Canon EOS EF mount adapter Posted in Photos, Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/04/27 by Dave Kennard
A review of the SteadePod camera stabilising device that screws into the bottom of your camera, including crops of example photos taken with and without the SteadePod. [...]
Tags: SteadePod Posted in Reviews and info | 1 Comment » Last updated 2012/02/18 by Dave Kennard
A short review of how Benvista PhotoZoom Pro 4, onOne Perfect Resize 7, and the Bicubic Sharper method in Photoshop compare for uprezzing a photo. [...]
Tags: Photoshop Posted in Reviews and info | 2 Comments » Last updated 2012/02/04 by Dave Kennard
A photographer was arrested for failing to give his details when asked because 'the way he was positioning his camera and the way it was making some members of the public feel, could be construed as anti-social or indecent'. So I tried to find out from the police what these positions of a camera that can be construed as anti-social or indecent are. [...]
Tags: Photographers' Rights Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2018/10/30 by Dave Kennard
Some test recordings using the Olympus LS-5 digital sound recorder. The tests include wind resistance with and without the windscreens and a wind muff, and how the auto level, limiter, and low cut options affect the recording. [...]
Tags: Olympus LS-5 Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/01/21 by Dave Kennard
A brief look at how Adobe Camera RAW handles the white balance setting for visible light photos taken with the Fuji IS Pro camera. [...]
Tags: Adobe Camera RAW, B+W 486 UV-IR Cut filter, Fuji IS Pro, White Balance Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2011/12/22 by Dave Kennard
How the Fuji IS-Pro camera copes with full spectrum, infrared, and visible light only photography at night. [...]
Tags: B+W 486 UV-IR Cut filter, B+W UV 010 MRC filter, Fuji IS Pro, Hitech 85 Infrared filter, Infrared Photography Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2011/12/12 by Dave Kennard
Testing the effects of UV-cut, Polarizing, and Redhancer filters on full spectrum and infrared photography with the Fuji IS-Pro camera. [...]
Tags: B+W 486 UV-IR Cut filter, B+W 491 Redhancer filter, B+W UV 010 MRC filter, Cokin P filter system, Fuji IS Pro, Hitech 85 Infrared filter Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2011/12/12 by Dave Kennard
Discount code for 30% off Topaz products such as Topaz Adjust, Denoise, and the plugin bundle. [...]
Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2011/11/16 by Dave Kennard
