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 couple of recent panoramas of Spring daffodils in Market Harborough and some older panoramas of Hōtoku Ninomiya Jinja and Ōiso, Japan. [...]
Tags: Market Harborough, Panorama Posted in Photos | No Comments » Last updated 2012/03/22 by Dave Kennard
Panoramic photos taken during a walk up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, near Loch Ness, Scotland, in Autumn 2011. [...]
Tags: Highlands, Loch Ness, Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, Mountains, Scotland Posted in Photos | No Comments » Last updated 2012/03/15 by Dave Kennard
Tips for taking the nadir (down) image for a 360° panorama. By following these tips when taking the panorama you can minimise your time patching the nadir in Photoshop. [...]
Tags: Panorama Posted in Photography Tutorials | 1 Comment » Last updated 2012/03/03 by Dave Kennard
Some panoramas from Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, the Abriachan Forest in Scotland, and Hakone in Japan. [...]
Tags: Abriachan, Ashigarashimo District, Edinburgh, Hakone, Highlands, Holyrood Park, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region, Mountains, Panorama, Scotland Posted in Photos | No Comments » Last updated 2012/02/24 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
Some panoramas taken on a walk near East Farndon, England, during the snowy period in February 2012. [...]
Tags: East Farndon, Panorama Posted in Photos | No Comments » Last updated 2012/02/13 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
