Do You Primarily Shoot with Zoom or Prime Lenses?

Time for another dPS poll. This one is for DSLR users (which is the vast majority of our readers) and revolves around the type of lenses being used in our community.

Do You Primarily Shoot with Zoom or Prime Lenses?

A quick recap for those not familiar with prime lenses – in short they’re a fixed focal length lens. Of course a zoom lens is one which you can…. well…. zoom. It is generally named with the range of its zoom.

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Recovering lost or deleted files – Backing Up & Saving Your Images: Part 4

This post is the final part in our Backing Up and Saving Your Images series. See previous posts on Backing up and Saving Your Images – External Hard Drives – Online Storage Sites and Software Solutions.

That crushing, sickening and agonising feeling of realising your memory card has corrupted or for whatever reason you’ve lost some of your most important or sentimental images, can stay with you for some time. It’s that combination of frustration and disappointment that takes its toll; ..read more

How I spread my photography business for maximum profitability

Off the top of your head, what do you think photographers do? Take pictures? Yep. What else? So much more!

As a business woman, I soon learned that if I was going to be a photographer who eats, I had to branch out. I learned not to rely on my clients for all my income. I had to rely on ME. When I tell my friends that I work 40 hours a week, they’re baffled. I know they’re thinking ‘but we’ve ..read more

PAG Orbitor – HDsLR Video Support System

I’ve tried very hard to film with my Canon 5DMKII, the footage is awesome, the color is great and the depth of field and that “prime lens look” are really amazing, but what kills it for me? trying to keep that darn camera still! Introducing, PAG Orbitor

I don’t know if you’ve used one of the HDsLR cameras that are avaliable today, but most all of them are manual focus whilst in video mode. This in itself isn’t a big deal, ..read more

Just Posted: Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS / IXUS 300 HS review

Just Posted: Our review of the Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS /IXUS 300 HS compact digital camera. Canon’s latest style compact comes with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor and a new HS system that is promises both low-light performance and high-speed photography. Mixing point-and-shoot simplicity with a broad feature set and high degree of user control for those who want it isn’t an easy balance to strike. So did the matte black version we tested shine or fade into the background? Read ..read more

Canon posts firmware update for EOS 7D digital SLR

Canon has posted a firmware update for its EOS 7D digital SLR. Firmware v1.2.2 fixes AF point selection and display bugs occuring under specific shooting conditions, and also addresses an error in movie mode. It also corrects misspellings in the Spanish and Thai language menus. The firmware is available for immediate download from Canon’s website.

 

Click here for more information and to download firmware v1.2.2 for Canon EOS 7D

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Which Canon Speedlite Flash Is Right for You?

Looking at buying a canon Speedlite flash but not sure which one is right for you? In this post Phil Steele sheds some light on the topic (PS: if there’s anyone in our readership who’d like to do a similar post on other brands we’d be interested in publishing it).

Investing in a hot-shoe flash can be an intimidating step for many photographers. No one wants to suffer the buyer’s remorse that comes from spending hundreds of dollars only to discover ..read more

How are You Going with Your Photographic Goals for 2010?

At the start of 2010 we challenged our readers to think about what their photographic goals would be for 2010 (the article contained 30 suggested goals).

It’s now halfway through the year and so when Christen contacted us over the weekend to remind us of that post we thought it might be a good time to get everyone thinking about their photographic goals again – in two main ways:

are you moving toward the photographic goals that you set at the start ..read more

Canon releases firmware updates for EOS-1D Mark IV and Rebel T2i

Canon has released firmware updates for its EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS Rebel T2i/550D digital SLRs. Firmware v1.0.8 for both cameras fixes a bug in the movie mode. The update for the EOS 1D Mark IV also corrects misspellings in the French and Spanish language menus. The latest versions are available for immediate download from Canon’s website.

 

Click here to download firmware v1.0.8 for the EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR

Click here to download firmware v1.0.8 for the EOS Rebel ..read more

Using The Ray-Flash Ring Flash Adapter To Reduce Shadows

I was recently lent a rather unique and useful flash adapter by the folks at Ray-Flash.  It’s an adapter that fits over specific strobe and camera combinations in order to make the strobe usable as a ring flash.  For those not familiar with a ring flash, in professional photography studios it is a circular flash that typically uses an accompanying softbox and special adapter to allow shots to be taken through the hole in the middle of the light.  ..read more

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