I provide training on the most popular cameras In the past I’ve followed the market shares of camera brands quite closely, these days it’s not so critical, but it’s important to ensure I provide training for the most important camera system, the one that sells the most cameras. That is why I specialise in providing …
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I’m off on my travels this week, today I’m in Oslo, Norway to deliver some training for the sales staff of a photo specialist retailer. It’s going to be fun as I’m covering a range of products from EOS, PowerShot and even Legria camcorders. I’ll also cover technical and product specific elements to help the …
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Behind the scenes It’s popular to show some outtakes or making-of type behind-the-scenes videos and images. In many cases this needs a separate camera operator to capture this while the action takes place. I had a thought about using Linked Shot with the Speedlite 600EX-RT and ST-E3-RT to take a few behind the scenes pictures …
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Cracking the Canon lens code Canon lenses have a series of letters and numbers as part of their model names that actually tells you plenty about their capabilities and characteristics. If you are just enjoying your first Canon EOS camera than it’s good to know how the lens names work, and importantly which lenses are …
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Improved photos with Digital Lens Optimizer (DLO) I’ve written about Digital Lens Optimizer earlier this year on this site, and then also was commissioned to write about it for Canon Professional Network (CPN). Just a day or so ago Canon’s EOS division in Japan added new information with a lot of detail about what DLO …
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EOS 7D gets better with v2 firmware From August 2012 EOS 7D owners will get some valuable enhancements to their cameras – for free. In a somewhat strange move Canon has issued a press release announcing that version 2 firmware is coming and bringing a lot of updates to the camera. Hurry up August I …
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Awesome Focus – 61-point AF – that’s what I needed EOS 5D Mark III just passed one of the toughest tests for AF i’ve thrown at it. I shot a kick boxing match over the weekend. The conditions are a great torture test for any camera. Light levels were low, I was shooting with wide …
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EF 40mm f/2.8 STM The EF 40mm f/2.8 STM is Canon’s first EF pancake lens with a fixed focal length of 40mm and wide f/2.8 aperture. It is ideally suited to photographers who want a versatile, compact and lightweight lens for portrait, reportage, travel or landscape situations. Precision control over the circular, seven-blade aperture is …
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