Speedlites arrived – first thoughts My new Speedlite 600EX-RTs and ST-E3-RT arrived just over twenty four hours ago, rather fortuitous as I need to be demonstrating them at some upcoming events soon. First impressions, the radio is easy to set-up, I didn’t need to read the manual and was able to get the two 600EX’s …
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Very pleased to say my EOS 5D Mark III is now in my hands Even more fun is coming real soon because there are also some Speedlite 600EX-RTs and an ST-E3 on the way too… Fortunately I don’t own a cat so I won’t be testing it by taking cat pictures, but instead it will …
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Canon launches specialist EOS 60Da for astrophotography The EOS 60Da is the company’s second specialist astrophotography model, many years ago Canon they produced the EOS 20Da with a specially modified low-pass filter and an early implementation of live view mode. According to Canon… EOS 60Da supplied with essential accessories for astrophotography The EOS 60Da includes …
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So that was Focus 2012… Finally with the doors closed, the visitors gone and stands packed down I think it’s time to share my thoughts on the Focus on Imaging show. I haven’t seen official attendance figures, but there were times each day when some walkways were so busy it was hard to move around …
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The EOS 600D is the third model in the Canon line-up to feature an integrated Speedlite Transmitter. Simply pop-up the built-in flash navigate round the camera menus and you can control multiple off-camera Speedlite flashes right from the camera. With the Speedlite transmitter function being a new feature at this level in the range Canon …
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There are a great number of books about flash photography available, however there are not so many that are specifically about getting the most out of the Canon Speedlites. There are certainly not many that go in to the depth that Syl Arena’s new book entitled Speedliter’s Handbook does. For the sake of full disclosure …
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Spring is here, and Canon has announced a whole collection of new products: EOS 600D EOS 1100D Speedlite 320EX and Speedlite 270EX II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF600mm f/4L IS II USM EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXTENDER 1.4x Some new IXUS cameras, PIXMA printers and six new calculators… The number 6 has appeared …
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