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The gotcha that got me I’m fortunate to have been able to get in to the new EOS 5D Mark III and Speedlite 600EX-RT with ST-E3-RT, but they have caught me out with a little trick of their own. I’m often asked to demonstrate how the workflow with Canon EOS Utility and Digital Photo Professional …

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 …

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 …

Fill-in flash depends on the camera exposure mode Fill-in flash is often used to reduce the contrast that occurs in photos that have a bright backlight, these typically leave your subject with a dark face as it’s in shadow. Adding a pop of flash will lower the contrast range and light the face. Canon E-TTL …

Tyler Stableford is a Canon USA Explorer of Light, he’s been given the task to try out the new Speedlite 600EX-RT and the ST-E3 Speedlite transmitter in conjunction with the EOS-1Dx. The results are seen in a new video that Tyler has posted on Vimeo.

I’ve reached my own blog milestone with this post, it’s blog post number 100 to be published here on p4pictures. When I started blogging on this site I had many ideas and thoughts about what I would say, things started off slowly and admittedly last summer it got a bit slow for updates, but at …

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 …

The Uk’s biggest annual photography and imaging show, Focus on Imaging from the 4th to 7th of March lets get close to the latest and greatest that the industry has to offer. I’m really happy to say i’ll be there on the Canon booth – L26, right in front of the entrance at hall 10 …

After reading Syl Arena’s book the Speedliters Handbook I decided to purchase one of the 10 metre long OCF33 off camera cords that Syl was selling. Right after receiving the cable I started to experiment with some set-ups using the long cable to put a speedlite a long way off-camera. It works as I expected, …

I’ve owned an EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens almost since it became available in the UK, but for resons I can’t think of I haven’t shot with it much. I think that more often than not I take the smaller and lighter 70-200mm f/4L lens when I have a bag full of kit, …