Image stabilisation cannot stop a moving subject giving a blurred result if you choose a shutter speed that is too slow. This post has been prompted by a number of photographers who told me they were waiting for a new stabilised lens or camera to enable them to get sharper shots in low light. The …
Fish-eye lenses are really fun to use, but for most photographers are something that you would use only rarely. I recently had the opportunity to use the amazing EF 8-15mm f/4L USM fish-eye zoom lens. On a full-frame camera this lens reduces a characteristic circular image and you need to take care not to get …
EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM is my new 85mm lens, it has replaced my RF 85mm F2 Macro IS USM. I’ve owned a Canon 85mm lens since the early 1990s, and it fair to say I loved my original EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. That lens is the only one that I owned before I started …
E-TTL balance changes how your camera adjusts the balance of Speedlite and ambient light. You need to be using a automatic exposure mode on the camera and E-TTL on the Speedlite. When you take photos that combine flash and available light, there’s always a ratio between the flash and the ambient light. The E-TTL balance …
Face + tracking AF method is the one I use the most for my photos, and it finds a subject remarkably well, but you can also choose more specifically where to look for the subject. The key to gaining control over subject identification is the setting of initial servo AF point for face + tracking …
EF 135mm f/2L USM is one of my absolute favourite lenses. For almost 20 years I have felt that putting it on any EOS camera made me try harder with my photography, and raise my game to do the lens justice. What’s remarkable is that this lens has been in the Canon lineup for so long. …
When I first saw the EOS R camera, it was fitted with a lens that I instantly thought was huge, and completely opposite to the idea that mirrorless cameras would mean smaller lighter camera bags. That lens was the RF 28-70mm F2L USM. Fast forward to 2022, and the lens is not any smaller or …
Right at the end of the year I managed to get to work with Xanthe Rose again. I cannot believe it was so long since we’d last made photos together. That was a Speedlite workshop in March 2020 just before the world was tipped upside down. Working with Xanthe Rose is a true pleasure, she’s a friendly …