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Adorama 4-way Focusing Rails: A Review

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I picked up the Adorama’s 4-way Focusing Rails recently to try out with my wife’s Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5X Macro lens. Adorama lists 2 versions of their 4-way Focusing Rails…one for ~$180 and a budget one for ~$80. I’m not sure what the difference is between the two but based on recommendations, I picked the [...]

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Canon 50mm f/1.2 L Lens Review

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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I borrowed my wife’s Canon 50mm f/1.2 L lens today….and figured I’d do a review of this stunning lens. This thing is built like a tank but isn’t too heave…and it produces some excellent photographs. Before I continue…I am NOT the target user for a 50mm lens but I thought I’d write this review up anyway. [...]

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Canon 400mm 5.6 L Lens Review

Monday, February 15, 2010

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I’ve previously written up a short review of this lens (see my post titled “Canon 400mm 5.6 L USM- Mini review“) but wanted to follow it up with another, more in-depth review. Although I recently fell in love with the Canon 500mm f/4 L IS USM lens after renting it from Borrowlenses.com, the Canon 400mm 5.6 [...]

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Canon 500mm f/4.0 L IS USM Review – An amazing lens

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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What can I say about the Canon 500mm lens? I love this lens! I can’t really add much more to the great reviews that already exists on this lens. There are tons of good reviews on the Canon 500mm out there. When you read those reviews, you see words like ’superb’, ’super lens’, ‘tack sharp’, ‘excellent’ and [...]

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Follow-up review of Freehands Gloves

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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I’ve had the opportunity to get out into the field with my new pair of Freehands Gloves (see my initial review here). Do I like these gloves? Nope. I love them! These gloves have made my life so much nicer when out shooting in the cold. Throw the gloves on, pull the fingers back and go. No [...]

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Off-Camera Flash + Beautiful Sunset

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

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Here’s a change of pace from the bird photos….Tracie and I were outside the other night playing with off-camera flash. We had a beautiful sunset behind us so Tracie set me up to take advantage of the color behind me.

Captured with Canon 5D Mark II with Canon 24-70. This is straight out of the camera with no PP.

She used one Canon 580EX II flash off-camera and one 580 on-camera.