Cameras

As you may recall, a few years back, I moved from Canon to Panasonic’s Lumix line of Micro Four-Thirds cameras. I made this decision for two reasons: 1) I’d just trekked around the Alaskan Panhandle carrying a EOS body and a 100-400mm lens for a week and the size and...

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  • December 7, 2018

As you may or may not know, I’ve been getting into the Micro Four-Thirds mirrorless camera format for the last year or so. It started right after I lugged around a giant gripped dSLR, a 24-105mm lens and a 100-400mm lens all over the Alaskan Panhandle. Upon returning to 75Central...

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  • August 23, 2014

In October of last year, after lugging my Canon dSLR and a couple of really heavy L lenses around Alaska for a week, I made the decision that I needed something smaller. I’d been thinking about it for a while, having bought a Fujifilm x100 a couple of years ago,...

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  • June 9, 2014

So, I’ve been contemplating a buying a new lens, but I couldn’t decide on what focal length I needed.  Did I want 11-16? 24-70? 24-105? 100-400?  600? I could make arguments for any of these, but I was still indecisive.  So, I decided to see what focal lengths I have...

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  • March 28, 2013

I regularly troll the local (DFW) Craigslist photo page looking for potential bargains to add to my kit.  Unfortunately, I’ve never found anything that seemed like something I’d want to spend my money on.  And that’s probably because almost everything on there is being sold by people that have unrealistic...

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  • August 19, 2011

This is a pretty cool video shot by Colin Rich on a Canon 5D mkII and a 7D. LA Light – Los Angeles Timelapse from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

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  • August 8, 2011

This project on Kickstarter adds a proper shutter button to the iPhone.  I hope it gets made…I would totally buy one.  As it is now, I find it awkward to press the onscreen shutter button on the iPhone, so this would definitely help take my iPhoneography skillz up a notch....

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  • June 3, 2011

This article over at ShutterSalt highlights why the iPhone is about to become the most-popular camera over on Flickr.  And they present seven shots to back it up.  As you may know, I’m an avid iPhoneographer and am glad to see confirmation of the power and popularity of Apple’s device....

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  • May 10, 2011