Monthly Archive for December, 2007

Wanna Get Your Gear Stolen or Damaged While Traveling? Don’t Read This.

30D with 28mm f/1.8 and EG-2 Battery Grip - cameraporn.net

Seeing that as I’m writing this I am mid-travel on my way to Trinidad, I felt it appropriate to talk a little bit about gear safety while traveling. As seasoned CameraPorn readers may know from previous posts, I from time-to-time travel to Trinidad (read here, here and here). This and a recent, horrible gear theft experience of a friend of mine (more on that later), got me thinking a little bit more about gear safety. Now I’m not talking about professional swimsuit photographers off to Bali, or insane conflict photographers to a war zone. I’m talking about you, and me and most of the readers of this blog… serious hobbyists, traveling for fun and shooting pleasure. For me these trips usually mean a hot, sweaty, foreign country, though the tips I’m going to share can apply to almost anything from a day trip to the desert or an adventure to remote villages in India.

And so we begin, 6 ways to keep your gear happy, safe and sound during your travels.

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Adorama has again re-upped their refurbished Canon inventory

Via the-digital-picture.com, Adorma has once again added a ton of great refurbed Canon items. Some notable items: 35mm f/1.4 L - $975, 50mm f/1.2 L - $1150, 200mm f/2.8 LII - $560, 400mm f/5.6 L - $949.95 and lots more. Get their quick because these things usually go pretty fast.

Check it out!

Canon 40D is Super Cheap at $1149

B&H Photo has the Canon 40D at the amazing price of $1149 for the body only. If you haven’t gotten one yet and aren’t waiting for the 5D successor, might be a good time to buy. Most likely the price is gonna jump back up after the holidays.

Get it at B&H

Aperture, ISO and Shutter Speed - The Good Kind of Threesome

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Canon 24-70mmL, f/2.8, ISO 1600, 0.125s

I thought I would take a little time and whip up an article about some photography basics. Please, please note the use of the word “basics” in that last sentence. If you’re been shooting for any appreciable length of time then you’re probably not going to get too much out of this. But given that we’re smack in the middle of the present giving time of year, it’s likely that in a few days there’s going to be a glut of new DSLR owners out there. What I’m aiming for is the article I wish I’d found when I first got my camera, to help explain the relationship between three critically important parameters: the ISO speed, aperture (or f-stop number), and shutter speed.

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5 Little Things Every DSLR Photographer Needs You To Buy Them For The Holidays

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So for the last few weeks I have been toying around with the idea of doing a holiday gift suggestion post, but until now I couldn’t get motivated to do it. Why? Who knows, maybe because most of these so-called “gift guides” are nothing more than paid advertisements and big wastes of time. So you might ask, what motivated me to finally get off my ass and do it? This…

Well, to be more specific, the first page. Now, I do love PopPhoto, and usually get a lot out of what I read there, but when this one popped into my feed reader and I clicked through, I almost didn’t make it past the first page. I mean, a 3D space navigator mouse thingie? an $80 card reader? a USB thumb drive? and a few other things that if I received I would smack someone. But seriously, what photographer wants this crap. There is a LensPen, good, at least one ray of light. Luckily, I was able to suppress the urge to break things long enough to get to the second page, and there we are, some good stuff, and the PopPhoto gift guide was saved, and actually has some really cool stuff, some of which I will mention here. If you plan on checking it out, I suggest starting on page 2 :)

So now you are probably wondering, what do the crazies at CameraPorn think you should get for that special photographer you love? Well, everything I’m going to list are things you should get for yourself, and if you have a few bucks left over, buy your friends something. I’ll keep it short, sweet and cheap. List after the jump.

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Could it be? New 5d on January 24th??

Via Gizmodo, it looks like a Swedish Canon exec had some loose lips and mentioned a new DSLR will be dropped in late January prior to the PMA. Could be a new Rebel, but my guess is the 5D successor.

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Flickr Stats Launched, and they are HOT!

Via the flickr blog, your flickr account now has detailed stats for images and your photostream, with info such as referrers, so you can see where your photos are getting linked from.

Check out the blog post or

Activate your stats

My New Toy…OMFG it’s a Nikon!

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That’s right, I bought my first nikon… and I’m lovin it so far. Does that mean I’m a nikon guy now? Hell no! Can’t I go both ways?

Anyways, here are my first impressions:

  • Amazing LCD. SO sharp and bright.
  • Very cool viewfinder… bright, big with 100% coverage.
  • High ISO/Low-light - wow. Such an improvement over other nikons I’ve used.
  • Too many buttons! Could be because I’m not used to working with a nikon, but wow, lots of buttons, switches and dials.

Lots more to come on this, but in the meantime, check out the first shots here.

Canon 1ds Mk III vs Nikon D3 - Who wins?

Photo Business News & Forum has posted very thorough hands-on comparison of these two flagships. Weird barbie pictures aside, (follow the link, and you’ll see what I mean) this 12 part post does a great job of bringing out both the strengths and weaknesses of each body.

Check it out!