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Canon 28mm 1.8 EF - Like the ex you just keep going back to

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on May 13, 2007

in Gear Reviews and Lenses

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Sexiness Ratings:
Value to your kit
:(4 of 5 stars)
Build quality
:(3 of 5 stars)
Image Quality
:(4 of 5 stars)
Jealousy Factor
:(3 of 5 stars)
Bang for your buck
:(4 of 5 stars)
Overall Sexiness
:(3 of 5 stars)

This was the first lens I got when I started getting into the world of SLR photography. Like rygood, I am shooting with a Canon 30D. It’s a fantastic camera to learn on, but one of the things you always have to be mindful of is the 1.6 multiplier on the 30D you have to apply to focal lengths to get the equivalent to a full frame camera. Since my good friend Peter pointed out that a 35mm focal length is roughly what the human eye sees, making it a great length to start shooting with since it’s nice and familiar, this 28mm lens gets me pretty close that that 35mm effective length after applying the multiplier. Rock!

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BG-E2 Battery Grip - Size Does Matter

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on April 25, 2007

in Accessories and Gear Reviews

. 2 Comments

Sexiness Ratings:
Value to your kit
:(4 of 5 stars)
Build quality
:(5 of 5 stars)
Jealousy Factor
:(3 of 5 stars)
Bang for your buck
:(4 of 5 stars)
Overall Sexiness
:(3 of 5 stars)

Hello out there in camera land, this is chl coming at you with my first review! This, as it turns out, is the first piece of gear we’re talking about that does not affect image quality in any way. Thus the lack of image quality rating stars up there. Nonetheless, I consider this to be a critical component to my kit.

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Turbocharge Photoshop Performance

The Online Photographer put together a great piece on using an external hard drive to speed up Photoshop performance.. basically utilizing it the external as your scratch disk. I’ll definitely be trying this. To see how you can turbocharge your Photoshop, click here.

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It Really is All About the Glass

From OnTakingPictures via Thomas Hawk, photographer Bill Wadman goes into why he would take a quality lens and cheap camera over expensive camera and cheapie lens in any situation. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve had this conversation with people when they ask me for advice on what camera or lens to buy.

He is pretty much spot on with everything he is saying and this quote about says it all: “I saw a girl with a high-end Gitzo tripod, 5D body, and some crappy consumer level zoom lens on the front. Honestly, I almost pushed her over the edge.” …as you should have! Check it out here.

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Awesome info for Canon Point and Shoot Owners

Found from our friends over at Digg, there’s an excellent post at Lifehacker that you really, really want to read if you own a Canon point an shoot. I won’t spoil everything, but the short of it is that there’s free, non-volatile, hacked firmware that can add tons and tons of useful features (RAW shooting, to top the list) to your kit. You really want to read this. Like now.

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More Canon 5d Mark II Rumors

Via Photography Bay, it seems Canon’s German site posted some information for a short period of time, and though its in German, looks like 16 MP and due in June. We’ve been expecting an announcement around ~~April 22nd or 24th~~ from other rumors. More details as we get them. Check out the story and more screenshots here.

Update: Obviously nothing happened on either the 22nd or 24th… I’m not at all happy about it… I want my 5D Mark II dammit! We will of course keep you updated with any new developments.

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