Starting tonight, midnight July 6, Canon EOS-7D body and 2 lens kits will have instant rebates of up to $600 through August 2. Canon EOS-7D body: Canon EOS-7D Digital SLR Camera Body, 18.0 Megapixel, with Advanced Movie...
We “discovered” this 2011 Discovery Channel video on how lenses are made. (The video refers to “television” lenses and the lenses are from JML Optical.) Though there are lots of marketing videos...
Most digital camera LCDs don’t fare too well in bright sunlight. The image displayed is washed out and it can be quite challenging composing on the LCD. If you have a viewfinder, it helps tremendously. However...
The (Shooting) Mode Dial is the round dial sitting on the top of your camera, usually on the top right side (viewing from the rear). It has different settings marked on it, such as Auto, PASM, and perhaps C, SCN, etc...
This video presents “Stories from the Northwest: WWII – The Photo That Almost Wasen’t.” The story behind, “Wait for Me Daddy.” “On October 1, 1940, Dettloff was photographing...
Most of us can shoot good fireworks pictures by simply pointing at the sky and taking a snapshot of the exploding cascade of colors. But after dozens, if not hundreds of such photos, you tire quickly of them. This is...
This video presents “Happy Canada Day from Google Maps!” “To help celebrate Canada Day, we wanted to take you on a tour through Canada’s beautiful landscape in Google Maps.” Please click...
If you are just starting out in photography — or if you have been shooting in JPEG exclusively — and wondered just what shooting in RAW means, here’s a primer on it. Understanding RAW File Format When...
