The traditional process of auto focus adjustments is a long drawn out procedure that requires quite a bit of accuracy in the alignment and setup of the targets and some skill and guesswork in reading the results. However, there is an alternative method that works just as well but requires a whole lot less prep work. In addition there is now software that automates this process making it virtually painless.
Points in Focus takes a look at the public beta of Lightroom 3. New features include an vastly improved rendering engine, a new import dialog box, real watermarking and much more.
Canon has introduced their latest professional body targeted at photojournalists and sports photographers. The EOS 1D Mark 4, brings image quality improvements, video and new higher ISO support (upto ISO102400) to Canon’s line of digital SLRs.
Canon’s 100-400 maybe isn’t the best-built lens, the push pull design makes the bearings and zoom lock prone to picking up sand or dust from the lens’s body. However, it is one of my favorites. I actually like the push pull zoom for a lens of the range, and my copy is very sharp.
However, for …
I’ve posted some of my images from the 4th Annual Dania Beach Vintage motorcycle show in my gallery. The show was put on by the Sunshine chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, and there was a solid turnout; including over 80 antique motorcycles dating all the way back to the …
Memorizing f-numbers is sometimes argued as being useful. I disagree, while knowing the f-stops can be useful, there’s simply no reason to spend time memorizing them for the sake of memorizing them.
The Ec-S Super Precision Matte focus screen is one of 12 user interchangeable focus screen for the Canon EOS-1 series SLRs. The Ec-S screen is designed to provide a higher level of precision for visualizing the shallow depth of field associated with fast lenses.
The traditional process of auto focus adjustments is a long drawn out procedure that requires quite a bit of accuracy in the alignment and setup of the targets and some skill and guesswork in reading the results. However, there is an alternative method that works just as well but requires a whole lot less prep work. In addition there is now software that automates this process making it virtually painless.
