Canon have just released the EF11-24mm f/4L USM Lens, and having picked mine up on the day of release, after a few outings around the city here in Tokyo we're going to take a look at this lens and its images today. When I first heard about the rumours that Canon were...
Following on from my First Impressions review of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, today we're going to dive in a little deeper, and see how this new offering faired during my Winter Wonderland Tours here in Japan over the last few months. Although I'll touch on some of these...
Canon recently released a long awaited Mark II version of their legendary 100-400mm lens, that was loved by many until the resolution of our cameras out-grew it. Today we're going to take a look at this new lens, to see if it was worth the wait. As the megapixels of...
A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a Canon EOS 7D Mark II, and last week used it to shoot three days with the adorable Snow Monkeys in Nagano, four hours north-west of Tokyo, and I'm now in a position to talk about my first impressions. I'll follow up with a more...
Today I'm going to walk you through a few tips for shooting images to later stitch together to create high resolution panorama photographs. We're going to cover two methods for finding the No Parallax Point which helps with avoiding parallax shift, as well as looking...
Eleven years ago, if you'd asked me which was my favourite lens, without hesitation I would have told you the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L lens. It was versatile, with a huge zoom range, and light—a very hand-holdable lens. But that was back when cameras had 6...
Two days before I left for my 2014 Iceland Tour, I picked up my shiny new iPhone 6 Plus, and have used it for panos, video and photo sharing etc. over the last two weeks, so this week I share my thoughts on the iPhone 6 Plus from 2 weeks in Iceland. This year's...
Today I'm really happy to bring you an interview with Brian Burling, founder of eMotimo, a San Francisco based company that makes the TB3, a 3-axis motion-controlled camera robot that allows you to capture moving timelapse, video and stop motion video more easily and...
This week we're going to take a look at the very simple but incredibly functional Manfrotto Expan Drive Background Support system, that enables you to set up to three rolls of seamless background paper simultaneously, then raise and lower them as necessary using a...
At the end of March I did a studio shoot with two families in traditional Japanese kimonos, and was able to get some behind the scenes shots of the professional kimono fitter actually dressing some of the subjects. Today I'm going to walk you through the studio set up...
After many moons, finally here's my Canon EF 200-400mm F4 L EXT 1.4X lens review! As you may recall, I bought this lens back in June 2013, as I was able to get a good deal on some old gear that I sold to pay for it. I've dragged my feet on this review though, because...
I received a question recently from listener Derek Bezuidenhout asking about condensation issues in cold weather. I'm asked this a lot and usually have one main bit of advice and that is to ensure you put your gear back into your camera bag before going indoors....