Nikon describes this DX model as a “professional-standard camera” … not a professional camera. One giveaway is the onboard flash cell: pros look askance when they see this (IMHO) useful feature. So it’s not pro and its not raw amateur. But it beats me why the company could not have installed a vari-angle LCD screen [...]
Amid all the clamour of Olympus’ and Panasonic’s support for the Micro Four Thirds format, it’s easy to forget that not everyone wants, needs or can fathom the intricacies of a DSLR or its kin. Canon has done very well with its G series fixed lens, compact digicams. So it seems natural that Olympus should [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed it, there has been a rush to the door of maxi zooms in compact digital cameras: Canon hit first, with a 35x, rapidly followed by a 30x model. Examples at full wide and full tele: Nikon joins the throng with this camera, sedately traveling along with a 21x zoom that [...]
The more zeros in a model’s ID, the lower are the specs. This one is the T3i (also known as the) 600D, while a few months ago I reviewed Canon’s EOS 60D. I came away from the 60D with the comments “a superior camera …”, “Well thought out …” and “I have rarely had so [...]
There are two streams of photography that receive far more attention from practitioners than their substance would indicate: macro and wild life. It seems to me that many photographers either want to move in magnified steps towards a minuscule mosquito… or to take tiny, timid steps towards a terrifying tiger. George Lepp is a well-known [...]
In his early years, author Paul Comon was taught that good composition “is the elimination of all unnecessary elements.’ Seems so simple doesn’t it! The sad truth is that the more you learn the more you will eventually have to unlearn. There are rules and there are rules! Beginners at photography will be told “follow [...]
This camera has come quite a way since its predecessor, the GH1, appeared over a year ago and the breed is fast becoming a thoroughbred. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 Features The compact camera body has the same width as the GH1 but is overall 1.5x larger and a few grams heavier. To my mind, the camera [...]
Without light you can’t make a photograph. Too much or too little and you risk the shot to fail — or succeed, because it breaks the rules. Without doubt, the management of light, via selection of the most appropriate lens aperture and shutter speed, is the key to successful and satisfying photography. A book such [...]
This review got off to a bad start: the DX format camera arrived just before a long holiday break… without a battery and fitted with a less than ideal (for review purposes) f4.5/55-300mm lens (equivalent to 82.5-450mm on an SLR). So it just sat on the review bench for nearly two weeks, uncared for and [...]
There is a wealth of difference between a pro and an amateur photographer. On assignment, the pro leaves home with a target, an aim to bring back the best efforts with his camera, in order to please his or her client. The amateur takes things a little less seriously, arriving back at base with images [...]
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