Pentaprism

July 8, 2011
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The piece that revolutionized photography and made the SLR possible is the same piece mirrorless systems are looking to eliminate. That of course is the pentaprism. If you are scratching your head wondering what the heck it is, the pentaprism is located just above that mirror that flips up when you take a photo and […]

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Get Great Photos of Fireworks with Any Camera

July 1, 2011
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The 4th of July is upon us and of course we all want to capture a majestic photo of fireworks like those we see everywhere around this time. Getting a good shot of the fireworks display can be a little frustrating simply because, for most of us anyhow, we only get one chance a year […]

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On Interchangable Lens Systems with no Mirror

June 27, 2011
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For such a new system it sure has a lot of names; Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera, Micro Four Thirds Camera and Electronic Viewfinder with Interchangeable Lens Camera or EVIL Camera (great acronym & my personal favorite). The first of its kind was the Panasonic G1 released in 2008. Currently Panasonic, Olympus, Sony and Samsung produce […]

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The Mechanics of Apertures

June 17, 2011
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One-point-four, two, two-point-eight, four, five-point-six, eight, eleven, sixteen, twenty-two… any guesses as to what these numbers have in common? Yup, they are the represented numbers for aperture values or “f-stops” on camera lenses and telescope lenses. I’m not going to spend much if any time explaining where these numbers come from and what they mean. […]

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Shutter at the Thought (w/video)

May 28, 2011
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The shutter is almost like an internal organ inside of your camera. When isn’t working right your camera is essentially useless, so it is easy to get freaked out when that happens. The shutter is one of the absolute vital parts of any photographic camera. From your most basic point & shoot to a multi-million […]

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