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Posted on Jul 20, 2011 in Photography | 0 comments

10 Items to pack for your Holiday

10 Items to pack for your Holiday

Holidays are a time to enjoy, relax and be with loved ones. Choosing what camera gear to take for your holiday can be tough decision. What you don’t want to do is carry your entire kit of lens with you. After all, on a holiday with family or friends the last thing you want to do is lug around a backpack with all your lenses and accessories in it. Also it can make you an easy target in some locations for thieves. Because you will stick out like a sore thumb in the crowd yelling, “look I have lots of lenses and gear in my backpack, come steal me” Ok so here we go let’s list our picking list for holidays. 1. Good Quality Zoom range lens You should ideally have a lens that gives you a good focal range. Something that ranges from 15mm to 300mm. Although there is no such lens in the market so you need to get what works for you, either price wise or...

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Posted on Jun 19, 2011 in Editing | 0 comments

Camera Calibration – RAW

Camera Calibration – RAW

RAW shooters RAW shooters may not be aware that when you shoot RAW and picture style or profile assigned on your doesn’t apply to your RAW image. Applications such as Photoshop Lightroom, will disregard this information when the photograph is imported into your computer. You may see the result in the LCD on your camera which looks good but that’s because the preview in the Camera LCD is JPEG version of the photo you’ve taken. So there is already some sharpening, colour correction, vibrance etc applied to this photo. But when you get back to your computer and download the photos in Photoshop Lightroom, you will see that they look a bit flat or not as good as they did on the back of the camera. Lightroom has ignored this information when the photo was imported because you shot in RAW. Navigate to the Develop Module in Photoshop Lightroom Scroll down to the Camera Calibration settings panel Select the appropriate Profile for your Photograph. You don’t have to assign...

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Posted on May 15, 2011 in Photography | 0 comments

Battery Grip for your DSLR

Battery Grip for your DSLR

Battery grip is a must have accessory if you are serious user of your DSLR. Battery grip has many benefits but the most important benefit is the shutter release when shooting portrait orientation. Shooting portrait orientation without a battery grip means that you are holding the camera with one hand wrapping over the camera. This is ok for couple of shots but gets tiring when you have to shoot constantly in portrait. Having the battery grip makes it so much comfortable. Some benefits although equally as valueable include; extra battery storage cartridge for AA batterries (usually x6) exposure compensation button shutter release button (most important feature) AF/AE button and AF selector button. One of the other often forgotten features is how “cool” your camera looks. It looks much bigger and balanced which makes easier to hold and shoot. Once you get a camera equiped with battery grip, its very hard to go...

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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 in Photography | 0 comments

Protect your DSLR LCD from Smears Scratches

Protect your DSLR LCD from Smears Scratches

The most common issue I’ve seen with the DSLR LCD screen is that it will get smears of your hands and finger prints very easily. It also attracts any small amount of oil excreted by the skin and constantly getting it of off is annoying. You can go an get an after market plastic screen protectors and put them on your screen but they will also suffer from scratching and smears. One method is to use a protector screen that is available for mobile phones such as HTC and iPhone. These come in various different styles. I got the one that not only protects the screen but also prevents glare. I simply cut it out to the shape of my camera LCD and stick it on the LCD after giving it a nice clean. Now the Camera LCD is protected nicely and doesn’t smear so the previews on the LCD are clean and crisp. Also works well outside in the sun as the screen protector prevents...

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Posted on Mar 21, 2011 in Editing | 0 comments

Set Owner Name in your DSLR

Set Owner Name in your DSLR

Did you know you can set the owner name on your camera? Yes, that’s right most digital camera’s allow you to set the owner name either inside the camera via your Menu or using the Software that came with the camera. On my EOS 400D, this cannot be done directly in the camera but via the EOS utility provided by Canon. Newer Canon EOS can allow you to set the owner name directly in the camera. On Nikon Camera this can be done directly via the Camera Menu consult your manual on how to. Steps Connect the camera to your computer via the USB cable and launch the EOS Utility Click on the Tools button (represented by wrench and hammer) and then on the Owner’s Name Type in your name in the box provided and click OK to save. All your photos from then on will have the name embedded inside your...

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