Equipment

Using iPad as a preview monitor for tethered shoots

Monday, January 31st, 2011

iPad as remote monitor

How to use the iPad as a second monitor to preview images wirelessly as they are shot. (more…)

Canon 50mm 1.4 Prime Lens

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

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Looking forward to shooting more with the Canon 50mm 1.4 prime I bought last week. (more…)

Canon 5d mkii firmware update 2.0.4

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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Moments after Canon released their much-anticipated 24/25 frames per second firmware update for the 5D mkii, it was taken down again because of a problem with manual sound level control in the camera’s C modes. They have now released (more…)

Buying Alien Bee lighting from abroad

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

AlienBees

After hearing so many posts and articles about how good the Alien Bee strobes and light modifiers are, I did a bit of investigation into buying them in the UK. Unfortunately, the US company that makes Alien Bees (Paul C Buff Inc) doesn’t ship outside of the USA and have appointed an Australian company to ship Alien Bee products to customers outside of the US. (more…)