![Choose A Kit Lens First?]()
by activelight | May 13, 2014 | Equipment, Landscape photography, Sports, Wildlife |
A lot of what’s printed about camera lens choices is garbage. Some will tell you the so-called kit lens is limited or poor quality, and you might as well throw it away and buy a ‘real’ lens. The usual recommendation is for a prime, a lens with a single, non-zooming...
![How Much Is In Focus?]()
by activelight | Feb 4, 2014 | Equipment, Photographic physics |
Serious photographers have been asking this question since photography began. The answer goes like this – Light passes through your lens and projects on your film or sensor. A tiny detail in a perfectly-focused image will converge to a point on the sensor....
![California’s Forgotten National Park]()
by activelight | Jul 29, 2010 | Equipment, Events, Travel |
Quick, name California’s most-visited national parks. Let’s see, there’s Yosemite. Sequoia. Kings Canyon. Wait, aren’t those two the same park? No? Death Valley. And Joshua Tree, isn’t that a new one? Hey, there’s also Channel...
by activelight | Jan 28, 2010 | Equipment, Travel |
Apple’s products have been poster children for elegant design for many years. The iPad has several things an ebook reader, web surfer, and video appliance need, but some glaring omissions crash it. Its 1024 X 768 screen isn’t natively compatible with 720p...
![Great Upgrade or Waste of Money?]()
by activelight | Jan 7, 2010 | Equipment |
Many of us look through virtual store windows like little kids staring at video games. We salivate over new stuff, sweaty hands on credit cards, even when we’re unemployed. Most of the time, we already have last year’s model operating perfectly. When is it...
by activelight | Nov 24, 2009 | Equipment |
Radiopopper‘s JrX promises 128:1 manual flash output adjustment with wireless triggering. For most professional and semi-pro photographers on location, that’s a big deal, especially over long distances and through wooden walls. There’s just one catch...
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