Archive for category: Cameras and Lenses


My Hand as a Lens Hood

5 October, 2008 (21:57) | Cameras and Lenses, Medford, Photo Technique | By: DaveO

It’s not that it was all in my eyes and stuff. It wasn’t. But here’s the deal: I had a polarizer on and that means that I didn’t have the lens shade on, as it won’t fit around my polarizer holder. While I was looking through the viewfinder composing the shot, I couldn’t really see any impacts from shooting fairly directly at the sun. But that doesn’t mean they weren’t there.

Canon EOS 40D vs. EOS 50D

27 September, 2008 (22:46) | Cameras and Lenses | By: DaveO

In the case of the analysis I’m doing here, the subject matter (and discriminating criteria for the camera) is shooting interior photographs of home movie theatres. And I’m not talking about a plasma screen and HiDef cable either. I’m talking serious, high-end home theatres that cost between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. With that in mind, let’s go back over the top three criteria and get some commentary.