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Holiday Gift Guide: A Few of My Favorite Things
If you read my review of Canon’s EOS M6 Mark II, you should have at least two takeaways from my field test of this interesting mirrorless camera:
First, I really liked this compact and quite capable little camera. Image quality is literally stunning with the EOS M6 Mark II packing the functionally of many of Canon’s bigger, heavier (and more expensive) DSLRs.
Film Monday: A Look at Cheap Panoramic Cameras
Today's Video by Joe Farace Because of the Holiday, Film Friday is on a Monday this week. In a previous Film Friday video I talked about the growing popularity of medium format film cameras and asked a question that went unanswered—Is the Hasselblad XPan a Medium...
Film Friday: Buying a Medium Format Camera
In my previous Film Friday videos I talked about and offered some tips for buying 35mm SLRs from Japan and the USA using eBay. Today I take a look at the growing popularity of medium format film cameras and talk about the pro’s and con’s of finding, buying and shooting this film format, while exploding a myth—or urban legend or two—along the way. And it’s in color!
Choosing and Using the Right Filter for the Right Application
When it comes to camera filters, there are those photographers who love them and those that hate’em. Many purists don’t like to use filters because they don’t want anything coming between reality and the captured image. Filter fans and I’ll confess to being one don’t worry about resolution charts and like to have fun with their photography. If you’re on the fence, here are a few filters you might want to consider.
Model Search for a New Muse for 2022
When testing cameras, lenses and lighting equipment, I need models who would like to pose for the kind of photographs you see scattered throughout this blog. To accomplish that goal, I’m looking for models for these projects and with my new emphasis on film photography I’m especially interested in finding a new muse.
Holiday Gift Guide: Photography Books for Friends or Yourself
Most of the photo books that publishers send me to review aren’t that great. The bulk of them are written by Internet-famous photographers with hundreds of thousands followers that the publishers are hoping the influencers will sell the book to so they don’t have to. Along comes two books that defy this trend and are something, along with Jeff Bridges Volume 2, that I can recommend as a holiday gift for friend, loved ones, and maybe just yourself.