by Ben
A7rIV! I finally bit the bullet and picked up the a7riv. I hadn’t originally planned on it, in fact this is a camera that had almost no apeal to me at launch. Some of the software updates sounded nice and the bigger button’s coudn’t hurt but I was happy with my a7riii so why take […]
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I finally picked up a sony 200-600mm. Since moving to Montana and this lens getting announced I’ve felt like it’s the lens for wildlife photography. I’ve been considering one for a long time but finally bit the bullet, sold the 100-400 and got one! I didn’t own them both at the same time so I […]
Categories: blog, gear, lenses, new gear, personal, photography, review • Tags: gear, review, Sony 200-600mm
by Ben
Long lenses have always been something I’ve used in my photography. When I first got a film body in the 90s I had a 70-300mm variant. I’ve since gone through four camera systems (canon, nikon, canon again, fuji and now sony). On each system I’ve had a long lens of some sort. They basically fall […]
Categories: blog, gear, lenses, personal, photography
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I was invited to actually surf today. Instead I took the camera along and had some fun but stayed warm and dry! I’m working on a Sony 200-600mm review but figured I’d share 4 images from today. I’ve got a ton more surging images to edit but figured I’d get one done tonight. Enjoy.
Categories: blog, gear, lenses, personal, photography, surf, Weekend Fun! • Tags: 200-600, a7riii, montana, Sony 200-600mm, surf, surfing
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The really right stuff multiclamp is one of those accessories you don’t realize you need, but once you own one it gets used a lot more than you thought it would. We’ve all been there. Some super scenic landscape location, but with a railing telling you not to get any closer. You set your tripod […]
Categories: accessories, blog, gear, photography
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Selling some old camera’s and gear: Polaroid Field Camera $50 Argus TLR Camera $25 Bogen 405 geared tripod head with hejnar adapter (BYO arca clamp): $375 Here’s What’s already sold: Fujifilm 690GSW II medium format film camera: Sony RX100iii P&S digital camera w/ 3 chargers, 9 batteries, l-bracket and the filter adapter, as well as the […]
Categories: blog, for sale, gear, photography
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Long time no blog. Yeah, I need to work on that. Yes we’ve moved to Montana. Yes this year/spring/summer/fall has been a blur. I’ll work on better updates… BUT! Sony released a fast 24mm lens! This was my daily lens for the PADs I did back when the kids were born. I’ve switch systems (twice!) […]
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Fuji has a HUUUUGE booth this year! Fuji, nikon, canon and sony all basically had the same size booths as each other (which means sony and fuji are growing their booths) while panisonic and olympus had much smaller booths… Above you can see fuji’s new 8-16mm as well as their new 200mm f/2. Both are […]
Categories: blog, gear, photography
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Selling some things! Fuji GSW 690 (the wide version!): $450 Sony a7rii w/o all OEM accessories and a brand new LCD screen (also cleaned and checked while at sony pro services): $1700 SOLD! sony 24-70 f/4 zeiss: $700 (no box or paperwork or pouch) SOLD! sigma MC-11: $200 SOLD! RRS a7rii L-bracket: $111 SOLD! ” order_by=”imagedate” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
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This is a 9 shot pano using the vertical mode:
Categories: blog, gear, photography • Tags: DJI, dutch island, lighthouse, mavic
by Ben
I try to put one of these lists together every year. These are my suggestions for the best gifts for photographers that I’ve found this year. Some of these images are my own, some are from the product pages from their respective websites. Links are affiliated where possible (this means I get a small % […]
Categories: accessories, bags, blog, gear • Tags: 2017 holiday wishlist
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Just dug this one out of last years archive while catching up on some family photos… Never processed this one for some reason but I’m really liking the moody/dark feeling to it. This happens to be shot with the sony 10-18mm wide angle lens that’s meant for their smaller sensors but it works on full […]
Categories: blog, gear, photography, scapes • Tags: 10-18mm, a7rii, Beavertail, jamestown, ocean, purple, sunset
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This review covers 4 different “back panel access” backpacks as well as four carbon fiber “travel” tripods. Back Panel Access to me means that the access to the camera gear is through the panel that touches your back. Travel to me means the tripods had to be small when collapsed and light weight. Small enough […]
Categories: bags, blog, gear, video reviews • Tags: Davis & Sanford TR654C-36, f-stop satori EXP, Feisol CT-3441S, Gitzo GT1545T, incase DSLR backpack, lowepro whistler 450aw, mindshift backlight 26l, review, Sirui N-1204 X
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The sony switch… As most of you know I’m a long time canon shooter that made the mirrorless switch to fuji last year. The majority of my photography business is based around shooting architecture with a UWA zoom. My switch to fuji happened as soon as their 10-24mm was available (as well as their XT1 […]
Categories: blog, cameras, gear, photography, video reviews • Tags: a7rii, review, sony
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The SSD on my iMac crashed a few weeks ago now. The iMac originally came with a 256gb SSD and a 1TB internal HD for storage as well. This post is NOT about “adding” an SSD to a machine without one. This post IS about replacing your SSD if it goes bad… There are […]
Categories: blog, gear • Tags: imac ssd replacement