by Ben
I’ve been keeping most of my camera gear info on my other blog, newschoolofphotography.com. But that’s becoming more of a community, and less about just me and my gear, so I’m moving all my personal gear info here. Sorry to bore those of you who don’t care, but I need to put it somewhere and […]
by Ben
I finally picked up a P&S camera that “doesn’t suck”. I use quotes because I’m not sure yet. I’ve had a few P&S digital cameras in the past and I’ve hated them all to the point that they rarely get used. So what good are they then? My criteria for the new P&S were as […]
by Ben
I also Picked up a canon 24mm TS-E this week. The 24mm TS-E is to complete my TS-E collection. These are odd slow lenses to work with but I love them. They’re reminiscent of working with a 4×5 camera for me. I love the mechanical nature of them. I also tend to get fewer but […]
by Ben
Been playing around with the idea of getting some old school MF (manual lenses) on my 5D. I had seen some images on flickr of some old school lenses on miami fever’s 5D. I went to work finding some info about using alternative lenses on my camera. Fred Miranda’s forums are a great resource for […]
by Ben
Picked up at canon 17-40mm f4 L. I’m not happy with my Sigma 12-24mm on the FF. It was the perfect lens on the 1.3 bodies, but it’s too wide and not sharp enough for FF IMHO. I also tend to only shoot it at 12mm with certainly doesn’t help. We’ll see how the 17-40L […]
by Ben
Picked up at canon 15mm fisheye lens today. I’m contemplating selling the sigma 12-24mm for this instead. The sigma seems to be a bit too wide for me on the 5D (full frame) and it’s not very sharp in the corners. It’s also a bit slow for me where the canon is a consistent f/4. […]
