Craig Jewell

Craig Jewell

Lives in Australia Sydney, Australia
Works as a Software Developer & Middleware Engineer
Joined on Sep 19, 2006

Photo gear list

Photographic gear Craig Jewell currently uses and / or owns.

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2 x Metz Mecablitz 58 AF-2 Digital Flash
A great, very versatile flash, which is an equal or better of the Canon 580 EX II- The only downside is no weather sealing. Positives are that it has USB firmware upgradeability and a secondary strobe. It can also go down to 1/256 power in Manual mode. Also a little less bulky than the 580. Controls are extensive, but a little more finicky that the Canon.
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM

A stellar lens for the price.

It's not the fastest aperture-wise or focus-wise, but, the image quality is top notch from wide open. It's surprisingly well built and compact. It almost succeeds in making the 5D MkII...

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM

Probably my favourite current lens with no obvious downsides

The image quality from this lens is insanely good. It is razor sharp from wide open and it has a bokeh to die for. It is built like the proverbial tank.

It's my lens of choice for...

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM

Very good lens for the price and focal length

I consider this one of the sleeper lenses in the Canon lineup. It has excellent image quality from wide open and is much more compact than any of the 70-200 zooms on offer. It is extremely well...

Canon EF 500mm f/4.0L IS USM

Superb Super-telephoto even with 1.4 extender

Very sharp from wide-open even when using a 1.4X extender (Version III). Focus is very fast and the lens generally has no problem tracking fast moving objects (I mostly use it for surfing...

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX
Canon Speedlite 580EX E-TTL II Flash
Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2
Epson Stylus Photo R1900
HDRsoft Photomatix Pro
Nik Viveza
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3 (Lumix DMC-FT3)
Pentax K10D
Sigma 100-300mm f4 EX IF HSM APO
Canon EF Mount
Tamron AF 28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF)
Pentax Mount
Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro
Pentax Mount

Photo gear history

Cameras, lenses, printers and accessories that Craig Jewell once owned.

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Pentax smc DA 12-24mm F4.0 ED AL (IF)
Pentax smc DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL
Pentax smc FA 50mm F1.4