Phil

I use the Duracell Pre-charged AA NiMH on a Duracell 15 minute charger for my day to day shooting. On big event days I go straight to Duracell Alkaline AAs from Costco for the flash and the ...

I've been roped back into doing a wedding (next month) so Friday it was time to blow the dust off my Pocket Wizard Triggers update firmware, confirm channel assignments, and test. The MiniTTL and ...

Poor quality aftermarket grip contacts have ruined body contacts in the past and will do so in the future. Having been responsible for the inspection department testing plating on components ...

I only think I know what I've read (no hands on) but here's what I've picked up so far. 1) Dual pixel Phase detection AF available virtually anywhere in the scene while in live view. 2) Spread out ...

So the only camera it compared to favorably was the only camera in the same market segment. That's not even close to useful information.

Yeah, sorry it's your first post but I have to go with laser damage too. I shot and electric light running event with about ten other pros a couple of years ago. The company the hired us tried to ...

To a theoretical disappointment in something you've never seen much less handled or used in the real world? When possibly the number one camera company in the world does something that looks like ...

What annoying problem with the 5D MKIII is causing your production shot yield to go down? Pros extracting cash from their cameras on a routine basis rarely change bodies for the heck of it. Instead ...

It will be the subtle refinements of the 5D IV that will win over the 5DIII users. Some of the improvements I want I don't think the normal hack bloggers have even looked at as yet and never may. T ...

IMHO Canon puts out lines of camera to meet the needs of specific market segments but when a new model comes out all the bored bloggers with interest in a variety of different market segments ...

Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, and bridge for $10 a month is a good deal. Now forced onto cloud based software isn't being forced into the cloud or cloud storage. You can run locally installed copies ...

Is this a photo expedition or a vacation with loved ones? You may want to leave your photo gear home and get a nice point and shoot for the vacation photos. Less baggage hassle, less concern ...

Raw files come across reasonably flat because that preserves the maximum about of useful image data. JPEGs can be flat also but normally have image profiles applied that boost saturation so the ...

The 5DMK3 no doubt. A killer in low light sports. Flash is always a bad choice since recycle times even with external battery packs are to slow, so it's high ISO with high shutter speed (I/800th ...

It could be the dial encoder has failed. Look and see if you can set manual as a CA.

If you bought them with a 5D I'd have to say no. My original EF 70-200 F2.8L was terrible once compared to an EF 70-200 F2.8L IS MKII. You might try waiting until the 5D MKIV arrives and then rent ...

My assignment for the SF Marathon was 2 frames per runner as they passed by mile 4 and later mile 20. An average attendance is 25,000 runners so I'd guess I had the opportunity for 100,000 images. ...

I take them in for cleaning once a year but they spend a great deal of time at a horse race track (dusty - very dusty). The tech always asks what I've been doing with my cameras as dirt falls out. ...

Hmm... I never use a camera strap so I guess I can add lens creep to the things I'm missing out on. The last time I took the 24-105 out for a stroll I clocked 15,000+ images in 5 1/2 hours. No ...

I'm blessed to have a National Geographic contributing photographer in my local camera club. She also holds photo safari tours to a couple of continents. It's been a couple of years but when she ...