Reviews

My reviews of photographic equipment and accessories

Canon EOS 60D (April 5, 2011)

Canons much more affordable digital SLR is by no means cheap in its performance for photography or HD video....

Canon EF-S 60mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens (March 30, 2011)

Putting this old but amazing classic through its paces after my reboot into the world of the 1.6x crop sensors....

Canon 85mm F1.2 ii USM L lens (November 7, 2010)

After 1 week of putting it through it's paces it's time to see if F1.2 is all it's really cracked up to be!...

Canon 400mm F5.6 USM L lens (May 24, 2010)

Many times I found 200mm wasn't enough even with the 1.4x extender on and I found the prices of longer lenses too painful to think about.......but not any more....

Canon 580EX II Speedlight review (March 12, 2010)

My earliest experiences with using flash were not good ones. Light bounced off reflections, dazzled models with bright red eyes but that was then and this is now....

For : Much improved mo...

Canon 70-200mm F2.8 USM L IS lens (March 11, 2010)

Okay, this lens is a beast. It's a beast in weight, image quality and your wallet but that is by no means unfair - you really get what you pay for from the moment you mount it to your camera. ...

Canon 24-70mm F2.8 USM L lens (March 11, 2010)

On picking up this lens after using 85mm and 135mm primes I learned just how wide 24mm is ! I also learned this lens is as heavy as a tank compared to these 2 primes !!!...

Canon 135mm f2 USM L lens (March 11, 2010)

So you're ready to break into the wonderful world of L glass but fell back into your chair when you saw the prices ? This was the problem myself and am sure a few others faced....

Canon 85mm F1.8 USM lens (March 11, 2010)

This was my first ever prime lens and it opened a whole new world of photography to me. It taught me about not only the restrictions but the advantages of a fixed focal length....

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