The old adage says, “the best camera is the one you have with you.” Of late, nine times out of ten, that been my EOS 1D Mark III, or failing that, my iPhone 4. I’ve been longing to shoot more medium format film outside of the studio, but as much as I love my Mamiya […]
Gear
Good News, Everyone
This morning, at 7:16am I received an email, from Canon, about the status of my EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, which was submitted for repair due to the inherent fragility of the lens’ autofocus design. Without explicitly acknowledging that the EF 50mm f/1.4 suffers from a design flaw, Canon accepted my argument that the autofocus system […]
Canon’s not so “Nifty” 50mm f/1.4
Two weeks ago, while traveling for multiple shoots in Charlotte, my favorite lens, Canon’s EF 50mm f/1.4 USM died, in the camera bag, due to Canon’s well-documented design flaw. The Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 is not a ring type USM, it is a Micro USM. A word of advice: buy a hood and also park […]
How Best to Hammer a Nail: Choosing a Camera
When picking up photography, don’t focus on which camera to buy, focus on which lenses you’ll need and the rest simply falls into place.
Chinatown Special
The image above was created with $20 $40 worth of mixing bowl, pizza pan, machine screws (plus a flash bracket from an inexpensive $20 softbox) and spray paint, all sourced from Amazon and Home Depot. Building my own Chinatown beauty dish, following the instructions provided by Todd Owyoung, probably saved me between $90 and $250. The only […]