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The Light at the End of the Tunnel
# The Light at the End of the Tunnel Won’t Be a Strobe One of my jobs at LensRentals is to predict the future. We have some flexibility, but in general we have to decide what to buy, and how many copies to buy, before an item is actually released. So I get to spend a few hours each day haunting the…
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This Changes Everything Award for 2009
I like to write two things: history and predicting the future. I’m pretty accurate on the former and usually entertain people when I try to do the latter. I started to write a history article about the most important, landscape-changing advances in the digital camera world. When I started…
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The Polymath Photographer
A polymath (Greek polymath?s, “having learned much”) is a person whose expertise fills a significant number of subject areas. We more often call them Renaissance men, for the days when it was common for someone to be an artist, scientist, writer, etc. During the last several years, I’ve had the…
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How to Get Sharp Telephoto Images
You want to know what the most common cause of photographer disappointment is? Absolutely, positively the most common? It’s the photographer who just came back from a special trip—a safari, a wildlife adventure, birding, maybe even whale watching—with 762 blurry telephoto pictures. We talk to…
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Fast Lenses: A Primer
by Stephen Michael Garey # What is a Fast Lens? A fast lens is any lens of any type and focal length that has an aperture design capable of opening to f/2.8 or wider. There are fast lenses currently available that open as wide as f/1.2, and there are any number of popular lenses that open to f/1.4…
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Thoughts on Micro 4/3
Over the last month I’ve spent a lot of time with the new Micro 4/3s cameras: I took a Panasonic G-1 on vacation a few weeks ago, spent a week shooting the Olympus E-P1 with various lenses and adapters, and then this last weekend took the new Panasonic GH-1 out with the 14-140mm kit lens. Plus…
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Getting Sharp Telephoto Images
You want to know what the most common cause of photographer disappointment is? Absolutely, positively the most common? Its the photographer who just came back from a special trip — a safari, a wildlife adventure, birding, maybe even whale watching — with 762 blurry telephoto pictures. We talk to…
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Comparing Supertelephotos: Sony and Olympus
We wanted people who have never handled supertelephoto lenses to be able to gauge their size and weight. We compared Canon Supertelephoto lenses and Nikon Supertelephotos already, so here’s a comparison of Sony Supertelephoto lenses: And here’s a comparison of Olympus Supertelephoto lenses: Enjoy!…
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SLR Video Accessories
By now a lot of you have tried your hand at shooting a little video on one of the new HD video enabled SLR camera, and a lot more of you are thinking about it. Many of you who tried a little video shooting probably came to the same realization that I did—its pretty fun, the video quality is…
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Comparing Supertelephotos: Canon and Nikon
We wanted people who have never handled supertelephoto lenses to be able to gauge their size and weight. So, here’s a comparison of Canon Supertelephoto lenses: And here’s a comparison of Nikon Supertelephoto lenses: Enjoy! Mike Henry Lensrentals.com More Lensrentals Articles
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Supporting Supertelephoto Lenses
Take a look at a video we put together to explain the different options people have to support their supertelephoto lenses. Enjoy! Mike Henry Lensrentals.com More Lensrentals Articles
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It Takes More Than Skill
My last few articles have been about equipment and scientific photography, and I’ve been feeling the urge to talk about what I love (and hate), taking pictures. So bear with me, I’m going to have to do one of those psuedophilosophical articles again. It started when someone asked me if I considered…