Recent content by loons49

My first SLR was a Minolta SRT201 and I stuck with Minolta until they sold their camera business to Sony at which time I sold off my Minolta collection and switched to Nikon. I am still a committed Nikon fan with a Nikon F4, F5, D90, D300 and D700. Although I have seriously coveted the D800 I am...

I am of the opinion that borders like vignetting or HDR can be overused. It all depends on the image. Some images just lend themselves to a particular technique which makes them pop. Other images just need to stand on their own.

I saw this topic on lens rentals.com where they described the damage to camera equipment used at color run events. Apparently the colored cornstarch sprays they use on the runners can pass through even the best weather sealed lenses and camera bodies (and even iPads ) and cause amazing damage...

My first rule is not to touch the lens unless the specks are truly egregious and cannot be removed with vigorous use of the Rocket blower. Then I faithfully follow the cleaning protocol from Lensentals.com (as described on their blog under technical how to).

I believe what you are looking for is an application like AirDisplay which will allow you to use your Ipad as a secondary touch screen display with either Windows or Mac. Although I have not personally used AirDisplay I did try a similar App on Android and while it did work with Lightroom (as a...

Hummingbirds at a feeder using a fast shutter speed to freeze their wing movement.