Sigma 50-500mm zoom FirstUse
Yesterday’s “Macro at the Mall” write-up got us thinking: wouldn’t it be interesting to follow the macro piece with something from the other end of [...]
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Urban Safari : Macro at the Mall
Taking closeup and macro photos is a lot easier when the air is still. Even a light breeze can set things swaying back and forth, ruining the focus. Waiting for things to [...]
Sigma Zoom “Bigma” FirstLook
A long zoom lens is helpful when you can’t, don’t want to, or are otherwise legally restricted from getting too close to your subject. The zoom lens we use on [...]
Studio-In-A-Box FirstLook
Proper lighting is the key to getting “the shot.” Controlling light is a lot easier with the right tools. Different situations require different tools. [...]
RockyNook books
We have been using Photoshop since version 1.0 came out. Photoshop is the image-manipulation application of choice, used by the majority of photographers. The software is [...]
Digital Foci Moments8 FirstLook
Digital photo frames are finding their place in more and more homes. We mentioned a few of them in the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. Both the Ceiva and Kodak frames were [...]
Snow Day at the office
Bostonians woke up to another twelve inches of snow this morning. If this keeps up, we are going to run out of space to put it. The depth of the snow was deep enough [...]
Meade RCX400 Tripod Comparison
Yesterday we took a FirstLook at our newly acquired Meade RCX400 Ultra-Stable tripod. Weighing in at close to 60 lbs, this tripod is a beast. However, since it can [...]
Meade RCX400 Tripod
Bigger is definitely better when it comes to telescope tripods. The main reason is telescopes are very sensitive to vibrations. The sturdier the tripod, the better the [...]
Kata Owl 272-DL
Six years ago we did a FirstLook/FirstUse write-up of the Kata R102 backpack. The bag was one of the best camera backpacks we have used, as it can hold quite a bit of [...]
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