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Zuiko to Nikon adapter FirstLook

October 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

When we worked at Kodak’s digital imaging group in the early 90’s, a 1.2MP camera was strictly for professionals. Digital camera technology has changed a lot [...]

Books: Lens and Lensbaby

October 23, 2012 // 0 Comments

Recently, we have been posting quite a lot about lenses (Nikkor 18-300mm, Composer Pro, Edge 80). We also got a lot of emails asking if we could recommend some books for [...]

Lytro FirstThoughts

October 22, 2012 // 1 Comment

We  are the recipients of a lot of press releases. A few weeks ago, one announcing Lytro’s update to its innovative Light Field camera caught our attention. We [...]

Meade ETX-90EC FirstLook

October 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

Buying a telescope is tricky. It is tempting to start off with an inexpensive telescope (say, a $50 one) to see if astronomy is a pursuit worth pursuing, but that is exactly [...]

Urban Safari: Lensbaby in NYC

October 15, 2012 // 0 Comments

We took a FirstLook of the Lensbaby Edge 80 Optic last week and were eager to give it a FirstUse workout. Since we were heading to NYC for an event, we thought we would [...]

Lensbaby Edge80 FirstLook

October 11, 2012 // 0 Comments

Tilt and shift are two different types of selective focus techniques. Tilt is the angle of the lens plane relative to the image plane. It is used to control the [...]

New Kata Photo Bags

September 27, 2012 // 0 Comments

While  there is an LCD on the back of most digital cameras, its small size limits its usefulness. So when laptops got smaller and lighter, photographers began bringing them [...]

Lensbaby Composer Pro FirstLook

September 26, 2012 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayPhotography folks have been Lensbaby enthusiats for years. Our first Lensbaby was the 3G. We added the Composer and the Scout lenses to our collection a [...]

Vixen Polarie Setup Videos

September 18, 2012 // 0 Comments

At the start of the year we posted a few articles on Vixen’s Polarie (FirstLook, Setup) and accessories. To make sure the Polarie was field-ready, we custom-fitted [...]

RDG 2012 Summer Update

September 12, 2012 // 0 Comments

Looking back over the years we came to realize that we have not done updates of the RainyDayGarden during July and August. We are not quite sure why, but we thought we would [...]
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