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Posts from the ‘Tools of the Trade’ category

Atlas EQ mount & 600mm Telescope!

February 13, 2014
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Telescope Review: Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ-MD

December 29, 2013
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My recent purchase of a very expensive lens has given me a refresh for my photography. It has become much easier to get the kind of photos of birds in their natural setting, with natural behavior unfettered by the close proximity of a photographer. I’ve…

Recommendations for camera bags?

July 8, 2013
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The Arrival, Unpacking, and Glamour Shots

June 28, 2013
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This morning before work, I logged onto my computer to check the progress of my ongoing disk scan. Sometime during the night, it seems my hard drive stopped functioning completely. The scan stopped, the drive no longer appeared as a device attached to my system…and there was no sign of my files. Well, I had no time to deal with it then, so I headed to work. Since coming home, I’ve been hard at work dissecting my computer trying to find the problem. I think I finally found it…

Hard Drive Issues…Continued

June 25, 2013

I recently had to rebuild my computer…while away on a lengthy business trip, my water-cooled superworkstation leaked. The leak wasn’t a gusher…rather, it was slow and steady. The coolant is water based, with a glycol and dielectric thinner mix…the leak was slow enough that a…

Hard Drive Issues

June 24, 2013
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Well, the moment finally arrived, and I pulled the trigger: In two weeks time, I’ll be the proud owner of a brand new Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS II lens! I’ve been waiting for the price to drop, and in support of that endeavor, I put in some price alerts at http://www.canonpricewatch.com. Several of the lenses I’ve had my eye on dropped in price over the last few days…

I pulled the trigger!!

June 23, 2013
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Business Cards!

April 24, 2013
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The 300mm lens I rented gave me a bit of a scare. I recently purchased a program, Reikan FoCal. This is a focus adjustment and performance evaluation tool that is actually pretty handy for its low price. I originally purchased it to fine tune the focus of my Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS lens, which has been focusing soft on my 7D. FoCal is capable of automatically determining which AutoFocus Micro Adjustment (AFMA) setting will produce ideal results, which is extremely handy. I purchased the Pro version of FoCal in order to get some additional features, such as an aperture test series that will tell you which aperture produces the highest resolution. I decided to run a quick aperture test on the 300mm f/2.8 lens tonight, and its a good thing I did! (read more…)

Quirky focus on the 300mm lens?

August 23, 2012

At the beginning of this month, I rented the Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L II IS lens from LensRentals.com. I scheduled the arrival date for today, the 23rd, and will be keeping it for a week…it has to go back on the 30th. I’ve been…

Renting a Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L II IS Lens

August 23, 2012
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When it comes to digital photography, there are two key components that are essential to producing photographic art: The hardware and the software. The hardware is your gear…the camera, lenses, filters, flashes, etc. You can do quite a bit in-camera while out in the field,…

Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS 6

June 27, 2012
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