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Before You Buy a Used Canon Camera New camera bodies come out and busy professionals discard their 2 year old camera bodies with wild abandon. They are always looking for an edge, a technical improvement. That's good for all the rest of us who aren't in the business of high output fashion photography. But there's a caveat we all need to be aware of, and that's the shutter count. Every manufacturer places a life on their shutters and in general they are pretty accurate. There are a lot of other considerations to be aware of, such as dead pixels, burned in dust on the sensor, or non-functioning menu settings. And if you are buying online, you are either dealing with a reputable firm, where you may have a 30 day warranty for checking out the camera, or you are buying from an individual without a warranty of any kind. But for the purpose of this article, I am focusing only on a camera you can field test before buying, or your own camera.   How to test for shutter

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It's Your Choice How to View my Website Have Fun with it Link to the site itself Shooting Outside , after reading the article by closing out the box. Now look at the black horizontal band above for choices of viewing selections. You'll see the following choices.                     Classic                     Flipcard                     Magazine                     Mosaic                     Sidebar                     Snapshot                     Timeslide   You'll see that the view 'Timeslide' is slightly highlighted. Choose another view, and you'll change the way you see my site. It differs with visitors such as yourself, who might not like the way I have designed the standard 'Timeslide' layout. The choices offer you a format that will make it more pleasurable to locate certain articles that may better pertain to the reason you visited initially. Some have told me they like the layout called 'Snapshot&#

Renting Photography Equipment Works There are a few companies out there renting great Canon and Nikon equipment, both camera bodies and lens. But only one I could find that rents Medium Format equipment, though I haven't as yet found anyone offering Phase One as a rental. How do they stack up?  All offer insurance policies, all offer lens and camera bodies, some offer other equipment, such as flash units and battery packs. But how can you be sure their equipment is in top shape, and how do they differ when it comes to insurance waivers and deposits? It's kind of a wild west approach out there. I'll give you some direction but you'll need to read the fine print, regardless how you feel after reading my article. Its a buyer beware landscape out there in this field. The takeaway, if you're looking for a new body or lens, is that rentals aren't that expensive if you can accomplish some testing in a day or two. If you are taking them on a week long shoot, w

The Least Chosen Angle of Multnomah Falls This is not your classic shot of Multnomah Falls in Oregon. It is indeed not your classic shot of any waterfall. The base is always a secondary subject. But many have their own beauty, if taken at the correct angle. This one has a lot going for it, chosen for the rock, the moss, the ferns, the semi-soft water spilling over the lower falls, even the dry look lower right. The juxtaposed barren look of this angled hillside, is such a contrast to the lush green and wet. There's a sense of power, dynamics and yet a dead calm to the scene. Even the logs tucked into the area below and to the right of the falls grabs your attention. How big are they? And I could have lowered the shutter speed so the falls appear smooth, tripod-assisted, but there are times when the buttery-smooth shot needs to take second place to a realism the scene demands.  When you are out shooting a scene, looking for a particular look, don't forget

Is ISO Really Such a Mystery? One should ask a few questions about the use of changing ISO settings for differing lighting conditions. It is standard practice in the photographic community to reach for a higher number when lighting is poor. What we do is crank up the numbers from 100 to as high as we feel the need to capture better detail in low light. And we get more light, more detail, specifically in the shadows, or if the whole frame is dark, a broad increase in detail across the light spectrum. And we do so almost without regard to the actual number. We might find that we need to run to as high as 1800 or 4000 to capture an image so as to be able to view it or print it.  But it has been a topic of discussion for quite some time. Are we in fact, gaining exposure and detail by using an ISO of say 1600 rather than 100? The simple response would be, yes and no. There's a bit more to it than that. The photo below will illustrate why answering this makes more sense w

Next Month is Upload Month       I wanted to let my readers know that I will be uploading more photographic image files to pixels.com sometime in September of this year, 2014. Clearly the purpose will be to offer the photography for sale to individuals for home prints and companies for their walls or websites, and for advertising, as well as any other media use such as magazines and books. Since they also offer cell phone covers and t-shirts and coffee mugs buyers will have choices beyond the typical printed wall art. I have been using them, as I have numerous others for quite some time, so you can if you wish, link from here to my existing Profile, Rich Collins @ Pixels.com . However as the year unfolds, each month you'll discover more and more to choose from. Leave a Comment Below or Share If you're new here, click to subscribe to the latest post A trustworthy personal care site