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Nov
13
IShootShows.com: Primes vs Zooms For Event Photography
Primes or zooms? Which do you prefer for event photography? Todd Owyoung shares with us his views.
When it comes to available light event photography, the photographer is often pulled between constraints – the two biggest of which are limited access and limited lighting. As a result, we’re also often split between the solutions to these problems as well – the flexible framing of zoom lenses and the raw, low-light speed of prime lenses.
Find out what he thinks.
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Nov
12
Nikon Rumors: New firmware updates for Nikon D5100 (v1.01) and D7000 (v1.03)
Nikon D7000 with MB-D11 grip
Nikon has released updated firmwares for the D5100 and the D7000. Hit the link for more details!
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Nov
12
Snapshots: Manfrotto 190X ProB tripod with 488RC2 ballhead
There I was sitting in the room fiddling with my Nikon D7000 and SB600 flash itching to snap something. Question was, “What do I snap?”
A friend of mine had just returned my Manfrotto 190X ProB tripod and it was just sitting there staring at me (if a tripod could stare). I decided to do some tripod glamour shots! Ok ok, they’re not glamour shots, just your run-of-the-mill product shots.
The D7000 was set to manual with the aperture ranging from ƒ/2.8 to ƒ/5.6. I used the Tamron SP AF 17-50mm so that I could get both wide and close-up shots. The SB600 was triggered wirelessly with the onboard flash which was set to 0 so that it wouldn’t contribute to the scene. I used Auto-FP so that I could set a shutter speed of 1/500s which eliminated all ambient light (at ISO 100). One thing to note, if you’re using the onboard flash to contribute to the scene’s overall exposure, you won’t be able to shoot beyond the camera’s X-sync speed (1/250s).
The flash was snooted with a grid. A reflector was used in some scenes.
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Nov
11
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