Archive for May, 2009

Photography Journal – Nanning

by GoldenHammer Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region of China, neighbors on Guangdong Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Macao SAR. Facing the Southeast Asia and backing on the vast land of the vast southwest China, Nanning has become the hub of the vast southwestern region's passage to the sea, [...]

Acratech GV2 Ballhead – A Piece of Art Work

by GoldenHammer Acratech introduced a radical new ballhead In 2001, Acratech Ultimate Ballhead, for most 35mm format cameras and wide to medium-long lenses it was all that the outdoor photographer needed, especially anyone hiking, that reduced the weight of the head to less than one pound. And now Acratech has updated refinements the GV2, "G" [...]

Digital Optic 3x telephoto conversion camera lens

Review of Digital Optic – Tele/Wide Deluxe Digital Lenses, also know as telephoto conversion camera lens My photography partner purchased this lens attachment off ebay, thinking it was worth a try since it was cheaper in cost than buying a 400mm lens to go with his Nikon D40 SLR camera. The box also says it's [...]

Nikon's Dream Combos – D700 & D300

by GoldenHammer Since the release of D3 and D300, we realized and surprised a new strategy from Nikon. Both Cameras defined a new standard in features & performance, though both come with an effective pixels count of 12 MP, D3 and D300 are sitting a clear position in their own class. About a year after [...]

Right ISO for Your Picture

by GoldenHammer Have you even considered changing the ISO sensitivity on your camera? If you don't know what ISO sensitivity refers to, you may want to consult your camera manual for a base point understanding about that and how it works. In short, changing the ISO setting on your camera changes the sensitivity to light, [...]

Traveling With Your Camera

By Liz Masoner Traveling with your camera can be a nerve wracking experience for those not familiar with camera-laden travel. Fears of damage and theft weigh heavily on the minds of traveling photographers. There are some ways to make your next trip with your camera more of a joy and less of a stressed situation. [...]

White Balance

By Liz Masoner White balance refers to the color tint of a photograph. Film and digital sensors are calibrated for certain types of light. Whenever an image is shot under different light conditions (or color temperature), white does not appear white. If an image appears reddish it is referred to as "warm", while bluish images [...]

Canon EOS 450D – Is It Worth the Upgrade?

by Andy C Knight Due the requirement for live view Manual focusing on a Telescope I ended up purchasing both cameras. From the testing that I have done (Ignoring the **tiny** difference in megapixels – With my lenses, it needs to be primes carefully used to really show off this difference), both cameras deliver more [...]

Photography Journal – Nanning

by GoldenHammer Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous Region of China, neighbors on Guangdong Province, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Macao SAR. Facing the Southeast Asia and backing on the vast land of the vast southwest China, Nanning has become the hub of the vast southwestern region's passage to the sea, [...]

Sony Alpha 900 – Launch of DSLR Higher Pixels Competition

by GoldenHammer What should we expect from a $3000 Sony Alpha 900? Can you imagine that is a 24.6 MP FF DSLR camera comes with some really impressive features and built quality? Just before that only the Canon 1Ds Mark III in the market offering 21MP resolution and asking more than double of the current [...]