A lens is simply a device for focussing the scene in front of you onto the camera’s sensor. All cameras have lenses. Some are built in (as in compact cameras and prosumers) and some are detachable (as with SLR cameras). All of them do the same job.
There are different types of lenses. Standard lenses will […]

When you’re driving through the mountains somewhere, and you notice a car parked half off the road and some guy leaning to the left to avoid a branch with his Rebel 2000 camera in the act of focusing, you’ve met me. I do this because, to me, a trip isn’t fulfilling unless I’ve preserved that […]

As the digital bandwagon makes its way around the world, we are seeing its tracks touch almost every part of our daily lives. From digital chips in automobiles, coffee makers, telephones, televisions and credit cards, one of the most booming industries the digital era has revolutionized is photography.
While film-based SLRs have been around for nearly […]

One day you will have renewed vigour and inspiration. I cannot tell you when that will be but it will come. And then you will gambol like a lamb with a newly found spring in your step and before long you will develop superb images.
We all have periods of relative inactivity. It can be hard […]