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Lowepro Slingshot 300aw Camera Bag Review

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Lowepro 300 Camera Bag Review

The unique design of the Lowepro SlingShot 300 AW (and it’s younger brothers the 200 and 100) provides you with quick access to your dslr without the need to remove the bag from your body. The 300 AW aims to solve the age old problem with traditional camera bags which is that in order to [...]

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Canon EF-S 10-22mm Lens Review

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Canon 10-22mm Lens Review

The Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens is currently Canon’s widest lens in its entire EF/EF-S lens line up. In the world of wide angle lenses to fit crop sensor cameras this is one of the most talked about and popular. The 10mm range is the equivalent of 16mm on taking into account your cropped [...]

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Canon EFS 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 Lens Review

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Canon 18-200m Lens Review

A zoom lens with a big range is what many people are looking for when they upgrade from the kit lens they got with their SLR. As a result the Canon EF-S 18-200mm IS lens will be one that many people will consider when looking to upgrade.
Canon have pitched this lens firmly at the ‘all [...]

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Speedlight Battery Test

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Speed Light Batteries

Once you start using your camera off flash regularly you will probably realize sooner or later that you are spending quite a lot on batteries. We recently started wondering what was the best kind of speedlight battery out there to get the most flashes for our buck. After a bit of research and some experimentation [...]

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Upgrading Your Kit Lens

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After having your first digital slr it almost certainly will not be long before you start thinking about upgrading your kit lens. The standard 18-55 mm lens you get with most canon digital slrs does a good job. Not only does it provide you with a fairly large focal range but it produces pretty good [...]

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Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens Review

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Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens

If you are looking to buy a macro lens then the 100mm may well be on your short list. Below we’ll review this lens highlighting both it’s strengths and weaknesses.
Build Quality  & Usability
The build quality is as you would expect from Canon, solid as a rock. In fact this lens would not be out of [...]

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Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS L

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70-200 L f2.8 IS Lens

The 70-200mm f2.8 IS L series lens has long been one of the most popular if not the most popular lenses since it was introduced several years ago. When it comes to high quality optics it doesn’t get much better than this lens within the telephoto range.
Despite this lens being one of the best on [...]

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Monopod Vs Tripod

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Monopod Vs Tripod

Knowing whether to buy a tripod or monopod can be a tricky decision to make. There is a vast range of both products available on the market ranging from a few dollars up to several hundred dollars making your choice even more difficult.

In this article we’ll take a look at the benefits of each and [...]

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Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 Review

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Tokina 11-16mm Lens

The Tokina 11-66mm f2.8 is one of the most talked about ultra wide zoom lenses out there. It is available in both Canon and Nikon fit and has been specifically designed for use with cropped sensor DSLRs. This lens has two main attractions;
1 – The ultra wide focal range of 11-16mm allows you to take [...]

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Ultra Wide Angle Lenses

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Many people who buy ultra wide angle lenses end up disappointed because they do not know how to use them properly. Many people buy such lenses to enable them to fit more into their shots and believe that by simply investing in an ultra wide angle their sunset or landscape shots will automatically move up [...]

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