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Timbuk2 Camera Bag Hack

Cameras & Accessories

Choosing the right camera bag to carry around all your gear can be a difficult decision. Do you opt for a devoted camera bag which has all of the required compartments for lenses, filters, spare memory cards etc or do you opt for a generic holdall that you can use for other purposes but  risk [...]

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450d Remote Rc-5

Cameras & Accessories
450d Remote

We receive a lot of questions from readers about the easiest remote control to use with a Canon 450 or Rebel XSi camera. Below is a quick review of probably the cheapest, most reliable and popular remote available.
Why Use a Remote on a Canon 450d?
Naturally you’ll need a remote if you want to take a [...]

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Lomo LCA

Cameras & Accessories
Lomo LCA

The Lomo LCA is a fixed focal range 35mm compact camera originally was built in Russia with production starting in 1984. Production ceased several years ago and then recently started again in China with the LC-A+ model introduced in 2006. The camera has risen in popularity and now has cult like status, often referred to [...]

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Vivitar Wide and Slim

Cameras & Accessories
Vivitar Wide and Slim

The Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim (UWS) is often referred to as the poor mans Lomo-LCA. As the price of secondhand Lomo’s has risen to astronomical proportions people have been searching out reasonably priced alternatives such as the Olympus XA2 and the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim.

This little Vivitar was originally built as a toy [...]

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Understanding Exposure: Book Review

Cameras & Accessories
Understanding Exposure Book Review

Many photography books leave us feeling incredibly underwhelmed. For the amateur photographer it is not easy to find a book that gives you more than just a few pretty pictures and the often recurgetated theory about the various aspects of photography.
Very rarely do photography books come along that offer real value and a true means [...]

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Canon 50mm Prime f18 Lens

Cameras & Accessories
Conon 50mm f1.8 Lens

If you are feeling like making your first foray into the world of lenses by upgrading from your kit lens that came with your camera the Canon 50mm f1.8 is in our opinion by far the best option available to you. We see too many people go out and make their first upgrade lens a [...]

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