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DOF No it's not Homer Simpson

A little technical this week, but once you have mastered the technique, DOF is totally under your control. What is DOF? Quite simply, it is Depth Of Field, and mastery of DOF really is the second rule of photography in my opinion. [...]

Shooting your way to 1,000,000 dollars

I believe just about every semi-serious photographer dreams about getting paid for his pictures. And it does happen. [...]

Did you retire at the end of 2009?

Did you retire at the end of 2009?

Did you retire at the end of 2009 and find you are bored already? And this is just the second week in 2010! It’s going to be a long year as one of the quickest ways to get old is to retire and have [...]

Cokin Special Effects Filters

Neutral Density Filters increase exposure time creating a sense of motion.

Many People think the use of filters in photography has become redundant. The truth is, with the advent of digital imaging and image manipulation programs, the use of filters has become even more desirable. It is now even easier to get great results with [...]

Why Use a Tripod?

Ever wondered why that photograph you took just after sunset came out blurry? Or how about that shot you took in the ‘night portrait’ mode of your friends and family with the city lights in the background? Frustrating isn’t it? You might have hoped to capture the flavour of an evening out with friends or [...]

Colour Management

So what’s Colour Management or Calibration?
 Not exactly a
word that’s used everyday unless you’re in printing or
mechanical [...]

What Camera to Buy?

With this article we start off a series of articles about which cameras managers from different photographic stores would buy for different [...]

History of Canon Part 8 Death of the 8mm movie

End of the 8mm Film Cinecamera and Advent of the Video Camcorder

Electronic imaging, or the video camcorder business, was outlined as a future project. Although tough competition was expected as many electric appliance manufacturers had entered into this business, there was a consensus in the company that Canon, a camera expert in high-quality images, should [...]

History of Canon Part 6 What about us? The cry of the Pro

What about us? Professional Photographers

Since the fall of 1964, there had been growing calls from both inside and outside of the company that Canon should embark on production of the most advanced SLR Canon cameras to meet the requirements of professional photographers. After five years of development efforts, the “F-1″ Canon cameras unveiling [...]

History of Canon Part 4 “Go To Hell!! Canonet.”

“Go To Hell!! Canonet.” was the cry in the issue of Shukan Bunshun (a popular weekly magazine) covered the sensation of the new Canon [...]