Apple 4GB iPhone »
By Glen A. Ever since the iPhone was announced, I wanted one. When it finally hit the street earlier this year, I waited. Like many, the $499 and $599 price tags gave me pause. Sure, this was an Apple product we were talking about, and an extremely cool one at that–what with the touchscreen and all–but paying [...]
Storm Jacket Camera Cover for SLRs »
By Glen A. With my investments in digital cameras, lenses and accessories, I needed someway to protect them in the rain. I tried taking plastic bread bags and other variations, but nothing quite did the trick. The plastic would rip in places where I didn’t want it to, and by the time it was all [...]
CameraBright X1-ER+ Extended Range Plus – Digital/Video Camera Light (Black) »
By Glen A. If you’ve been reading the other reviews in this camera accessories subcategory, you’ve probably discovered I’m on a quest of sorts–a quest to overcome lighting issues. The high school football field lights I or my son Trevor work under are not the brightest. They’ve been improved in the last year or so [...]
SanDisk 2GB Ultra II CompactFlash Card »
By Glen A. For much of my professional and personal photography, I’ve used variations of the jpeg resolution settings. Normally, I would go with a medium setting, trying to maximize pixel resolution while conserving space on the camera’s storage card. The days of 16 or 32MB is not all that distant, but with more and [...]
Gary Fong Lightsphere II Inverted Dome Flash Diffusion Pro Combo System »
By Glen A. Here’s proof that something that costs over a $100 and looks good on the website can then appear cheap when you get it home and open the box. I bought the Gary Fong Lightsphere II Inverted Dome Flash Diffusion Pro Combo System with the intent to handle a couple of problems. First, [...]
Bogen/Manfrotto 685B NeoTec Monopod Deluxe »
By Glen A. Prior to buying a digital SLR a couple years back, I had no experience or practical use for a monopod. I’d bought two or three different tripods before, but they were best for shooting from a stationary position, not constantly moving up and down and around the field. Then, I saw another [...]
Olympus SHV-01 High Voltage Flash Power Pack Set for Olympus FL-50 Flash »
By Glen A. After determining I wanted to purchase the Olympus FL-50 (see below), it came readily apparent after my experience with its cousin, the FL-36, that I was going to need a better power source than 4AA batteries. The issues I had with the FL-36 more or less had to do with its lack [...]
Olympus Digital FL-50 Flash »
By Glen A. The built-in flash on the Olympus DSLRs I’ve purchased aren’t much different than those on a point and shoot. They have a tendency to throw light to one side or the other of the subject, too, thus defeating their purpose. I really don’t like using a flash if I can avoid it, [...]
Sigma Zoom Normal-Telephoto 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG HSM Autofocus Lens for Olympus DSLRs »
By Glen A. I bought this lens to go with an Olympus E-510 I bought (see below). I had previously purchased a Zuiko 50-200mm ED, a mid-grade lens with a decent zoom. Thanks to the Olympus 4/3 system, zoom lengths double (so the lens is the equivalent of a 100-400mm zoom on a conventional SLR). [...]
Olympus E-510 10.0 MP DSLR »
By Glen A. I got hooked on Olympus digital cameras a while back, and have never really tried anything else. It took a while though to upgrade to a digital SLR, which I did some months after the E-300 came out. Having found it to be a good camera for what I wanted (sports photos [...]