Equipment Ramblings

Here you'll find the ramblings on photography related equipment that I have had a chance to work with, and thus form enough of an opinion on to actually write something. There are better sites out there with more detailed information (like Digital Photography Review for example), but people ask me questions, so I put this stuff here anyhow. In addition to the ramblings list below, future equipment based ramblings should include;

Canon EOS 10D (digital SLR camera body)
Canon 550EX Speedlite (shoe mount flash)
Some LowePro packs, and my new tripod, and some lenses I was able to borrow...


Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM (lens)    (posted 08/25/04)
-- An expensive lens that I'd been interested in trying out ever since I first heard about it... and recently I had a chance to shoot with it for a couple of days. It has it's upsides and downsides, but overall - Wow.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM (lens)    (posted 05/17/04)
-- Not long enough for some people, and too long for others, but for a wide variety of uses (most notably nature photography) I'm finding it to be an excellent "staple" choice.

Image Stabilizer    (posted 03/27/04)
-- A handy function of some lenses, for hand-held shooting, designated with an "IS" in the lens description. (example shots included)

Nikon Coolpix 5700    (posted 02/20/04)
-- A nice little camera getting a little into the "prosumer" range. More than a "point-and-shoot" photographer would necessarily need, but it does have some nice features for it's size.