Posts tagged ‘equipment’

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Get a free 2-week lens rental from BorrowLenses.com

Update: BorrowLenses has chosen a winner! I've been renting lenses online for a few years now (click here to read some of our lens rental service reviews). A macro here, an out-of-my-budget 2.8 there. It's a great way to get just the lens you need when you need it without having [...]

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Surveys

Compact Camera It Is, But Which One?

So the consensus seems to be that I should spend my money on a compact camera. Which is a consensus I am quite happy to go along with. The problem is that, as is often the case, answering one question has led to another. Namely, which compact camera should I [...]

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Surveys

Help Me Spend My Money!

Whenever I earn money from something photography related I put in a special high-interest bank account (or at least as high-interest an account as a bank account can be at the moment) which I named, imaginatively, PhotoMoney. Photography is by my no means my main source of income (if it [...]

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Grab bag

Ack! My 80-200 broke!

The focus selector switch on my Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8D cracked and broke off. Somewhat bummed out. That's not a cheap lens and, although the repair should be trivial, I have a feeling it's not going to be inexpensive either. Sigh. Nobody ever said photography was a cheap hobby, right? At [...]

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Essays

The making of a “simple” snapshot: a photo essay in four frames

The making of a simple snapshot can be a frustrating experience for non-photographers.

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