Articles
This section is for practical tips and tricks, observations on some of the Received Wisdom out there and – down the line, maybe – technical articles.
What I'd like the Canon 50D to be...
If I was designing the new Canon 50D, it would be a bit like this…
RawShooter Essentials and the 40D - update
RawShooter Essentials isn’t quite dead yet.
This is a quick piece on how to make it work with the 40D.
A great new sensor cleaner
And the best thng is, it will fetch your newspaper from the doormat in the morning!
Content-aware image resizing
A new way to resize an image, but without the need to crop or to reduce the size of the subject.
The 40D and high ISO
I reckon that the 40D is a better high ISO performer than some “experts” would have us believe…
The 40D and birds in flight
There have already been some rumblings about the 40D not being suitable for Bird In Flight (BIF) shots. This might be why.
Bird photography tips
This might seem rather presumptuous – a Johnny-Come-Lately like me giving tips on as difficult a discipline as bird photography – but really the following are just a few common sense suggestions, some of which relate to more than just bird photography.
Sharpness isn't everything
I’ve wanted to write something about the sharpness obsession for a long time. This first draft is really just capturing my thoughts, and I’ll come back to it now and again.
Using the Canon 100-400mm
Some thoughts on getting results from this lens.