Gear Week Finale!

I trust your Holiday shopping has gotten off to a good start!
If you’re a Canon 20D, 30D, 40D or 50D owner, one the best accessories you can buy right off the bat is the BG-E2N Battery Grip shown here.  It holds two Canon lithium-ion battery packs and provides twice the normal shooting capacity. During a [...]

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Nikon Reveals D3X By Accident?

As much of a Canon shooter that I am I have to give credit to Nikon for the new D3X revealed yesterday on Seb Roger’s post Official Nikon D3X specs. It’s here, folks! I’m sure Nikon sponsored pro-shooters like Moose Peterson and Joe McNally had a hand in helping Nikon develop the specifications for this camera and [...]

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Canon 40D Reflection

If you look at your images closely enough, you’re bound to find something interesting! Probably the most unusual landscape shot I’ve ever presented.

Canon 40D Reflections
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon Powershot G9 hand-held at 7mm, f/3.5 for 1/100th of a second at ISO 200 on SanDisk digital film. All post capture [...]

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My Canon 40D Rig

It’s “Black Friday”, the Friday after Thanksgiving. The biggest shopping day of the year in the US and the day the retailers use to gauge consumer spending for the holiday season. If you haven’t seen enough photographic gear (lust) to last you till next year then take a look at my Canon 40D rig. It’s [...]

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L-Plates for your Canon 40D

Happy Thanksgiving! (for those of us in the US)
Once you’ve invested in a good set of tripod legs, a ball head and arca-swiss style clamp you need to look at an innovative little piece of technology that brings it all together, the “L-Plate”.  Really Right Stuff precision machines their L-Plates from a block of aluminum [...]

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Cleaning your Canon 40D Sensor

If you’re like most of us, sooner or later you’ll begin noticing little spots on your images caused by “dust” on the Canon 40D’s low-pass filter. It’s not actually dust as we think of it, but usually very tiny metal shavings which are caused by the shutter mechanism and by changing lenses.
Even with the “Dust [...]

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The Right Ball Head for your Canon 40D

Capturing the multiple exposures used to create great HDR images requires careful planning and the right equipment. A good ball head sitting on quality tripod legs can make all the difference when the slightest camera shake can ruin a series of exposures. The folks at Really Right Stuff make the best ball heads and arca-swiss [...]

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Canon EF Lens Work III

A few years back I saw a printed copy of Canon’s definitive lens guide called EF Lens Work II. It was a beautifully illustrated and photographed reference to Canon’s current selection of lenses, both consumer and professional (L Series) grade.

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Support and Stability for your Canon 40D

A set of good quality tripod legs is an essential tool in any photographer’s rig. In my opinion, it’s the most important accessory a serious amateur photographer will invest in and one which should be chosen with great care. Good quality tripod legs are not cheap and you can expect to pay between $400 – [...]

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It’s the Little Things That Count

In landscape photography sometimes it’s the little things that count the most. One of the most important aspects of creating a well composed landscape image is knowing where “level” is. This is especially true when your background is hilly or mountainous. We use our sense of “level” so much every day that a person will [...]

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