If you’ve never experimented with macro photography before, then you may be in for a few surprises. Shooting on the macro level is much more than just simply seeing things on a smaller scale – there are several steps you need to take in order to obtain the sharp, vibrant images you want. Photo by […]
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Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in optics, imaging and other industrial and electronic equipment. It is well known for its cameras, lenses and printers.
Canon’s precision optical instruments laboratory in Japan date back to 1933. During its early years, it did not have facilities to manufacture its own optical glasses for its lenses and so its early cameras used lenses that incorporated Nikkor lenses.
Canon introduced its nigh end SLRs and FD lenses in 1971 and their first inkjet printer in 1985. Currently canon has a huge range of digital cameras, lenses, the best inkjet printers and many other electronic equipment.
A lot of fuss is always made about what type of camera photographers prefer shooting on. While some regard the question as an affront (you wouldn’t ask a painter what brushes they use!) , others like to be at the forefront of camera technology for whatever reason. While Nikon and Canon are indisputable leaders in […]
This is a guest post by New Zealand landscape photographer, Chris Gin. Some of you might recognise images from Chris’ Flickr stream that we have used in our collections before. I’ve been into landscape photography for a couple of years now. It’s a fantastic hobby and hugely rewarding, but also has a bit of a […]
For nearly ten years I’ve been taking photographs, capturing moments and creating art with a multitude of cameras. I’ve had an interest in photographyp for over twenty years, but it wasn’t until 2000 when I started to pursue it more aggressively, actively learning and trying to improve, and breaching past the advanced amateur or hobbyist […]
Photography is so much more than just conceiving and shooting a frame. Post-production is now an integral part of photography. How you post process and in what software is a much heated debate – along the lines of Canon vs. Nikon and Windows vs. Mac. We’ll take a look at the three most commonly used […]
Despite the name, Photoshop was created more for graphic designers, not photographers, but photographers looking to airbrush their digital files quickly adopted it as their go-to piece of software. By the time v7 came out, specific tools, plugins and actions were being created for photographers and Photoshop could handle the RAW, or unprocessed files from […]
