Over the last 150 or so years that photography has been in our lives, it didn’t undergo much change until twenty years ago. While film sizes and developing techniques had minor changes, it wasn’t until the 80’s when the first glimmer of the future of photography started to appear with auto-focus camera’s and faster frames […]
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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.
Photography is about capturing light though lenses, but choosing the right lens for the job isn’t always cut and dry. Lenses for landscape photographers can be particularly difficult to choose because the vast array of options available. First and foremost, there is no one-size fits all, do everything lens. New photographers often look for the […]
Portraits are one of the most popular types of photography from amateurs through to pros. Unfortunately, they can also be tough if you’re looking for a really good shot. But there is a simple “trick” you can use to dramatically increase the effectiveness of portraits. It usually doesn’t require any extra gear and you can […]
Photography is an expensive hobby. There’s simply no way to get around that. You can easily drop $1000 on a decent DSLR body and then you still have to go out and buy lenses, tripods, a flash and something to carry it all in. Personally, I prefer to save up for the best equipment I […]
This is a guest post by professional photographer, Joe Graziano. Low light photography can be a lot of fun. And you don’t need to trade your soul for an expensive camera to do it. You just need to have one that has some manual setting options. I’m focusing on digital here, but I think most […]
portrait photography engenders mental images of the traditional head and shoulders composition shots that make up 99% of the genre, but portrait photos can be so much more. The funny thing is that most people’s favourite photo of a relative or loved one is rarely the head and shoulders shot, but rather an action shot […]
