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Dan Carr
Gear Check: Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS III
In 2018 Canon launched an updated EF 400mm f/2.8 that shaved 26% off the weight of the previous version, bringing it down to a relatively svelte 2840g. Ok, that’s still quite heavy, but it’s 1KG lighter than the 400mm f/2.8 L IS II, and 2.5KG lighter than the original 400mm f/2.8 L IS. Having spent …
Think Tank Launches Digital Holster 150 for Telephoto Zooms
The Digital Holster range from Think Tank Photo has been around for some time, but now they have expanded it with the addition of the Digital Holster 150. This new larger size comes in response to customer demand for a holster that can fit the growing number of 150-600mm sized lenses on the market. I …
New CBC Podcast Interview With Me – Listen Now!
I had a great time on the CBC Airplay show talking about photography with Mark Kelly, Alistair Maitland and Dave White. You can find it in all the usual podcast directories by searching for my name and “Airplay” or head here for iTunes and here for Google. You can also play it directly from the …
Peak Design Launches Innovative New Travel Tripod
Peak Design have launched a new travel tripod on Kickstarter and based on their past successes with the crowd funding platform, it should come as no surprise that they blew past the $2million funding mark in a single day. Smashing their $500,000 goal with 57 days still to go. “During my travels in 2008 I …
I Admit It… Sometimes I Just Hold My Filters
Is it a sin? Is it sensible? Have you ever done it yourself? Today we’re going to have a quick chat about hand holding filters instead of using a filter holder.
Photographing a Lynx on the Dempster Highway
On a recent wildlife scouting trip further North in the Yukon I found a beautiful lynx, but there was a problem that needed to be overcome to get a great shot…
2 Unique Features of the Backlight Elite Pack I Must Share with You
The BackLight Elite pack from MindShift Gear has a few unique features that I’ve never seen on photo packs before.
How to Carry a Tripod with the Backlight Elite
Let’s take a close look at the three different ways to carry a tripod on the BackLight Elite photo pack.
Yes, the BackLight Elite Has Different Sizes of Camera Insert!
During the initial development and testing stages of the new BackLight Elite photo pack from MindShift Gear, it had just one large removable camera insert. This standard insert is quite large. In fact it’ll hold a 600mm lens, so it’s as big as you could ever hope it to be. At this point in the …
This New Camera Bag from MindShift Took Us Two Years of Prototype Testing to Perfect!
Over the past two years I have been using various prototypes of a camera bag that I wasn’t able to show you guys, but the time has finally come to pull the covers off and let you see what we have been working on!
Gear Check: Think Tank Secure Pixel Pocket Rocket Card Wallet
Think Tank launched a cool new memory card wallet that has a few tricks up its sleeve. Let’s take a look…