Reasons Behind My Switch to Sony Mirrorless
Of course there have been questions about this. Hopefully this clears things up for everyone.
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Finding a Sleeping Bag for -40C/-40F
If you’re looking for a sleeping bag that can keep you safe and comfortable in extreme temperatures, I have some advice.
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How Does The Sony A9 II Handle Extreme Cold?
When I switched from shooting Canon DSLRs to a Sony mirrorless system with the A9 II, my biggest concern was how it would handle the cold. Now I’ve had some time to test it, how did it fare?
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Packing List: Underwater Sea Lion Photography On Hornby Island
I’m just packing for a trip to Hornby Island off the coast of Vancouver Island where I will once again be photographing sea lions underwater. Here’s what I’m taking with me…
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The First Three Things I Bought For My Sony A9 II
These are the first three things that I always buy for any new camera that I get. In this case it was the Sony A9 II, but you can apply this thinking to any other camera as well.
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My Sony Mirrorless Starter Kit
Well, it happened. I sold my Canon DSLR gear that I have used for my whole career, and began to build a new Sony mirrorless system based around the A9 II.
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Camtraptions Motion Sensor: How Cold Can You Go?
I was curious as to what kind of temperatures might present a problem for the Camtraptions PIR Motion Sensor that is used for wildlife camera trapping. Can they survive and function in the arctic winters of the Yukon?
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Hand Picked Black Friday Photography Deals
I’ve rounded up all the best photography deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday right here!
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Behind the Shot: Fire Crane Flight
1/1000, f/7.1, ISO250 Gear used for this shot Canon 5D Mark IVCanon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS IIMindShift Backlight Elite 45L backpackProGrade Digital SD CardsPeak Design Slide Lite StrapLensCoat Lenscover The key to this shot was preparation and pre-visualization of the final image. I was driving...
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The Biggest Photography Deal of the Year is Back!
Regular readers of the site will probably remember the annual 5DayDeal complete Photography Bundle from years past. Every year, the best photography educators in the world get together for a crazy 5-day sale where they pool resources, offer an incredible deal and give 10% of the proceeds to some...
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MindShift Introduces New PhotoCross 13 Backpack for Mirrorless
MindShift Gear just expanded their backpack line with the addition of a cool new side access bag called the PhotoCross 13.
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Gear Check: Garmin GPSMAP 66i With InReach!
I have always been a fan of InReach satellite messaging devices, and Garmin has finally integrated this technology into one of their handheld GPS units. Take a look and see how I use it for my photography!
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Peak Design Travel Tripod – Hands On!
Peak Design’s new Travel Tripod just raised over $12million on Kickstarter. Now I have a pre-production version in my hands.
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Be Prepared to Focus Manually!
For this Behind the Shot post I wanted to discuss a recent situation that I think everyone needs to be prepared for. Autofocus performance varies from brand to brand, but even the best – at this time that is certainly any Sony camera with their Real Time Eye AF system – can get caught...
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The 10 Million Dollar Tripod – Ends Tomorrow
The Kickstarter campaign for the Peak Design Travel Tripod has just two days left. If you want to secure this record-breaking tripod at a large discount over the eventual retail price, you must act now! Incredibly, at the time of writing this post the campaign has raised just shy of 10 million...
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Save 15% on the MindShift Backlight Elite
Save 15% on the entire range of MindShift Gear Backlight photo backpacks. While stocks last.
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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....
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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...
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Gear List Updated
Hey folks! I have always maintained a gear list of my own personal gear so that I can quickly point people to it when they ask what camera/lens/bag/tripod etc. I’m currently using. This week I gave the page a pretty big spring clean and made it far easy to digest, as well as making sure it...
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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...
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