Author: Dan Carr

The Best Lens for Aerial Photography

The Best Lens for Aerial Photography

Posted by | Apr 19, 2018 | ,

A recent aerial photography flight in Whistler reminded to tackle the subject of the best lens for this kind of work. Without a doubt, it needs to be a zoom lens because objects pass quickly and you simply can’t be wasting time switching prime lenses. For me the clear choice is a 24-105mm zoom with image stabilization, assuming you’re working with a full frame body. If you have a crop body of some sort, a lens with a 15-70mm zoom range or similar, will provide the same field of view. All the major brands offer their own lenses in...

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12 Best Accessories for the Canon EOS M50

12 Best Accessories for the Canon EOS M50

Posted by | Apr 18, 2018 | ,

Continuing my coverage of the Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera, I wanted to show you guys the accessories that I think work best with this awesome little camera. Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote The fact that Canon didn’t include any kind of wired remote port on the M50 means that you have to use Bluetooth to control the camera remotely. You can either do it using the Canon Camera Connect smartphone app, or you can use the BR-E1 remote. The Camera Connect app works ok, but it takes much longer to use than simply pulling this tiny remote from your bag...

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I Found An LP-E12 Battery Case! (Also a GoPro Battery Case)

I Found An LP-E12 Battery Case! (Also a GoPro Battery Case)

Posted by | Apr 18, 2018 | ,

I recently wrote about the Canon M50s thirst for battery power, and the third-party Wasabi LP-E12 batteries that I have been using. With four batteries for my little Canon M50, I needed something to keep them in so I went rummaging around in my closet. For my Canon LP-E6 batteries I use the Think Tank battery holders, which do an excellent job. However, they are unnecessarily big for the much smaller LP-E12 batteries. As it happens though, an LP-E12 is very similar in size to a GoPro battery. I had a few GoPro battery cases from MindShift Gear kicking...

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Adding Camera Gear Storage to my Photography Adventure Trailer

Adding Camera Gear Storage to my Photography Adventure Trailer

Posted by | Apr 10, 2018 | ,

I know that plenty of you are following along with my project of building the ultimate photography adventure trailer. Many of my previous updates to the base trailer (Taxa Tigermoth) centred around getting the solar power and general electrical systems up to scratch, but I’m really happy with how that’s all working now so it was time to move onto new projects. I just pulled the trailer out of winter storage and my first task was to improve upon how I store camera equipment when I’m on the move. I toyed with the idea of adding a huge sliding...

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Adobe Changed the Default Lightroom Raw Sharpening in V7.3

Adobe Changed the Default Lightroom Raw Sharpening in V7.3

Posted by | Apr 10, 2018 |

I noticed that in the latest update to Lightroom, Adobe is now applying a default sharpening amount of 40 to Raw images, instead of the previous 25.  It has been 25 since Lightroom first came to market I think. I think in most cases this won’t cause people any issues because in theory you should be treating sharpening on a case-by-case basis anyway and adjusting the sharpening and sharpen masking for each image.  It’s just something to be aware of… My guess is that they have done this because the default 25 setting was less perceptible as photo pixel...

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