After writing a Top 5 Point-and-Shoot countdown, where most of my choices hovered between the $400-500 mark, I decided I’d make a Top 5 Budget Point-and-Shoot countdown, so here we are. This is the most popular consumer market in the digital camera industry, so picking the right camera was bewildering. I judged my choices based on image quality, design, ease of use, and performance....
The aperture is one of the primary sources of consternation for most photographers. It’s bad enough that we have to compute shutter speed/aperture ratios, but understanding the mathematical principals behind an aperture and how it works is like decoding hieroglyphics to any beginner. I’m here to break it down for you, to the best of my ability. However, I’m not much of a math wizard, so...
In this edition of the world renowned Mastering Camera Controls series, we’re going to focus on one of the most neglected camera controls in the consumer photography world: The Mode Dial. I’m here to tell you that there’s nothing to fear—the Mode Dial is your friend. Think of the mode dial as your Starship Enterprise command center and you’re Captain Picard. You have the power! Most...
One of the iPhone 4/4S camera's shortcomings is its fixed lens with narrow field of view and mediocre macro capability. That's where the OlloClip comes in! This little guy packs three lenses into one: A 180-degree Fisheye, Wide-angle that doubles the iPhone's field of view and a Macro that offers a 10x magnification and can shoot from a mere 12mm away from the subject. Not only does the...
“I’ll take it!” exclaimed Bob as the Best Buy salesman handed him his new digital camera to bring to the register labyrinth. “Super, you’ll really love all those megapixels!” yipped the Best Buy salesman as he slithered away to the next unsuspecting victim. After a photoshoot in Acadia National Park, Bob loaded all of his images onto his computer to view them at full resolution. He...