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Way back when, I owned a sailboat. It was a nice Catalina 23 footer. Just the right size for an outing with 4-5 people, yet not so big that I couldn’t handle it by myself for a solo sail.
Some sailors I knew were suffering from the “One foot longer” syndrome. They were always looking for [...]

Never to be outdone, Nikon has announced 2 new digital SLRs. The D3 and D300 are the latest additions to the lineup. And so continues the never ending leap frogging of Canon, Nikon, Canon, Nikon, Canon, Nikon…
The D3 is Nikon’s first DSLR with a full frame sensor. The 12 MP CMOS sensor will go from [...]

Canon (finally) announced the EOS 40D and rumors of a ship date in early September are all over the Net. Amazon says the release date is Sept 20. Pricing should be in the $1299 range for the body and it appears they’re bundling the 40D with a 28-135 IS lens for around $1600.
The EOS 40D [...]

If you’ve followed all the posts this week and are ready to dabble with properly using your White Balance settings I’ve got a few more articles you should read. There’s a good collection of tips on the Expodisc site that (of course) talk about using their tool. Be sure to read the last article on [...]

I’ve been in the mountains of Colorado for the past week (and it’s been glorious!) and have encountered a number of times where the wrong WB setting actually helped my pictures. The example below shows the difference between Daylight and Flash WB. In the middle of the day, Daylight WB combined with being at over [...]

Unfortunately, that’s the way a fair number of photographers shoot. Members of this “I can always fix it later in post processing” group will spend a lot of time in front of their computers. It also makes them sloppy photographers.
Shooting in RAW does afford you the ability to change your WB (and exposure, contrast, saturation, [...]