Lately Robyn has been enjoying her Blackberry Curve 8530 and we've been looking at various cases to help protect it against bumps and scratches. Funny enough, Shawn from OCIA was giving away a Blackberry Curve case to anyone who had a phone that would fit. I quickly got in touch with Shawn and he was able to ship me the case for Robyn. First Impressions Right off the bat the design of … Continue Reading »
One of the items that some photographers might over look are the faster card readers. Depending on what camera equipment you use to capture your images with, the file sizes of those photos are starting to get larger and larger. I don't know about you, but with my current camera body (Canon EOS 7D) my RAW files are roughly 22MB in file size. Take into account I can easily shoot … Continue Reading »
Whenever I talk to someone about my Canon 7D, I am always asked how I like the video portion of it. I tell them I have never used the video portion of the camera and don't have really any plans of doing so. It seems most people who use the Canon 7D use it to shoot videos, and until today, I have not used the video feature at all. I … Continue Reading »
One thing that has been bugging me is my camera body, Canon EOS 450D aka Digital Rebel XSi. A while back ago I managed to sort of break my Canon XSi when a small mishap occurred, the camera fell over (while on a tripod) and jammed the EF 50mm f1.8 I had on it. Ever since then, one of the connectivity pins inside the camera (mainly the one that talks … Continue Reading »
The other day while sorting out the various memory cards I have, I came across one that was getting a bit roughed up. My Canon XSi (EOS 450D) takes SD (secure digital) memory, though I do tend to use SDHC (secure digital high capacity) cards more because of their large capacity allowances. I haven't used very many cards, but I do remember my first one was a Kingston 4GB SDHC … Continue Reading »
One of the aspects of photography that is a bit hard to swallow is the price of the gear, and with that comes the choice of what camera gear should be on my list next. The more that I get into photography the more I find myself thinking, "Oh man, wish I had such and such with me", when I am at an event I am photographing. I look over … Continue Reading »
Most of us have a space we use for our computer work, right? When Robyn and I talked about moving in for the first time I was thrilled to set up my computer in the corner window so that while I worked hour after hour in front of my computers I would have a pretty cool view. Granted we don't have a spare room for my computer so Robyn refers … Continue Reading »
Well not everyone will really care what I have been up to but some people might find something I have done interesting or fun. Though as I sit here at my desk waiting for Services Canada to receive my Record of Employment so they can quickly send out my Employment Insurance cheques (used to be Un-Employment Insurance), I thought I would try and figure out what I have been up … Continue Reading »
With the more recently announcement of Apple releasing the 3Gs iPhone what better way to protect your new investment by purchasing a good, sturdy case? I have used some of Speck's products before but their newer CandyShell iPhone Cases have definitely peeked my interest in ensuring my iPhone stays clean and scratch free, but still allows it to stand out in the crowd of other iPhones. Speck CandyShell iPhone Cases I have … Continue Reading »
If you are an avid Flickr user like myself, you might have noticed that Flickr does not have the most intuitive user interface among being one of the most popular sites (especially for photo sharing) currently on the Internet. The navigation portion of Flickr requires the user to use the mouse, a lot. At least it seems that way with me. If you are not using Firefox, why not? Get … Continue Reading »