Cannon's Canon's

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I use a Manfrotto 290 Lite tripod. Manfrotto because its the best tripod maker in my opinion. Picked this model because of how lite is, should be considering its name. It also has a fluid head, making it easier to get those smooth pans and tilts than help in video production. Also only cost me like $120 too, which was a steal. I plan on upgrading it at some point to a larger manfrotto tripod in the future, but for now this works great.

This lens, I don't use to much anymore since acquiring my 24-105. It goes a little wider, which is nice, but its loud. The other two lenses I own have an autofocusing system which basically produces no noise, its super quite. But with this guy, its older so the autofocus sounds like a small engine whirring all over the place. I don't use autofocus much because I go manual for everything, but even the manual can be loud sometimes too.

The next most frequently used lens I have is the Canon 50mm f1.8 prime lens. I mainly use it when I need to do low light shooting because its aperture is so high its lets in so much light. Its also the cheapest lens too, $100 for a new one. I recommend everyone get this as their fist lens to get when they're looking for an upgrade to the kit lens, its versatile and small.

The lens I use the most is my Canon 24-105 f4.0 L series lens. Lets breakdown what that means first. Canon is the manufacturer, obviously. 24-105 is the focal length you can zoom from. F4.0 is the aperture number, letting you know how much light you can let in to the lens. And the L stands for the lens type, L being canons most professional lens. Its a Swiss army type of lens, I can cover everything I need it too and it rarely leaves my camera.

Total, on top of the $900 I spend on the camera, I've spent an extra $700 on lenses and a tripod. It may seem like a lot, but that gear at full price would've cost me over $2000. The way I got it so cheap was by using eBay mainly. Auctions can be the best way anyone can get a good deal on eBay, you just gotta know what you're looking for and not overspend. Check other sites as well, and if possible use coupon codes to make purchases even cheaper. The best example I have is that I got a Canon 24-105 f4.0 L lens for $500, which normally would've cost me $1,800. Just look around the internet, you're bound to find a good deal somewhere.

If you're like me, then you probably have a camera and some lenses for it. You've spent loads on money, and now what? You're just gonna let it sit out? No! You have to protect that stuff. The easiest thing you can do is keep your lens covers on. You do not want to keep the glass exposed. Dust and other crap in the air can get in the glass and inside the lens, ruining the image quality. Scratches are the worst thing that can happen to your lens, just leaving those covers on can go a long way.

If you want a local place to go to for camera gear, then the best choice is Wolfie's. They have basically anything you could want, and the employees are great to talk to for any help you would need! I'd recommend anyone to go down and just take a look at the place.

With all the different image formats out there, the majority of photos taken are in the JPEG format. It's not a bad format by any means, but its not the best. Each of the formats have their benefits and weaknesses too. JPEG is great if you don't want to do any serious editing to the photos. Say with this photo here, looks pretty good right? I feel it could be a little better, but if I want to do some editing to them, well it won't look as good after. The easiest way to say why is because all the image data, color, lighting, things like that are all put in place. It makes the file smaller, which is great for storage. But if storage isn't an issue, and you want to improve your photos, you can end up with something like this. Bit of an improvement huh? Looks more natural and like it has life to it. All of that thanks to RAW, which is the opposite of JPEG. All the image data is just another layer to the file, making some of file sizes huge as a result. I personally sh...

Whenever I look for lenses for my camera, theres two big differences in the ones that I look for. Both lenses are great at what they do, but are very different from another. You wouldn't think two lenses could be that different, I know I was surprised. Prime Lenses are lenses that are stuck at a fixed focal length. Which basically means you can't zoom with them.  Sounds like a bad thing, but there's a lot of benefits to them. One being that since they don't have to worry about zooming, the image is way sharper than zoom lenses. They are usually smaller too, making them easier to throw in a bag. Problems with them stem from not being able to zoom. Recomposing a shot is a bigger pain because instead of slightly zooming in, you have to physically move the whole camera. Its a huge first world problem, I know. Zoom lenses are better in the way that they can zoom, duh. Problems arise with these too though. Like I said earlier, the image is softer usually and they're big...

I recently made the purchase of my first DSLR, the Canon T7i, and I couldn't be happier with it. With this entry, I'll walk through the process of how I made my decision, and how it could possibly help out anyone who's in the market. The First decision I made was actually deciding what I needed out of a camera. I personally bought it for video. I've always used Canons and knew what I liked about them so the brand was narrowed down. The three camera's I was looking at was the T7i, the 77d and the 80d. The T7i and the 77d, from how I judged them, were essentially the same camera. They all have the same image processor, and the only real difference was the shutter speed. Once again, I bought it for video so the photo settings didn't come into play as much. The only difference I could find between the two was the inclusion of a second screen to view your manual settings. I figured I wouldn't need that extra screen as I could see the exact same settings on the...

Hello! My name is Josh Cannon, and welcome to the blog. I'm a student at Washburn University majoring in Mass Media with an emphasis on Film and Video. We'll be discussing the process of and what to look for when buying a camera, specifically Canon. Even though I'm relatively new to the market of purchasing camera equipment, I'm knowledgeable because I've been in the video field for 7 years. I'll be able to make educated purchases and help whoever needs it.