Using the new 40d….

We have recently had the new Canon 40d added to our fleet,  and so far so good…
I used the camera for the first time photographing junior football training for the Times,  shot at 1600 iso under floodlights.   I used the 40d on the 80-200,  the IDS Mk2 on the 24-70 and the 1dMk2 on the 400DO. 
 All the cameras were [...]

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Enquiring Minds……

I see from the latest issue of AP that “Desperate” Dan Chung has decided to cash in his Canon’s and swap to the new Nikon Full Frame D3,  based entirely on his use of a pre-production camera loaned for his review by Nikon!
I would have thought that Dan would have been more cautious given his experience the last [...]

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Radio Slaves…..

We have been using radio slaves quite a bit here,  we now have three different types from Quantum,  Pulsar and a el cheapo from Calumet……
Now none of these slaves are particularly reliable,  with , I suspect,  the Pulsar set I use being the worst. 
Its normal to have to do at least 4-6 frames in a row to get [...]

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