How-To

Photography Concepts: Depth of Field

March 12, 2009

Time and again I hear this term used and it gets either used completely incorrectly. It is often combined with the word aperture, and voila, a statement that sounds remarkably technical, but actually makes little sense. With a quick explanation and with the help of a picture or two I’d like to help answer the […]

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Digital camera buying guide [Part II]: What a D-SLR can offer

February 24, 2009

In the previous article I touched upon the 2 main extremes of digital cameras, namely SLRs, and compacts.  The former is bulky and expensive, while the latter is small, slim and cheap. What is a D-SLR and why would I want one? SLR is an acronym for Single Lens Reflex.  This represents the mirror and […]

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Digital camera buying guide [Part I]: Where do I start?

October 31, 2008

There are so many cameras out there, and so many options to consider that picking a digital camera can be quite daunting.  Isn’t it an odd phenomenon that with more choice comes less satisfaction?  Very often we find ourselves wondering if in-fact we chose the ‘wrong’ one… maybe there’s a better one that I didn’t […]

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Amazon Japan … but you can’t read Japanese?

August 20, 2008

A comprehensive how-to on signing up with the Amazon Japan website in Japanese

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