The year was 2011. My camera was a crop sensor Canon EOS 7D. Upgrading to a different camera was still years away (4.5 to be exact). Still, I drafted an article about the features I'd like to see in my next camera, whenever that was going to happen. This was when the 36 MP Nikon …
A Winter Wonderland
I typically don't take many photos during the winter. It's cold, things are pretty dead outside, and I tend not to travel to places looking for photo opportunities. We were fortunate recently to have a ton of snow that stuck on the trees for days, turning our usually barren landscape into a winter wonderland. I …
Ordered My M2 MacBook Pro
Apple updated the MacBook Pro for the M2-series today. The updates were mostly a spec-bump as widely rumored, and that is fine with me. An M1-series MacBook Pro would provide what I need, but I've been waiting a bit since the M2 version was so close. In general, not much has changed. The form factors, …
2022 Best Photos
It's a new year and I think it's an appropriate time to reflect on my favorite photos from the last year. In 2022 I acquired two mirrorless cameras, sold one, bought decade-old DSLR, rented a Canon, adapted lenses, took a ton of action shots, adjusted my Lightroom workflow, waxed and waned about mirrorless and my …
My Canon R5 Experience
I rented a Canon R5 from LensRentals for a week so that I could try out a 45 MP mirrorless camera with a high continuous shooting speed and great autofocus. The R5 is a $3,900 camera that directly competes with Nikon's Z7 II and Sony's A7R, but has capabilities similar to the Z9 and A1. …
Lighting the Lego Titanic
Last Christmas... I assembled the 9,000 piece Lego Titanic. It hung out in my closet for half a year while we found a suitable stand and case to put it on. Since then it's been in the dining room looking great in the daytime, but just so... dark in the evenings. It was time to …
Borrowing a Canon R5
I've gone back and forth about brands and cameras in my previous mirrorless articles, even stating that I will rent one to test it out. Thanks to a Black Friday promotion at LensRentals and a holiday break, the time has finally come. I originally rented Canon's new R6 Mark II because I wanted to try …
Is the Canon EOS R6 Mark II My Next Camera?
In my original analysis of mirrorless cameras I compared the Canon EOS R6 and the Sony A7 IV. The R6 had many features I was looking for, including 20 fps image capture and an autofocus system as advanced as Sony's and far better than Nikon's. I've tried one at Best Buy on numerous occasions and …
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A Mirrorless Soccer Experience
I decided to get rid of my Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera a couple months ago, but kept my Sony a6100. I brought it to a few soccer games recently to spend some more time with its autofocus and subject tracking capabilities. I brought my Nikon D500 for comparison. Game 1: Not the Best Performance For …
A Few More Modifications to my Lightroom Workflow
I started using Smart Previews earlier this year as a way to save space on my MacBook Air while having access to more photos than I ever had before. That was a good move for me, but generating standard previews and plugging in an external drive for certain types of editing could be a bit …
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Relatively Ambitious 