Tag Archives: DSLR

Top 10 tips on maximising profits – 20th October

“Top 10 tips on maximising profits” is an interactive training day presented by qualified Master Photographer & award winning entrepreneur, Dave Burlison, exploring the “bottom line” in Event Photography

The Midweek Money Spinner

As all serious "eventers" who capitalise on the "Midweek Money Spinner" will tell you, eventing is not just about weekend shooting. Be it a sporting event or an award ceremony, there is always money to be made but also lessons to be learnt! You will leave this workshop about the "Midweek Money Spinner" with a clear vision of how eventing can work for you: Shooting techniques, workflow, sales/marketing and customer service, along with a bit of green screen fun with model Jazmin [...]

Sony discontinues three other DSLR’s with the launch of the Alpha SLT-A35

Sony has confirmed that their 14.2 million pixel Sony Alpha 290 and 390 entry level DSLR cameras, announced only in June 2010, are no longer being manufactured and will therefore not be sold for very much longer.

Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine also recently reported that Sony has plans to “slowly phase out” their full frame Alpha 850 DSLR…

Firmware update: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS-5D Mark II

Canon has recently released firmware updates for the Canon EOS-1D Mk IV and Canon EOS-5D Mk II digital SLR cameras. The new firmware, version 1.1.0 for the 1D Mk IV and version 2.0.9 for the 5D Mk II, each incorporate 3 fixes. Firstly, it improves the read/write speeds …

What exactly is a mirrorless camera?

A mirrorless camera would not only reduce the weight considerably, it will also reduce the size of the camera (an issue that has always given the compact camera the edge over its bigger, cleverer brother).

EXAN LED Video Lighting

Recently a number of photographic magazines have featured hot-shoe mounted, LED video lights. This is to meet the demand from photographers with high end digital SLRs who are starting to explore the video functions on their cameras more and more. Many of these cost in the region of £200 – £300, so how would you like to get one of this year’s must have gadgets for less than £85?