Other Brand Lenses and Warranty Implications

I’ve run across an interesting dilemma: Whether to use lenses that are not of the same brand as my DSLR camera body.   I was recently told by a Canon rep that if I use a non-Canon lens (such as a Tamron, Sigma, etc.) on a Canon body, this voids my warranty.   In my [...]

Looking Through Your Eyepiece Can Change the Exposure?

I’ve been into photography for a long time, but it seems I am always learning something new.   What I learned today though, actually surpised me.   (How can it be that I never knew this?)  What I learned was that my DSLR can actually have its light metering system completely fooled by light entering through [...]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Ahhh the never-ending enticements we face as photographers.  New camera bodies, new lenses, new lighting, new gadgets of all kinds.   What’s a photographer to do???   I am a big believer that the most important ingredient in creating a great photograph is not the equipment.  It’s the photographer.    Yet it is so tempting to say [...]