http://www.photographerbuzz.com Your source for tips, techniques, reviews, and breaking news about photography. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/22/warranty-issues/ http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/22/warranty-issues/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:25:03 +0000 admin http://www.photographerbuzz.com/?p=250 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 [...]]]> http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/22/warranty-issues/feed/ 0 http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/11/dslr-eyepiece-affecting-exposure/ http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/11/dslr-eyepiece-affecting-exposure/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:28:20 +0000 admin http://www.photographerbuzz.com/?p=229 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 [...]]]> http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/11/dslr-eyepiece-affecting-exposure/feed/ 0 http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/03/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii/ http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/03/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:36:50 +0000 admin http://www.photographerbuzz.com/?p=222 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 [...]]]> http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/02/03/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii/feed/ 0 http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/01/29/auto-lighting-optimizer-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-50d/ http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/01/29/auto-lighting-optimizer-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-50d/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:50:26 +0000 admin http://www.photographerbuzz.com/?p=206 I’ve noticed that Canon offers this new feature called “Auto Lighting Optimizer” (ALO) on the EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 50D SLRs.    ALO reportedly optimizes images by automatically adjusting contrast and brightness, maintaining highlight details. It’s available in full auto and Creative Auto Shooting modes but has options to be fine-tuned in other modes, [...]]]> http://www.photographerbuzz.com/2009/01/29/auto-lighting-optimizer-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-50d/feed/ 0