Camera Gear

I‘m a self confessed gadget lover!

There’s nothing better than trying out, hearing about, buying or looking at camera gear – anything to do with cameras and their accessories.

Here you’ll find out what I use and what I think about it, and possibly some new finds…

How To Choose a DSLR

by Mandy December 2, 2008

This is the first of a two part series looking at what to consider when choosing a DSLR as an amateur photographer. So I’ve made the decision to upgrade from my modest point and shoot to a DSLR. But where do I start? There are so many to choose from, there’s a make and model [...]

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7 Reasons to Upgrade to a DSLR

by Mandy October 7, 2008

Want to upgrade your camera I want to upgrade my point and shoot camera a Traveler DC-5080. I’ve always known that if I decided to upgrade then I wanted to upgrade to a DSLR rather than another point and shoot. But I also want to share why I want to do this, and without further a do [...]

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Definition: Image Sensor

by Mandy June 27, 2008

Image Sensors are the nitty gritty end of the digital camera. Basically the digital version of film. Film camera’s took 35mm film, in digital camera’s the ‘digital film’ is called an image sensor. But there are lots of different types (or sizes) of image sensors, and this can be important when choosing a digital camera. [...]

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The Pro’s and Con’s of Digital Point and Shoot Camera’s

by Mandy June 22, 2008

Last week I looked at DSLR’s, so this week I thought I would look at the other side of the coin and look at digital point and shoot camera’s. Point and shoots are extremely popular digital cameras, which means there is a huge amount of models available and therefore a lot of choice out there. [...]

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What is a DSLR?

by Mandy June 13, 2008

There’s lots of fancy abbreviations in photography and they can be confusing, you can sometimes feel like you’re reading another language! So while weighing up the pros and cons of DSLR’s which I am doing at the moment, I thought it may be a good idea to start at the beginning and look at what [...]

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Don’t Forget to Set the Date and Time!

by Mandy June 5, 2008

I have been updating my Flickr account with a back log of Project 365 photographs which it was in desperate need of, I had become a little behind to say the least. When I started to notice that the dates of the images were wrong, I don’t normally look at the dates but with working [...]

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How User Friendly is your Camera?

by Mandy January 30, 2008

I am in the process of looking at my camera’s features more closely and getting to know how they work and the best ways in which I can use them. Here’s some previous posts: Shooting in Macro Mode, What is EV Conpensation. Which is very interesting and I am really enjoying doing it, but it [...]

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Traveler DC-5080 Camera Review

by Mandy January 15, 2008

In The Photographer Blog image of the week feature that runs weekly on a Monday I share a photograph I have taken and talk a little about it. So I thought it would be good to take a close look at the camera I am using at the moment to take the photographs. My Traveler DC-5080 is [...]

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Which Type of Digital Camera Do You Use?

by Mandy December 19, 2007

So which type of digital camera do you use? In yesterdays post I took a look at how digital cameras work, so today I thought I’d take a look at the different types available. Although for me it’s not just a question of which type I use, it’s also which type I would like to [...]

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Which Cameras Have I Used?

by Mandy December 12, 2007

How did it all start? A lot of my family were into cameras and taking photographs. I always remember watching them and wanting to have a go. I have probably been interested in cameras and wanting to take photographs since I was about five. I remember really early on being shown how to take a [...]

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