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Camera Gear

Which is the Best Entry Level DSLR For a Beginner?

by Mandy February 11, 2010

A Beginners DSLR – Canon Rebel XSi/450D Review
That’s a big question and will change depending on who you are and what you like. But what I can do is tell you my experience as a beginner DSLR user, and hopefully that will help in your own decision making process.
I bought a Canon Rebel XSi /450D [...]

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Introducing My DSLR – Canon 450D

by Mandy May 20, 2009

I love gadgets especially cameras so I really enjoyed spending time looking at which DSLR I wanted to buy. And now I have my very own Canon 450D/ XSi, that I’d like to introduce to you and share some of the first shots I took with it. If you’d like to know why I upgraded [...]

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10 Must Have Accessories For My DSLR

by Mandy May 15, 2009

This is a list of the top 10 items on my digital photography wish list (I have a Canon 450D). Every photographer has a wish list, and the items on the list tend to range from the affordable and practical, to the absolute dream. I’m a gadget fiend so I love researching and adding to [...]

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What did Santa bring you?

by Mandy January 5, 2009

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and a happy New Year (if you celebrated them!). Before I move completely into 2009, I can’t help wondering what Santa brought you all for Christmas? And was it photography related?
From my point of view Santa brought me a lovely new camera bag for my DSLR, a Canon [...]

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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. But just as there are lots of different types of film that you can buy, there are also lots of different types (or sizes) of image sensors, and this can be important when choosing a digital camera.
What is [...]

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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. You [...]

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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 through [...]

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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 is [...]

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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 the [...]

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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 have! [...]

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