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Review: Canon EOS M Mirrorless Camera

January 23, 2013 – 8:00 pm | 5 Comments

If you haven’t bought a mirrorless camera yet, you will soon. Yes, that is a pretty bold statement, but let’s face reality here, it is more than “just likely” that ALL cameras will be mirrorless …

Review: Techart Canon EOS EF/EF-s to Sony NEX Adapter

December 4, 2012 – 8:37 am |

The Sony NEX mirrorless cameras have certainly helped boost the sales of mirrorless cameras but the downside is a lack of lenses. While there a a handful of different adapters available, so far they haven’t …

MXCamera Releases Canon EF Mount Adapter for Sony NEX Cameras

November 2, 2012 – 6:44 pm |

The holy grail of adapters for the Sony NEX series cameras is now available. MXCamera has just released an adapter to allow the Sony NEX cameras to use Canon EF lenses. The big advantage of …

Podcast #123 – Ed Krisiak Visits Photo Plus Expo 2012

October 28, 2012 – 11:19 am |

Our roving reporter Ed Krisiak heads out to New York for this year’s Photo Plus Expo 2012. During this show we discuss some of the latest products from Canon, Nikon, Sony, and many more. If …

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How to Calculate Depth of Field

October 22, 2012 – 8:00 pm | 18 Comments

A big stumbling block for many new camera users is how to figure out how much depth of field a particular image will have it in given the focal length of the lens, the aperture used and the distance to the subject. Trust me on this, trying to do the algebra to figure it out is not something most people want to try to do in their heads. In this article we will cover all of the math involved and then make it real easy with an Excel spreadsheet and some links to some free applications to help you out.

Mastering Your Flash 101 – High Speed Sync

October 11, 2012 – 6:00 am | 12 Comments

One of my favorite features of speedlites is High Speed Sync. This feature allows you to work with speedlites way past your camera’s normal sync speed (1/160 – 1/250 depending on camera). By shooting …

Review: Fotodiox FD to NEX Adapter

October 4, 2012 – 10:51 pm |

As you may have noticed recently, I have become almost obsessed with my new Sony NEX 5n. With image quality surpassing most current prosumer DSLRs, the 5n is also a a fun camera to use …

Podcast #118 – Conversation with Syl Arena

September 23, 2012 – 8:38 am | One Comment

It’s been far too long since we have had our good friend Syl Arena on the show and with his crazy schedule (and hair) it’s no wonder. We finally managed to schedule a time to …

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Canon EOS 6D vs Nikon D600 – Battle of the Budget Full Frames

September 18, 2012 – 8:16 am | 23 Comments

Yo Kerry, How come we never see any Nikon news on The Dojo? Well..its fairly simple…Nikon doesn’t have me on their press release list and since I don’t shoot with Nikon equipment, I don’t often …

Canon Announces EOS 6D – Budget Full Frame DSLR

September 17, 2012 – 8:00 am | One Comment

I have never quite understood how some companies decide on product names and often, just as you get it figured out, the company does something that makes you scratch your head. Thus is the case …

Canon Updates EOS 7D Firmware to 2.0.3

September 13, 2012 – 9:05 am |

Just last month Canon released the new EOS 7D Firmware 2.0 and today they have pushed out a little maintenance release. This firmware release doesn’t add any new features but corrects a few issues from …

Canon EOS 7D Firmware 2.0 Now Available

August 7, 2012 – 7:14 am |

The next evolution of the EOS 7D has arrived! Firmware Version 2.0.X brings the EOS 7D up to speed with the best technologies Canon has to offer, delivering performance and features befitting the flagship APS-C EOS DSLR. Firmware …

KIPON Gives EF Lens Love to Sony NEX and Micro 4/3 Owners

July 25, 2012 – 9:05 pm |

KIPON has just announced new EF lens adapters for Sony NEX and Micro 4/3 cameras. These new adapters will allow NEX and Micro 4/3 camera owners to use a huge rang of Canon EF-compatible lenses …

RAW vs. JPEG – Deciding which is best for you

July 25, 2012 – 3:00 am | 9 Comments

Yes, RAW vs. JPEG, the seemingly endless debate, almost as bad as Mac vs. PC or Film vs. Digital and people have been asking me to write up an article on this based on my opinion and experience and I have really put this article off for a long time as I wanted to be as unbiased in how I write this given that this is a very biased topic.