Photography Review

"Your Experience and Views"

This section is intended to provide photography reviews on equipment, products and services as experienced by you, the photography enthusiast.

There are numerous websites and magazines providing detailed product specifications and test reports. These are fine but they are becoming predictable and are usually prepared by top professionals.

Nothing wrong with that but are you ever left wondering if any ordinary photography enthusiast has actually used the equipment and what they thought of it?

Renowned wedding and portrait photographer Damien Lovegrove has just released his latest DVD, "Speedlight Mastery". Like all his DVDs, this one is packed full of first rate advice and ideas delivered with Damien's characteristic enthusiasm. By following it, your approach to using the simple speedlight is likely to change for ever.

Thinking I had enough camera equipment and that I would be very unlikely to change to a different system (yet again), I let all the Micro Four Thirds hype pass me by. But then I was asked to try an Olympus Pen. Bother. I'm liking it and I'll be doing a review of the Olympus E-P1 in the New Year. I mention this now because you might like to take a look behind the scenes at the filming of the new TV ads featuring Kevin Spacey and enter the prize draw.

Top landscape photographer John Perriment has been using a Benbo Mk 1 tripod for years. Recently, a new Giottos model grabbed his attention. Click here to read his views about how they compared when in use on location.

photography review Having found that the longest focal length lens for my camera did not have the "reach" I needed for certain subjects and that it was beyond my financial means anyway, I decided to acquire one of the new Swarovski telescopes together with an adaptor for an SLR camera (Olympus E-System in my case). This gives me the 35mm equivalent of a 3200mm lens when used with my 2x converter. Click Here to read my full review.

Digital Recorders and Voice Recognition Technology have come a long way since their introduction in the 1990's. Olympus and Dragon Systems - arguably the best of both worlds - have come together to produce a handy tool for anyone needing to take notes or compose text in an easy, productive way. Click Here to read a full review by renowned novelist and keen photographer - Melinda Hammond.

The author of one of our masterclasses , John Bebbington FRPS has been using the image stacking software - Helicon Focus to produce some amazing Photomicrographic Images. Click Here to read his full review.

Have you used some photography equipment and have something to say about it - good or bad? Why not help other photographers by telling them about it on this site?

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