Recent content by rpcrowe

I also shot all my weddings with manual focus cameras. In fact I never used 35mm until towards the end of my career and then only for the reception shots. However, manual focus DSLR cameras were better set up for manual focus than most DSLR cameras. HOWEVER, I would be damned if I would ever...

Most photographers who don't use a tripod would be shocked at the great quality of even the Kit Lenses when shot at f/8 or f/11 tripod mounted and users of top-line lenses will get the very best quality imagery when shooting tripod mounted...

This is one of the hundred or so iconic photos of the 20th Century and ranks along with Dorothea Langes image of the Depression Era mother, Joe Rosenthal's Flag Raising at Iwo Jima and Robert Capa's Spanish Civil War soldier falling backward as he was shot...

Yosemite National Park, California is arguably one of the most beautiful and photogenic areas in the world. Valley View Overlook... However, during vacation times (Mid-June to after Labor Day) the area is so crowded with tourists that photography suffers. My patience also suffers and I...

Your problem with the first two images is camera movement and too slow a shutter speed. You can tell this because the third image (done with flash) is pretty sharp. Compounding your problem is the need to sharpen your images in post processing. All DSLR images need sharpening... Here are...

I purchased a Chinese knock-off of the Manfrotto bar on ebay several years ago. It is no longer listed on eBay but, the price was fairly inexpensive (or I would not have purchased it). My rationale for the purchase was to use three cameras with three different focal length lenses for...

My absolute favorite lens combination is a 17-55mm f/2.8 IS and 70-200mm f/4L IS on a pair of 1.6x cameras. Scroll down the page at http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/ To see my China galleries all shot with the 17-55 and 70-200 lenses on a 30D and a 40D

+ self cleaning sensor, 3 User defined modes (which I use all the time but seldom read about), better menu system Add a shutter life expectancy of 100K for the 40D against 50K for the 20D. That combined with the expectation that a used 20D, being an older model, might have more shutter...

I just looked in my post box and since my very distant cousin Willie forgot to include me on the guest list:cuckoo:, I have decided not to attend...

This is a great harness at an affordable price. It is also light weight for traveling.

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I learned my macro lighting technique from Dr. Deepak Rao of Bangalore India who was kind enough to share his macro lighting setup with me. I modified Deepak Rao's system just a bit incorporating a Siegelite flash bracket along with a Lumiquest mini softbox. The flash is an older 550EX but a...

Actually, many IR conversions are converted to be used with one specific lens. When I had a Canon D60 converted, I sent my 50mm f/1.8 lens in with the camera for calibration. The guy who did the conversiion recommended that if I use any other lens that I should keep the f/stop at f/11 or...

The articulating center column (I use a Giottos MT-8180) is great and enables you to place your camera in some awkward positions. It is especially good for close-up and/or macro photography.

I always shot with primes during most of my photo career. Earlier zoom lenses for still cameras were so poor that few self respecting photographers would use one. When I shot with my first zoom lens (a 43-86mm Nikkor during the mid 1960's) I absolutely loved shooting with it because it seemed...