Lenses

Many people will micro-adjust their lenses as soon as they buy/receive their new lenses. But… How often should readjust the micro-adjustments?

Lately, I noticed that many of my photos were slightly out of focus. Either it's an operator problem, aka me, or the camera.

The vast majority of the people (including me) when they need to carry a camera, the big lens and the tripod, they leave them attached to the tripod and carry the whole “shebang” over the shoulder like this:

From the “you get what you pay for” IS, aka image stabilization. Here's a photo done with a Canon 70-200L IS f/4 at: f/7.1, 1/30, 155mm handheld.

Canon Rumors in conjunction with Lens Rentals have written a long article on:

• Why is this lens soft?

Lens Rental, like their name says, rent lenses for Canon, Nikon… They have a fairly high traffic and a big turnover. People rent the lens for the weekend or a few days… and inevitably, people complain that the lens, they just rented, is a dude.

People pay thousands for tripods that can go low, very low on the ground. Here's a more affordable alternative.

I was around a small lagoon taking photos of ducks, geese and sandhill cranes. This guy arrives with his Canon 50D and a 300mm f/4 and a 1.4 converter with tape and other stuff stuck to it. He also has a small inflatable Therm-a-rest mattress. Nigel finds a small embankment, pulls the mattress almost to the edge, the camera and lays on it.