When you’ve spent a small fortune on your DSLR, shiny new mirrorless or vintage film camera, you need to make sure you look after your investment in the great outdoors. Compact cameras are easily looked after with a clam case, drybag and a convenient pocket but their larger brethren can cause a bit of a […]
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While on the move, you don’t really want to be weighed down by tons of photographic equipment. Here’s our choice of a DSLR quality lightweight setup that’s suitable even for trail runners! The Camera While the ultimate in ultralight photography is arguably using a high end smartphone, for us that’s a compromise too far. While you
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Having upgraded to a full frame Canon EOS 6D recently, the first lesson was that you really need the glass to go with it! Having had a lot of use out of the Tokina 11-16mm over the previous year, it was disappointing to realise that this lens was no longer much use for night photography
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You’ve spent a small fortune on your camera lenses, it would be daft not to protect them as much as possible. That’s especially so for the more adventurous photographer where a standard camera bag just doesn’t cut it and your pack is likely to be involved in numerous scrapes during the day. Lens pouches provide
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If you read our article on Alternatives to Tripods in the Wilds – then here’s a follow up review on the Joby Gorillapod SLR-Zoom for DSLR and video cameras that’s good for kit up to 3 kilos. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Gorillapod and probably been in a cave for the last few
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We told you how we keep our camera kit safe on the hill, but what do we class as an essential bit of kit for our camera bag when we’re out on the mountains? Not your bag of course, as it depends on your own style of photography, pet lenses and budget. Here’s what we’ve
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If you’re keen on landscape photography, but loathe to carry a tripod, here’s a few suggestions that might let you get away with it when that essential shot rears it’s head and you just have to have a stable platform for your camera. Some work better than others! 1 – Use what’s available. Varying from
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Carrying a small compact camera in the hills is a doddle, whack it in a drybag and then your pocket. Sorted. Not so with a DSLR, especially once you couple it with a serious wide angle lens such as the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 DX Lens – or any serious telephoto lens. Offerings from the likes
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We’ve recently invested in one of these Opteka 6.5mm f3.5 fisheye lenses. It may not be Canon or a Nikon glass, but neither is it a £1000 out of our meagre budget. It’s apparently, identical to others sold by Samyang, Rokinon, Bower & Vivitar at various optical lengths (6.5-8mm). Ken Rockwell knows all about this stuff
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