Equipment Reviews
50mm 1.8 lens review
A short video explaining why the 50mm 1.8 lens can acheive things that an ordinary kit lens cant.
50mm Prime Lens Video
This video shows some photos taken with the canon 50mm 1.8 lens. It is one of the cheapest canon lenses and it produces nice sharp shots and due to its 1.8 aperture is able to acheive out of focus backgrounds. At around £80 is great value for money
Camera Price Buster
If you would like to keep track of the latest prices of cameras and who the cheapest suppliers are then this site will be useful to you
Fred Miranda Equipment reviews
If you are looking to purchase a camera or lenses but dont know how good a certain peice of equipment is then this site may be of use to you. It has independent reviews from photographers who have tried and tested. This is far more useful than just reading what the manufacturer has to say about their product.
Lens Baby Selective focus Lenses
A lens baby is a cheap version of a tilt and shift lens. When using a fast prime lens wide open the area of sharp focaus and area that is out of focus will be parallel to the plain of focus but with a lens baby you can tilt it at an angle to keep a selective area in focus allowing you to put everything else out of focus. Its not a very versatile lens but good for a bit of fun and creativity
Lens Baby Website
this site has a simulator showing how the lens baby double glass and single glass optics work and what can be acheived with them