The Phoblographer

I recently shot a chiptunes concert with the Canon 7D and 35mm F/1.4L and tonight I was invited by Canon to shoot the Postelles. As part of their, “Your Second Shot” campaign, they also provided myself and fellow staffer Will Greenwald with SD4500ISs as gifts. By far, this was some of the best lighting I’ve ever shot with at a concert in a long time. Though the 7D’s images blow the little point and shoots out of the water, I wasn’t properly holding the camera. Most of the shots taken with the SD4500IS were with one hand and perhaps on the move as I needed to keep moving in order to get great angles of the band. Expect a review of the SD4500. Comments and the gallery after the jump.

Note: Please respect my copyright. If you’d like to use the images, please ask by shooting me an email at chrisgampat[at]thephoblographer[dot]com

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M Classics Compact

If you want an elegant, durable and discrete camera bag then you may want to check out the M Classics Compact. As a bag meant to hold smaller DSLR cameras, expect something similar to the BJX bag reviewed and not the Domke F2. This bag was given to me as a gift from the creator, Seth Levine.

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AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED

I hated living off borrowed time with such a high performance, well built lens. As the review time with the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 was coming to an end, the clock seemed to ticked faster, and I tried to get concluding shots off with sick laughter. Shooting with a 24mm f/1.4 prime lens was intoxicating. So ladies and gentlemen I welcome you to the complete review of the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4 G ED N Aspherical Lens. When time our officially came to a close, I shed a tear.

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If you’re totally new to the world of DSLRs and interchangeable lens compacts, then you’ll perhaps be wondering what those weird specks are in your photos. Chances are that you’ve got a dirty sensor. My personal weapon of choice for dealing with this is the Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly(reviewed here) but sometimes even that can’t do the job and I’d require swabs. So how do you check for sensor dust in the first place?

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It’s too bad that fashion week is over now as the Pentax Optio RS1000seems like the perfect camera for the fashion conscious consumer; at least in the above ad it does. At an affordable price and with a 3 inch LCD screen, HD video and 14MP, it will probably win the hearts of many people. Leica should perhaps watch out as Pentax now seems to be coming into the territory of creating fashionable and sexy cameras.

If you bought one, what skins would you customize for yourself? Let us know in the comments below.

I shot a concert this weekend with the Canon EOS 7Dand my brand new Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USMand my Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USMlens. These are some sample images shot recently. If you’d like to know more about the 7D, you can check out my comparison of it against the Nikon D300sand how the specs stack up against the Canon EOS 60Dand the Canon EOS Rebel T2iin order to figure out which one is for you. A specially prepared comparison of the 7D vs the D300s for shooting concerts will be published in the next couple of weeks, so look out for it. And now the images.

Also, please respect my copyright. If you want to use them, just ask: chrisgampat[at]thephoblographer[dot]com

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