Accessory Reviews

Review of the Oliday Canvas Camera Bag for Mirrorless & Small DSLRs

29/08/2014 By Heather

When discussions turn to the topic of camera bags, photographers can become just as zealous as they do when they discuss the very cameras that inhabit them. Discovering the perfect bag for your gear and style of working is incredibly satisfying, but unfortunately it usually takes many failed purchases to find the right one. Does it have the right number of pockets? Is the strap comfortable? Is it weatherproof? Does it fit your camera with a lens attached? Does the style appeal to you? There are many questions you must ask yourself before settling on a specific model.

The latest bag we’ve had the opportunity to try is the handmade Oliday Canvas Camera Bag for mirrorless and small DSLRs. Compared to other popular camera bag brands, Oliday is relatively unknown, which is actually what piqued my interest in the first place as I was browsing around the Etsy camera bag store.

The ‘Artisans’ Charity Book by Tim Allen – Raising funds for NASS through photography

27/08/2014 By Heather

I have been following Tim Allen‘s wonderful Artisans Project ever since he began posting the first pictures from the series taken with his Fujifilm X100 and X-E1. In a world where people raise money by performing silly antics, it is refreshing to see a someone use their photography skills to support a charity, while telling a story and promoting the work of local artisans in the process.

The StudioHut Timer Remote: An easy-to-use long exposure & time-lapse companion

22/08/2014 By Heather

Serious photographers who enjoy long exposure and time-lapse photography will most likely list their shutter release remote as one of the most important accessories in their bag. The main purpose of a shutter release remote is to reduce the chance of camera shake produced when your hand touches the shutter button. The less camera shake is generated, the sharper your image will be.

A taste of film in your digital work – Review of the “Rebecca Lily Pro Set III” presets for Lightroom & Photoshop

20/08/2014 By Mathieu

Exactly one year ago, I reviewed the Rebecca Lily Pro Set II for Lightroom. I became interested in these presets because some of them were specifically designed for the Fujifilm X-Trans sensor and at the time, the Adobe software hadn’t yet added the Film Simulation Modes for Fuji RAF files. While completely different from Fuji X camera colour rendering, Rebecca’s set proved a very interesting alternative that gave a nice and delicate filmic look to digital images.

Planning to buy a memory card for your mirrorless camera? Ask yourself these 4 questions first!

12/08/2014 By Heather

One memory card is as good as another, you say? Though on the outside they may look nearly identical, the performance and capacity of your memory card can vary, just as a $2000 MacBook can run circles around a $200 notebook computer. Memory cards are built with different capacities for the same reason cameras are built for different purposes–for the simple reason that photographers have varying needs. A sports or wildlife photographer, for instance, will certainly need a memory card that is both fast and capacious for rapid shooting sequences, whereas a landscape or street photographer may care less about these aspects. And let’s not forget that in recent years there is also video recording involved.