Photography
Good places to start:
- Canon Beginning DSLR - helps to understand how to use your dslr
- Photonotes FAQ - answers a lot of questions about general photography
- Cambridge in Colour - great post-processing tutorials. also lots on the “how and why it works that way”
- Photozone - lens reviews, also has some info on how an slr work
- Luminous Landscape - good tutorials and understanding series
- Radiant Vista - plenty of multimedia content including podcasts about composition and post-processing
Useful forums:
Reference:
- Why focal length is independent of camera format
- color exercises - how good are you?
- Bokeh
Technique:
- Ultimate Exposure Computer
- Good article on HDR (lots of tasty links)
- FOV Calculator(s)
- Focus stacking
Flash work:
Macro:
Astrophotography:
- Great guide
- Lunar techniques including exposure times w/out trailing
Other Equipment Reference:
Flash Equipment:
- Nikon Hotshoe to PC adapter AS-15
- Nikon SB-24 (5 stop power adjustment) mirror of manual
- Nikon SB-26 (7 stop power adjustment, bounce and diffuser card, delay mode optical slave)
- General Flash/Strobe Manual Repository
- Hotshoe Replacement/Reinforcement - Bogen/Manfrotto 3298
- Nikon SB-2x flash info
- Al Jacob’s Black Box battery pack
- Elinchrom Skyport wireless slaves (review)
- Strobist Starving Student Lighting Kit
Other Equipment:
- Car mounts for cool effects
- Camera Bag comparator
Camera Repair:
- Midstate
- Canon Factory Service Center
100 Jamesburg Road
Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Tel.# (732)521-7007 - Canon Factory Service Center
15955 Alton Parkway
Irvine, CA 92618
Tel.# (949) 753-4200