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Must have accessories for the Canon 7D (or most DLSRs)


With the gifting season rapidly approaching, here’s a list of what I consider to be must have accessories to complement your Canon EOS 7D.  Even better, I own all of these so can vouch for their usefulness!

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Best video app for the iPhone 4s

Camera+ is by far the best app for the iPhone for taking pictures, editing and adding effects.  The features which make Camera+ stand out the most are the independent focus and exposure locks, which is sadly missing in the native …

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Photosynth – the must have app for the iPhone Thursday edition

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Following the theme of the week, apps for the iPhone 4s, I’m going to focus on Photosynth.  Once just a lab experiment from Microsoft called ICE (image composite editor) and limited to the windows platform, the photosynth application made …

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iPhone 4 and the GoPano Micro panoramic video lens

Well, after what seems to have been a lifetime and the day before the release of the iPhone 4S, I finally received the GoPano Micro – one of the Kickstarter projects.

So, what’s in the box?

The two key …

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Must have camera apps for the iPhone 4S

With no sight of the eagerly expected iPhone 5, the iPhone 4S does come with a much improved camera sensor and lens assembly.

Firstly, what’s changed?

The old 5-megapixel camera on the iPhone 4 has been upgraded to 8-megapixels. It …

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Creating time-lapse movies with a Canon 7D using either Mac or Windows

Time-lapse is the crazy little world in between the land of the still image and that of video.  Using the techniques time-lapse photography, you can create some amazingly interesting and creative effects with both objects and time, just as you …

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So you want an articulating monitor for your Canon 7D like the Canon 60D?

One thing that I miss about my old Canon Powershot A620 is the articulating screen. Without one, you’re either going to be lying on the floor or shooting blind as you’re not in line with cameras tiny little monitor.  Another …

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Technical dives that aren’t that deep

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Nine times out of ten, while setting up my technical gear on the boat I’m asked “How deep are you going?”. When diving the Thistlegorm the answer is 31m. Now, most people immediately respond with “what’s the point of 4 …

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Immersive 360 degree and panoramic images

Over the years I’ve collected a number of gadgets to simplify and/or automate the acquisition of large panoramic and 360 degree photos – to varying degrees of success!  They range from the cheap to the silly…. and we start with …

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