Vanguard Up Rise 45 review by Steve Davison We recently held a competition on David Fleet Photography with a great prize of a Vanguard Up-rise 45 camera backpack up for grabs courtesy of Vanguard. The lucky winner was Steve Davison, a landscape photographer based in Yorkshire and after an extended amount of time with his new Up-rise 45 he has been kind enough to provide...
Learn MoreWas Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Worth the Wait? A Lightroom 4 Review With the long waiting period over, Adobe has finally released its latest version of Photoshop in the form of Lightroom 4. This highly anticipated release follows the release of the Beta tester a few months ago which met to rave reviews from its early critics. Now that we’ve had a few weeks to...
Learn MoreDatacolor Spyder 3 Print SR review This Datacolor Spyder 3 Print SR review is being done now because having just upgraded my printer from an Epson 3880 to a new 7900 I was a little reluctant to go out an buy a load of new printer profiles again for a few reasons. Firstly I plan on using a wide variety of papers and settings on the Epson Stylus Pro 7900...
Learn MoreEpson Hot Press Paper review Before we start the Epson Hot press paper review here are the technical specs that Epson give for both the Hot Press Bright and Hot Press Natural papers: Hot press bright paper This paper has an acid free base, PH Buffered, 100% cotton rag on 330 gsm weight. It has a bright white surface and an ultra smooth finish for excellent...
Learn MorePanasonic G3 review I recently bought the Panasonic DMC Lumix G3 lens system camera and so this is my Panasonic G3 review based upon my observations of the last few month of use. Overall, I think that the Lumix G3 is a great camera that performs almost as well as a DSLR does, only on a much smaller scale. My First Impressions The first thing that I...
Learn MoreVanguard Alta Pro 263AB 100 review This is a review of the Vanguard Alta Pro 263AB 100 tripod legs and head kit which comprises the 263AT tripod legs and the SB100 ball head. There are some great features that I really appreciated when I tested both items out, but there are also some things that could be improved. Overall, I think the tripod and the ball head are great...
Learn MoreI get asked my opinion about different equipment quite a lot and being a helpful sort of person I always try to answer any questions I get about the gear I use. For this reason I have decided to start adding some reviews on the photo equipment I use in the hope that some of you will find it useful. I’l try to avoid pages of technical specs as these are easily...
Learn MoreCanon 5D MK 2 review I’ve been using this camera a while now and thought It was about time I gave my Canon 5D MK 2 review. I wont go on about the technical details as these are freely available on the Canon website amongst many others. When I considered upgrading from the EOS450d I had a few requirements… There had to be an tangible improvement in...
Learn MoreLee filters review Here is a quick Lee filters review after having used a couple of brands of filter. A while ago I bought some Hitech ND filters, mainly on the say so of many in different forums who recommended them as being totally neutral and basically of a similar grade to the much hyped and quite expensive Lee filters.I used them over a period of a month or two...
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