Posts Tagged “Gear”
One day this summer I got up well before dawn, to load gear into the car and drive down to a favorite location in the Killbuck Marsh area, some twenty miles south. I parked the car just off the side of the dirt road, strapped gear onto my back, and headed into a field of…
What are wide angle, prime, telephoto, or zoom lenses? The names can sometimes be confusing to a beginner, because you hear them tossed around a lot in generic ways (sometimes inaccurately), and there’s some overlap in the terms. So here’s a summary. Different types of lenses are defined, in part, by their focal length, which…
There is apparently a school of thought among some hobby photographers that you pretty much always want to have your camera on a tripod. I see people out shooting birds in flight (or trying to) in full daylight, with their camera sitting snugly on a tripod. And I think: why? A tripod is an essential…