Richard Peters Photography blog
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Useful items to have in your camera bag, number 22: The Giottos Rocket Blower! Dust on the sensor, the bain of all DSLR users out there. Of course you can photoshop it out later but keeping your sensor as clean as possible in the first place is more useful. Enter the GRB, a fast and [...]
It’s a personal thing using a grip on your camera. Some love the extra size and weight…some hate it, and some just can’t decide. If you own a D300, D300s or a D700, is it worth getting one? Me, I think they are excellent and with each new model comes more features and even better [...]
My first experience of ThinkTank Photo products is the Big Stick monopod bag which I’ve just received. I thought it would make a better storage bag for travel and use out in the field than the standard one supplied with my Gitzo 3551. Well, if this little bag is anything to go by I’ll certainly [...]
My monopod was in major need of upgrading so, when I had another trip to Florida just a week away, I decided to take the plunge and go with a nice new carbon fibre Gitzo 3551 to take along – as I was taking my 200-400 this time, my main monopod lens! I’ve never had [...]
I’ve just taken delivery of the new version of Lowepro’s very popular Lens Trekker 600…finally! When I picked up my Nikon 600/4 I tried to get the Lens Trekker to go with it but was annoyed to find it had been discontinued! I looked at various other solutions, none of which appealed and after several [...]
