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Photographers spend a lot on their cameras and lenses, often doing considerable research on the best model for their needs. However, they usually don’t put the same effort into equipment to carry and protect their pricey investments. In this issue I’ll introduce you to a few interesting products to carry your camera and other gear, and a couple of other goodies that you may find useful and interesting just in time for Christmas.

Datacolor SpyderLensCal (full review)

Datacolor SpyderLensCal

If you have a DSLR camera body that has the ability to do some form of auto-focus (AF) micro adjustment function - like a Canon 1DIV, 1DsMkIII, 1DMkIV, 1DMkIII, 5DMkII, 7D or 50D, a Nikon D3, D3x, D3s, D300, D300s, D700 or D7000, a Sony A900, A850, A77, NEX-5N or NEX-7, an Olympus E-30, E-620 or E-5, or a Pentax K20D or K7D - then you should continue to read this review. If you don’t have a DSLR camera body that has an AF micro adjustment function, you may also want to read on as you’ll learn why, when you purchase your next DSLR, you should consider a model that has an AF micro adjustment function.

Formatt Hitech graduated neutral density filters (full review)

Formatt Hitech graduated neutral density filters

Formatt Filters has been producing filters primarily for use in the motion picture, television and video industries for over 50 years and has developed an extensive product range. More recently they introduced a line of square and rectangular camera filters called Hitech Filters. Although the Hitech Filters have been around for a while, I hadn’t heard of them until relatively recently when Canadian distributor Webbsight Imaging Peripherals (www.webbsight.ca) decided to carry them.

Photographically Speaking — David duChemin (full review)

Photographically Speaking – David duChemin

Drobo S (full review)

Drobo S

Velbon GEO N730 and GEO N840 carbon fibre tripods (full review)

Velbon GEO N730 and GEO N840 carbon fibre tripods

A stable, rugged and versatile tripod is the most important piece of camera gear that a photographer can own next to their camera and lens. In this review, I will be looking at two new Velbon carbon fibre tripods, the GEO N730 and GEO N840. These two tripods would be considered heavy-duty models capable of holding large telephoto lenses and pro-sized DSLR cameras. Both models, with their legs fully extended and without their centre column raised, have a more than adequate height for taller photographers and give plenty of extra height for shorter photographers, making them convenient to use when photographing on the sides of hills.

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