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Lacrosse Season Rolls to an End

May 1st, 2012 · No Comments

Rolling Along

Rolling Along

Another season of lacrosse is in the books, and this year’s finale included a fun little sequence involving one of the nation’s best face-off specialists.

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Sports Photo Guy vs Galbraith

April 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Rob Galbraith, arguably the premier tester of flash memory cards, has finally updated his rankings to include UHS-I SDHC cards (and, I note quite jealously, XQD cards in the Nikon D4).  Curious how his results compare to mine?  I was too.

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Insane price drops on SanDisk Memory Cards

April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments

SanDisk Memory CardsSite sponsor Adorama is having a big sale on SanDisk memory cards.  Some examples of the deals you can get: 32GB ExtremePro CompactFlash card, regularly $270, now $140; 32GB ExtremePro SDHC card, regularly $110, now just $78.  Click the link below to support this site!

Adorama One-Day Sale on SanDisk Cards

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360 Degree Coverage

April 22nd, 2012 · 3 Comments

It’s nice to be on both ends of the court.  Radio remotes can do the trick.

Shot Block

D3+70-200, 1/640@f2.8 / D5000+11-16, 1/400@f5.6

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Two Lexars, Too Late

March 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Lexar UHS-I Cards

Lexar UHS-I Cards

It’s 2012, and Lexar finally shows up to the UHS-I party with not one, but two cards: a 400x and a 600x.  One of these cards might suffice for users who like a balance between price and speed.

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Behind the Scenes

March 2nd, 2012 · No Comments

D7000, Tokina 11-16/f2.8, 1/250 @ f2.8, ISO 1600

D7000, Tokina 11-16/f2.8, 1/250 @ f2.8, ISO 1600, SB-600

Ever wonder what “shining armor” looks like the day after the battle?

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Transcend-ental Mediocrity

February 28th, 2012 · No Comments

Transcend SDHC UHS-I

Transcend SDHC UHS-I

Transcend’s entry into the UHS-I wars turns in decent performance, but can’t touch the faster SanDisk  Extreme HD Video card for price.

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