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Entries from January 2008

The Sports Photo Guy Store now open!

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Visit The Sports Photo Guy Store for some great deals on neat products, including a bargain price on the Omniflash Uno! UDMA CF card reader.  More products will be added in the near future, so check back regularly.

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Tags: Accessories · Compact Flash · Site Management

Crowning a USB CompactFlash reader champ

January 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve put three USB 2.0 CompactFlash readers with UDMA support through their paces with 10 different UDMA cards, and the results are in.

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Tags: Compact Flash

Another UDMA CF Also-Ran

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I have added results for the Hoodman Professional RAW 280x CF Card to the Best Cards for the Nikon D300 article.

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Tags: Compact Flash

New Sigma Lens Caps

January 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Purchaser’s of Sigma’s new 18-200/f3.5-5.6 OS lens noticed a new lens cap design for Sigma, incorporating a center-pinch release.  A Sigma official has confirmed to me that this cap will appear on other lenses in the future, and will eventually be available for sale as an accessory item.

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Tags: Accessories · lenses

Remote Camera on the Cheap

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s a neat radio remote that won’t break the bank - and is even cheaper than just the Nikon pre-trigger release cable for the Pocket Wizard system.

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Tags: Accessories · Lacrosse · Uncategorized · basketball

Good Deals on SanDisk Cards

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Site sponsor Adorama is offering new sale prices which, combined with SanDisk rebates, offer some spectacular savings on Extreme III & IV series cards.

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Tags: Compact Flash

The Debut of the Crap List

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nothing ruffles my feathers more than lousy products.  To that end, this week marks the debut of “The Crap List,” a permanent feature of this site in which I reveal hyped-up products that don’t deliver the goods.

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Tags: Crap List