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Holiday Gift Guides & More Specials

December 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Several online retailers offer handy gift-giving guides for various categories of products.  All of these are site sponsors, so your use of the links below help support this site.

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Tags: Accessories · Cameras · Compact Flash · Computers · Deals · Filters · flash · lenses · Software · Speedlights · Uncategorized · Video

Photo of the Week: 2010-11-28

November 28th, 2010 · No Comments

This week’s photo comes from the new Nikon D7000.

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Tags: basketball · Cameras · lenses · Photo of the Week · Uncategorized

Brilliant Disguise

November 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I have a love-hate affair with camera bags.  I love them – I own more than any photographer has a right to.  I hate them – because there’s always something missing.  Until now: I think I have finally found “the perfect bag” in the Think Tank Photo Urban Disguise 50.

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Tags: Accessories · Bags · basketball · Cameras · Computers · flash · lenses

Photo of the Week: 2010-11-21

November 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Today inaugurates a new feature on SportsPhotoGuy.com: Photo of the Week.  I’ll showcase my best work from the previous week with notes about technique and equipment.  This week’s photo is actually three photos in one: a 3-frame football sequence.

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Tags: Cameras · football · lenses · Photo of the Week · Power

Nikon Outlet Store

October 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Nikon has opened a new “Outlet” section in its online store, offering refurbished cameras, lenses, and speedlights for sale at a discount.

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Tags: Cameras · Deals · lenses · Speedlights

Walkaround Shootout

July 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Every photographer needs an all-purpose walkaround lens.  For the past several years, mine has been the Nikon 18-200 VR.  Tamron’s 18-270 VC lens, though, has generated a fair amount of buzz, and I thought I would see if this lens might topple Nikon’s super zoom from its throne.

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Tags: Deals · lenses

A New Wideout: Sigma 8-16

July 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Sigma’s 8-16/f4.5-5.6 DC HSM ultrawide zoom lens is another first for the Japanese lens maker, and a useful tool for any sports photographer’s arsenal.

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Tags: lenses · Uncategorized