G Dan Mitchell Photography

The Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ on a bunch of lenses and speedlites is about to end. Many of Canon’s most desirable lenses are included in this rebate and the discounts are substantial. The promotion officially ends tomorrow, but if you are thinking of taking advantage of these prices at site sponsor B&H, keep in mind that [...]

I’ll mention this one final time: The Canon Lens and Speedlite ‘Instant Rebate’ Sale ends this week. It includes some very good prices on a wide range of lenses and all (?) of Canon’s Speedlites. One highlight – available through this link – is the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS zoom for $1974. G [...]

If you are a Canon photographer you probably know that the EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS telephoto zoom  is one of the best lenses that Canon makes… and that the list price is well into the $2000 range. Right now, for a short time, B&H Photo is offering the lens for only $1974. That is [...]

I’ve been posting to this blog in one form or another for over a half-dozen years now. One side effect of this is that certain articles that made sense when posted years ago end up looking pretty dated today! I found several of those while doing some maintenance on the site today. A couple mentioned [...]

I just received a note from B&H saying that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II body is available right now for $1999.95. The 5D2 (as I prefer to call it – less typing!) is Canon’s 21 MP full frame DSLR that also can produce excellent HD video. This is the camera that I use for [...]