Tests & Reports

This page contains links to articles and posts I’ve written about photographic equipment that I use (or, in some cases, have used or studied extensively), including my tests, reviews, and subjective opinions related to DSLR and other camera bodies, lenses, tripods, bags, and other gear. (There is also a simple list of my current equipment.) Note that some of the review are now quite dated – but I have left them online since the posts still contain useful general information.

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Cameras

Canon ESO 5D II 

• Canon EOS 5DII: Early Observations on Image Quality
• Canon EOS 5D
• EOS 5D II at B&H

Canon XT/350D Digital Rebel

• Why I Chose a Canon 350/XT
• What Lens for XTi?

Canon Pro One

Lenses

Canon EFS 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS

• Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS Lens

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II

• Review of this lens in pending

Canon EF 35mm f/2

• Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 lens

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4

• Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 Lens

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8

• Review of this lens is pending.

Canon EF 135mm f/2 L

• Review of this lens is pending.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L

• Canon 17-40mm f/4 L Sharpness: Two Examples
• Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 Lens: Early Report
• Corner Sharpness of the Canon 17-40m f/4 Lens on Full Frame
• Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L: Testing a Claim About Sharpness and Focal Length
• Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L at B&H

Canon EF 24-105 f/4 IS L

• Canon EF 24-105mm f4 IS L Lens
• Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS Lens Sharpness: An Example
• Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L versus Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS
• Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L at B&H

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L

• Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L Lens
• Pricing on New Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS L

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L

• New Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L
• Thoughts About Long Zooms and Primes and ‘Image Quality’

General Lens Topics

• A Test: Correcting Lens Distortion in Post-Processing
• A Test: Correcting Perspective in Post Processing
• Full Frame Lens Test
• Sharpness and Aperture Selection on Full-Frame DSLRs
• Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L versus Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS
• Photographic Myths and Platitudes – ‘Landscape Photography Lenses’ (Part 1)
• ‘My Photos Are Soft!’
• Why Your 21MP File “Looks Softer” Than Your 12MP File at 100%
• Myth: Diffraction and Motion Blur Worsen With More Megapixels

Tripods and Heads

• Induro C313  Carbon Fiber Tripod
• Gitzo 2542L “Mountaineer” Carbon Fiber Tripod (Gitzo GT2542L Tripod at B&H)
• Velbon 540 “El Carmagne” Tripod
• Acratech Ultimate Ballhead
• Really Right Stuff BH-55 Ballhead

Bags and Backpacks

Lowepro

• Lowepro Inverse 200 AW
• Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW
• A Question About the Lowepro Slingshot 200 AW
• Lowepro Nova 200 AW
• Lowepro Rover Plus AW
• Lowepro Toploader AW

ThinkTank

• Airport Acceleration – (Purchase directly from Think Tank Photo)

Crumpler

• Six Million Dollar Home
• Eight Million Dollar Home

Other Equipment

Filters

• Lens Protection: Ultraviolet (UV) Filter or Lens Cap and Hood?

Electronic Flash

• Canon 580EXII (Canon Speedlite 580EX I at B&H)

General Photography Equipment Topics

• Beginner Question: What Lenses Should I Get For My New Camera?
• About Vignetting
• Asking the Wrong Question – Part 1
• My Approach to DSLR Sensor Cleaning
• Summer 2007 Backpacking Photography Kit
• When Sharpness Becomes an Unhealthy Obsession

Technique

• Hints for Night Photography

Places

• Death Valley
• Sierra Nevada
• Yosemite

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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