Articles

This page contains links to articles and posts I’ve written about photographic subjects including the 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 24-70mm f/2.8L II

• Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II vs. 24-70mm f/4L IS vs. 24-105mm f/4 L IS
  

Canon EF 24-105 f/4 IS L

• In Praise of the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS L lens
• Canon EF 24-105mm f4 IS L Lens
• Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS Lens Sharpness: An Example
• Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L II vs. 24-70mm f/4L IS vs. 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’
• Thoughts About the Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS Lens

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 24-70mm f/2.8 L II vs. 24-70mm f/4L IS vs. 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
• Some Thoughts on Aperture and DOF and Related Issues

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

Photographic Myths and Platitudes Series

• Photographic Myths and Platitudes – ‘Landscape Photography Lenses’ (Part 1)
• Photographic Myths and Platitudes – ‘Photographer’ versus “Photoshopper’
• Photographic Myths and Platitudes – Primes Make You a Better Photographer
• Photographic Myths and Platitudes – New DSLR? Why You Do NOT Need a 50mm Prime

Post-Processing and Printing

• Post-Processing: A Shadow Recovery Example

Technique

• Hints for Night Photography
• Fifteen Ideas for Photographing Professional Bicycle Races

Ethics

• Petroglyphs Stolen: An Ethical Lesson For Photographers
• Disclosing Photo Locations: How Much Information is Too Much?”

Tongue in Cheek

• Telling Stories About Our Photographs

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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