Joe Farace

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Canon’s EOS Rebel T2i; The EOS 7D’s Kid Brother
Joe Farace  |  Sep 01, 2010

If you look at Canon’s website you’ll notice that the 18-megapixel EOS Rebel T2i sits between the EOS 50D and the price-point EOS Rebel XS, the latter being a camera I tried and disliked intensely.

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Canon’s EOS-1D Mark III; Canon’s High-Performance D-SLR Gets Updated
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2007

Technical Specifications

Compatible Lenses: Canon EF, TS-E, and MP-E lenses (except EF-S lenses)
Lens Mount: Canon EF mount
Focal Length Conversion Factor: 1.3x
Image Sensor: Single-plate, CMOS sensor
Pixels: Approx. 10.1 megapixels
Aspect...

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Canon’s EOS-1D Mark III; Canon’s High-Performance D-SLR Gets Updated
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2007

The big SLR news for pro shooters so far this year is Canon's launch of the EOS-1D Mark III D-SLR. It uses a 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor measuring 28.1x18.7mm that's about the same size as sensors in the EOS-1D Mark II and Mark II N, but has more pixels than the Mark II's 8.2 megapixels and the same focal length conversion factor of 1.3x. The new 10.1-megapixel...

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Canon’s EOS-1D Mark IV; An EOS Evolution
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2010

The new 1D Mark IV is a step up the evolutionary ladder from EOS Erectus, going where all SLRs are heading these days—High-Definition (HD) video capture.

 

Video aside, in today’s D-SLR world a $5000 16-megapixel camera might not seem like such a big deal, especially when the 18-megapixel EOS 7D, also with video capture, sells for $1699. The 1D...

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Canon’s EOS-1Ds Mark III; The Big Kahuna Has Landed
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2008

Twenty-one megapixels. Think about it. Once the exclusive domain of those Tiffany-priced medium format digital backs, that same kind of high-end resolution is now possible with a D-SLR, albeit an expensive one. While it has the same $7999 price as its 16.7-megapixel predecessor, Canon's 21-megapixel EOS-1Ds Mark III could hardly be called inexpensive, but to pros who need...

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Digital Innovations
Capturing Digital Images One Day At A Time: See You In The Funny Papers
Joe Farace  |  Dec 04, 2013  |  First Published: Oct 01, 2013
On October 2, 1950, the first Peanuts comic strip appeared in a daily newspaper. As a lifelong Peanuts fan and Snoopy collector it’s fitting that this month’s column is my 2100th published magazine article and I’d like to thank the best editorial team I’ve ever worked with—Shutterbug’s Editorial Director George Schaub and Managing Editor Andrea Keister—without whom none of this would be possible. I would also like to thank all of those readers who have hung in there with me for all these years. You are the reason I do this.
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Digital Innovations
Capturing Images In Camera And The Digital Darkroom; My Way, Your Way, Or The IR Way
Joe Farace  |  Sep 01, 2007

"No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it." --Charles M. Schulz

After recently acquiring a Canon EOS Rebel XTi, I was able to retire (thanks, Gary) the EOS D60 I've been using for digital infrared photography and start using a camera with a 2.5" LCD screen that delivers 10.1-megapixel resolution. To convert the...

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Web Profiles
Capturing The Christmas Spirit; A Holiday Collection Of Clever & Colorful Websites
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2007

"At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year."--Thomas Tusser

Christmas seems to have gone from a time of peace and love to one of controversy about how it's celebrated. I tend to think of the holiday in much the way the late Will Eisner expressed in his preface to The Christmas Spirit, a collection of stories featuring...

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Lens NewsLens Reviews
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 And Planar T* 50mm f/1.4; Lenses For Low-Light Photography And More…
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2009

There is no doubt that Carl Zeiss is one of the magical names in the world of optics and so the introduction of the Zeiss ZE lenses for analog and digital cameras is big news.

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Lens NewsLens Reviews
Carl Zeiss’ Distagon T* 18mm f/3.5 And Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8 Lenses; Open Wide, Wider Still…That’s It!
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2010

When it comes to lenses, the name Carl Zeiss is synonymous with optical perfection or as they say around the Hallmark store, “when you care enough to shoot the very best.” Zeiss continues to expand its line of interchangeable lenses for Canon, Nikon, and Pentax cameras to include two new wide-angle lenses, the Distagon T* 18mm f/3.5 and Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8.

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