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First Impressions of the Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

When I first saw the announcement of the Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic I fell in love head over heels immediately. The images that accompanied the announcement earlier this year sold me straight away. They were dreamy and velvety soft and had a very beautiful quality to them. While I have had the Soft Focus Optic for a while now, it wasn’t until today that I finally got around to make some images with this new optic. And I can tell you that I wasn’t one bit disappointed. I’m still very much in love…

Camera Strap, Made For Women, by Women

Every now and then it happens that a new product with a twist hits the market. In the case of the new RS1-W1 camera strap for women the twist is a quite literal…

First Impressions of the Lensbaby Fisheye Optic

The fisheye look is not to everyone’s taste and I have always been a bit unsure about the look myself. However once I found out Lensbaby had introduced a $149.95 Fisheye Optic for the Lensbaby Optic Swap System I was sold.

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Not sure what to put on your wish list for Christmas? How about a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV!
Canon has just released a “white paper” on their new EOS-1D Mark IV Digital SLR which is set to ship sometime in December and will have an estimated retail price of $4,999 at introduction which is considered to [...]

Lensbaby Introduces Two New Optics

Lensbaby has just launched two new Optics – Fisheye and Soft Focus – which both look very interesting, although I have to say my love at first sight falls on the Soft Focus Optic. Some of the sample images on the Lensbaby website from this Optic are just stunningly beautiful. Here is a quick little [...]

Lumix Galore

Following on from my Lumix Looking Good post yesterday it looks like Panasonic has given most of their retailers some incentive to clear their floor stock. This means good deals for us, the consumers.
B&H Photo are also offering some attractive deals on select Lumix models. Here are a couple of attractive Point and Shoots currently on sale [...]

Lumix Looking Good

Are you looking for a great deal? Look no further.
Amazon.com has just announced some great new low prices on select Panasonic Lumix.
Choose from the waterproof Lumix TS1, the powerful ZS3 – which features 12x optical zoom and HD video capability – and other popular models that make it simple to capture picture-perfect images.

As you have [...]

Going Back in Time in a Modern Way

If you have just found your way to Photography 24/7 you’re invited to take a look at my August Snaps project. I gave myself the challenge to carry my Canon G9 with me everywhere throughout the month of August in an effort to make daily images and also to simply exercise my vision and creativity. [...]

The Amazing Polaroid SX-70

A couple of days ago I put a bid on a Polaroid SX-70 on Ebay and I won the auction. I have contemplated buying this beautiful species of a camera for a while now and finally I got around to look around on Ebay for one. To me, the design is as trendy, futuristic, functional [...]