Digital Fossils

When Canon launched the EOS system with its new EF lens mount in 1987, it was a clean break with past tech. The "Electro Optical System...

So, for doing a comparison test for the blog... and also because I love playing with different cameras ...I got the Sony a700 and a Sony 16...

After the LCD display on the top panel, the next two pro camera features I mentioned in my list were a rugged, usually metal body, and weat...

I was getting lunch at Fat Dan's the other day when a gaggle of Triumph motorcycles pulled up over at Yat's, so I ambled over for a ...

These were taken with the Canon Rebel T1i and an EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens while walking to lunch back in February of 2019. The lack ...

KEH had a Nikon D300 in EXC condition for $79 and, rather than let my D300S substitute for one in my "Class of 2008 Prosumer Shootout...

On my list of features usually found on "pro" cameras , after dual control wheels and dual card slots, I mentioned an LCD readout ...

The Sony 16-50mm f/2.8 lens is downright petite when compared to the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS or the Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 G lenses, but i...

If you're gonna build a grip into the body of your DSLR camera, like most every manufacturer does, I feel like it should be deep enough ...

The second on my list of "pro features" after dual control wheels was dual card slots, although in the year 2008, that was still ...

Sony discontinued their A-mount DSLRs (all basically evolved Minoltas) back in 2012, and the A-mount pellicle mirror SLT cameras not too man...

When Canon did away with aperture rings and shutter speed dials on their EOS film cameras, they replaced them with a pair of control wheels ...

What is a "pro" camera? The flippant answer would be "any camera that takes pictures which are then sold for money", of ...

So I had the Pentax K20D out for its inaugural outing of car-spotting, even though the DA 16-45mm f/4 lens is a little short for the task, b...

Remember how I was talking about the "prosumer" grade crop sensor cameras the other day ? In the 2007-2009 period, that would have...

One problem with being an inveterate hoarder of old cameras is sometimes they fall out of use for a bit. Love those Peak Design Slide strap...

Back in the 2000s, when full-frame sensors and all the various tech that was packed into full-house pro bodies from Canon and Nikon made the...

These photos are from the 2021 Indiana State Fair Pioneer Village, using a Nikon D3 and the 24-120mm f/4 VR zoom lens , which is an excellen...

These are from the 2019 Indiana State Fair, using a Nikon D700 and a basic, inexpensive 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6 VR zoom lens. Despite dating to ...

These were all snapped with an Olympus PEN E-P5 wearing Panasonic's little 20mm f/1.7 pancake standard prime lens .