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The Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4 EX DG IF HSM is a super wide-angle zoom lens specially designed only for DSLR cameras with 1.6x crop factor. The lens features HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) provides quiet, high-speed autofocus shooting, as well as full-time manual focus, Inner Focus System, and aspherical lens elements in the front, as well as rear lens groups. (MTF Chart) | (Download Free Lens Hood)

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As of 11 this morning the United Auto Workers went on strike from General Motors facilities. Anyone who has been in Lansing for any period of time knows that the city is tied indelibly to General Motors, and as a result the UAW. For many years it was GM and the UAW that provided a living wage to the area residents, and to a large extent this is still the case. Of course, General Motors has fallen on hard times, and as a result, Lansing and its citizens have felt the pain.

I decided to go out and take a few photos of the people directly affected by this strike, so of course I reached for my digital camera. As happens often, the batteries were completely dead and I reached for a few more reliable, if antiquated, pieces of equipment: Olympus XA, Konica I, and Polaroid SX-70. It is, of course, the Polaroid you see here - more later when I get the 35mm film developed.

It was odd, me using a Konica from 1952 to photograph an organized strike. An old rangefinder has been the camera to use for journalistic photography since about World War II. I realized that a lot of what the UAW fights to preserve are the values that went into the making of...

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BenQ expanded its digital camera lineup with the super slim BenQ T800, an upgrade to the T700. At a mere 14.9mm, the BenQ DC-T800 takes the record as the world’s slimmest 8 Megapixel camera with a 3.0-inch touch screen display. The BenQ T800 camera sports a super slim exterior, a large 3-inch touch screen display, smc Pentax lens, super shake-free mode and high ISO options. Other new features include Face Tracking function and Z-lighting function. The BenQ DC T800 is equipped with an 8 Megapixel CCD sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens. Furthermore, it possesses a 3-inch, 232,000 pixel resolution LCD monitor with touch screen capabilities. Users can write memos on their images or activate camera functions by touch.

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It sounds silly, but nothing can be more frustrating than a photo-shoot spoiled by a tripod failure. You spend hours doing location scouting, you have excellent camera gear (including back-up camera bodies, spare media cards, an assortment of fancy lenses) coupled with your amazing artistic skills — you hike up a small mountain to get a beautiful sunset image (alternately — you have 50 people assembled for a group shot in a very dimly lit church or reception hall!)…and your tripod falls apart. YIKES! Whoooodathunkit???

Recently I noticed that one of my tripod legs was slipping at inopportune moments. I thought — no big deal…I can fix this with an allen wrench or a screw-driver. WRONG! Turns out I needed a slim profile socket wrench to tighten down the faulty leg. Who would have thought that a $300 tripod would give me fits trying to find the right tool in my garage to fix the problem? (Yeah, duct tape would have worked…temporarily…LOL.)

Learn from my frustrating experience. Check your tripod for loose connections and find the right tool to tighten them. You know what they say…an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

Beautiful light atmosphere and space.. Stunning light and composition.. And the light in the window is a glorious touch!
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Evening, originally uploaded by Chris (archi3d).

Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 | 14.8 mm | f/5 | 1/200

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