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Battery Grips-The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
I posted last week how my battery grip held my camera hostage for a whole morning (I was not able to remove it from the camera). I spent hours and I can still feel the pain in my fingers trying to remove the battery grip. Finally, I had to take my cordless drill and perform open camera surgery. This is something that most photographers would not attempt. If you use your camera as much as I do and are adding a battery grip, buy the (in my case) Nikon! It seems that some loose screws got in the way on the Vello battery grip and caused one of the gears…
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Product Review-Logan 350-1 Compact Elite Mat Cutter
This is my first product review. I said to myself, I am trying to figure out this new equipment , I write a blog, so I might as well write about my experiences (with photos of course). The Logan Mat cutter arrived yesterday and comes in a reusable cardboard storage box. After setting it up on my dining room table, I then did the improbable. I actually watched the included DVD. The DVD was well done and explained the two ways to cut a bevel cut and a straight cut. Back at the cutter I decided to check how square the guide rail was. This is explained in the paper…
