Equipment Reviews - Cameracraft

Sony GPS-CS1 tracker and software

Posted on June 16, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

THE FIRST QUESTION anyone asks about the Sony GPS-CS1 device is whether it will work with their non-Sony digital camera. The answer is yes but you may need to buy some extra software, as it only comes with software to link up to Sony Picture Motion Browser. If you can ensure that you buy the product sold as GPS-CS1KA it should include a copy of this software in full. If you buy the product coded only as GPS-CS1, it may have nothing apart from a patch-updater program you are supposed to use with your existing Sony installation. So make sure you know exactly what you are buying (there appears to be no price difference, and very few retailers are making any distinction between the two bundles). There seems to be no reason to continue offering the kit with the updater only. Continue reading »

Accessories - Minolta/Sony, Equipment Reviews, Software Reviews

Studio light-table technique

Posted on June 15, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

YOU MAY want to learn exactly how I shoot the product photographs which appear in my own articles here at Photoclubalpha. I use a studio light table with an opal plexiglass transilluminated scoop. This is the method I have used now for over 25 years and it’s saved me a lot of time, and earned me a lot of money.

Accessories - Minolta/Sony, DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Photo Techniques, Studio

The Lensbaby 3G creative zonal focus tilt-swing lens

Posted on June 14, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

THE LENSBABY was a novelty item when first introduced as a low-cost meniscus lens mounted on a flexible concertina tube with an SLR mount-fitting at the other end. Like the Diana or Holga cameras sometimes used by professionals to capture a feel of post-modern grunge, it used aberrations creatively. Continue reading »

Accessories - Minolta/Sony, Equipment Reviews, Lenses - Alpha Mount

Flash choices for the Alpha DSLRs

Posted on June 12, 2007 By David Kilpatrick

TESTING the flash options most widely sold for the Minolta/Sony unique hot shoe system became a necessity after the launch of the Alpha 100. Despite the reliability of automatic TTL off-the-film flash metering ever since Minolta first introduced it with the Auto Electroflash PX series in 1981, things began to go wrong with the shift to digital SLRs. Continue reading »

Accessories - Minolta/Sony, Equipment Reviews, Flash units, Troubleshooting

Sony Alpha 100 June 2006 launch report

Posted on June 11, 2006 By David Kilpatrick

Shortly before the June 6th 2006 worldwide launch of the Sony Alpha digital SLR system the European press learned that major title editors would meet in Marrakesh for the unveiling of the Alpha 100. No-one anticipated being driven miles into the desert-like countryside of Oued Nfis for the experience of a night under canvas after witnessing feats of Berber horsemanship and a massive pyrotechnic intro! Read David Kilpatrick’s original report from the Summer 2006 edition of Photoworld magazine. Please note this is a long, fully detailed and illustrated article split across several pages. Be sure to click the next page at the end of each one to continue reading. Continue reading »

Cameras (DSLR), Equipment Reviews, Events, Lenses - Alpha Mount, News, Sony Digital Cameras