Review

Podcast 249 : Display and Monitor Calibration with the X-Rite ColorMunki Photo

Podcast 249 : Display and Monitor Calibration with the X-Rite ColorMunki Photo

Today I take you through a full monitor and printer calibration with the X-Rite ColorMunki Photo, and we also take a look at how to optimize a printer profile. Although it was a little late, I finally published an iPod optimized version of the video via the iTunes/RRS stream, so recheck iTunes if that’s where [...]


Podcast 246 : The iPad for the Photographer

Podcast 246 : The iPad for the Photographer

I picked up my iPad on May 28, which was the day that the iPad went on sale in most countries outside of the US. Today I’ll talk about how I’m using my iPad now, and throw in a few useful app suggestions, as well as covering what I’m not doing, with reasons why, and [...]


Podcast 245: Kata Bag 3N1-33 Sling Backpack Review

Podcast 245: Kata Bag 3N1-33 Sling Backpack Review

Kata-Bags sent me a 3N1-33 Sling Backpack to try a few weeks ago, and after using it a number of times now, I’m very pleased with it, and have been looking forward to sharing some details with you today. (By the way, if you’d prefer to listen, there’s an audio player at the bottom of [...]


Podcast 242: MBP Podcast Companion Now in iTunes App Store!

Podcast 242: MBP Podcast Companion Now in iTunes App Store!

Last week we launched the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast Companion App, and it’s now available to buy in the iTunes App Store, and today I’m going to explain a little about what you will find in the app and how we intend to develop it depending on initial sales. I would like to say a [...]


Podcast 236 : The EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens with Extenders

Podcast 236 : The EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens with Extenders

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Last week, I released a review of the new Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lens, and was asked how the version II of Canon’s workhorse lens fairs with Canon’s Extenders (teleconverters)? I’m pleased the reader/listener asked quickly, as I sold [...]


Podcast 235 : Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens Review

Podcast 235 : Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Lens Review

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On March 19th, 2010, Canon released the updated version of their famed workhorse, the EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM lens. I have spent the last three days taking mine through its paces, and today I’m going to share my findings. I’ve [...]


Podcast 234 : Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2010

Podcast 234 : Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2010

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. This year marked the start of a new event, the Camera and Photo Imaging Show, at the Pacifico Yokohama exhibition hall. I can see from the updated Web site, which is at cpplus.jp, that they had around 41,000 visitors over the four [...]


Podcast 230 : Canon EOS 1D Mark IV Review

Podcast 230 : Canon EOS 1D Mark IV Review

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Just back from my Snow Monkey and Hokkaido Photography Tour and Workshops, today I’m going to give you some initial impressions of the new Canon EOS 1D Mark IV camera, which I picked up a few days before leaving for the Snow [...]


Podcast 227 : X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Review (Video)

Podcast 227 : X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Review (Video)

Today I’m going to take you through some of the basic operations of the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport. With the preparation for my Snow Monkeys and Hokkaido Workshops, I really didn’t have time to prepare for a Podcast this week, but I had planned on talking about my new X-Rite ColorChecker Passport, which I have fallen [...]


Podcast 211 : Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM Lens Review

Podcast 211 : Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM Lens Review

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. I’m not sure if Canon is using this marketing worldwide, but in Japan, they are calling the 7D the Image Monster! On the same day as the 7D release, Canon also released their new EF 100mm F2.8 L MACRO IS USM and [...]


Podcast 208 : Canon EOS 7D & 100mm F2.8L Macro IS Lens Preview

Podcast 208 : Canon EOS 7D & 100mm F2.8L Macro IS Lens Preview

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. On Saturday the 12th of September, 2009, I visited the Canon S Tower in Shinagawa, Tokyo, to attend the Canon EOS 7D and 100mm F2.8 L IS USM Lens Special Preview event. I’m a member of the Canon Photo Circle, which is [...]


Podcast 177 : Top Five iPhone Apps for the Photographer

Podcast 177 : Top Five iPhone Apps for the Photographer

This is the transcript for an archived Podcast, episode #177, originally released on March 03, 2009. Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. The first thing that I want to say today is that I love my iPhone! I owned a Windows Mobile based PC for 2 years before [...]


OPG Review: Delkin Express Card 34 Compact Flash Adapter

OPG Review: Delkin Express Card 34 Compact Flash Adapter

I recently gave the Delkin Express Card 34 Compact Flash Adapter a try for Outdoor Photo Gear, as a proud member of their Gear Advisory Board. Here are my findings. I chose to try this Compact Flash Adapter from Delkin because I like the idea of having a slimline adapter that I can throw into [...]


Canon EF 50mm F1.2 L Lens’ Dynamic Back-Focus

Canon EF 50mm F1.2 L Lens' Dynamic Back-Focus

On August 1st, I bought a Canon EF 50mm F1.2 L USM Lens. I’d been thinking of getting this lens for a long time, though had held off because I heard that it back focused when trying to focus on things close to the lens. For much of my current work though, if I’m working [...]


Podcast #202: Lens Review – Lensbaby Composer

Podcast #202: Lens Review - Lensbaby Composer

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. About six weeks ago I bought a Lensbaby Composer, and although I released an Initial Impressions review here on my blog straight away, having now had a chance to take it through its paces a little more, here’s a more in-depth review [...]


Podcast #198: More Things I’d Not Like to be Without

Podcast #198: More Things I’d Not Like to be Without

Prefer to listen? There’s an audio player at the bottom of the post. Way back in April 2007 I released Episode 84 of the Martin Bailey Photography Podcast, in which I spoke about 10 items that I would really not like to be without, in my photography. Just over two years have passed, and I [...]


The Lensbaby Composer – Initial Impressions

The Lensbaby Composer - Initial Impressions

I recently ordered a Lensbaby Composer, and after spending almost a week in the current very crowded Tokyo customs facility, it arrived today. Excited like a little kid, I left the office as early as possible, and then ate dinner itching all the time to open the little package to my right. After clearing the [...]