Podcast 259 : Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6350 Printer Review
My new Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6350 large format printer was delivered on August 13, 2010. The first thing to note with this printer is it’s big! Not huge as far as really large format printers, like the 44″ or 60″ models, but still, with the ability to print 24″ or 610mm wide sheet or roll paper, [...]
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
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
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!
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 239 : Manfrotto Video Fluid Heads with Really Right Stuff Plates
I recently figured out how to mount my cameras and lenses fitted with Really Right Stuff plates, to my Manfrotto 519 Pro Video Fluid Head, and today share my secrets with you. The video below is really all you need to watch, but I also recorded an audio section for those that cannot get to [...]
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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 [...]
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
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
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 of what I’ve found to be more than a lens. In some circumstances [...]
Podcast 198 : More Things I’d Not Like to be Without
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 have a few more things that I feel compelled to talk about today. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
