At least when it comes to lens caps. Now, this is just my opinion, but I shall overwhelm you with photographic evidence that this is the case, and then we shall all be in agreement.
First of all, a Canon lens cap:

By all appearances, this is a perfectly adequate lens cap. It fits on [...]

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A big, overdue thanks to David DuChemin of “Pixelated Image” for sending me a free 4GB Lexar Professional UDMA Comact Flash card. That’s digital film, for those of you not down with the lingo.
Several weeks ago David hosted a sort of competition on his blog, and I “entered” and David liked my entry [...]

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Canon introduced its EF series of lenses in 1987, and today celebrated the production of it’s 40 millionth lens.
[H/T: The Digital Picture]

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I’d like to introduce you all to Sally. Sally is my 17-40mm wide-angle lens. She is, formally, a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L. But, she goes by Sally.
The technical bits: the “17-40mm” refers to the focal length, “f/4″ refers to the maximum aperture, and “L” stands for “Luxury.” This is [...]

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Back in January, I gave myself the following “goals” for 2008:

Have finally joined NAPP
Get published at least once (even if I have to do it myself)
Produce a decent portfolio site
Sell at least one printed work (to a coffee shop, an individual, anyone, really…)
Write a decent review of all the gear I’m currently using
Do some good [...]

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