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Camera insurance never looked so good

Posted: May 5th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Back stories, Gear | Tags: , | 2 Comments »

Pro cameras can appear pretty expensive compared to the semi-pro variety. Sometimes there mightn’t seem to be much difference in the megapixel stakes, the frame rate or picture-quality. But there’s one other measure that accounts for some of those extra dollars — build quality.

Drop a prosumer camera off your shoulder and you’ll probably need a new one. Drop a pro body and as long as the lens survives you’ll likely not miss a beat. The latest and greatest Canon has 76 gaskets and seals making it rain proof. The top Nikon is built like a tank. But for this you pay.

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Cyber security is more than just your PINs and your passwords

Posted: March 22nd, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Security, Software, Technology, Web | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

I expect that not many of you are being kept awake at night by fears of a cyber attack, but we should at least all be aware of the scope of the threats that exist to photographers on the internet, and that there are some pretty straightforward countermeasures available to us.

The online bits of any small business are susceptible to risks which are compounded by the fact most of us are not IT experts and therefore don’t even know what they are, let alone how we might defend ourselves against them.

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