Medium SLR Camera Bag

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Medium SLR Camera Bag

Lexar Professional Compact Flash Card Review

Today we are going take a look at the new Lexar Professional UDMA 300x Compact Flash Memory Card. This card has been designed with the digital SLR camera user in mind and the heavy speed requirements associated with such products.

Digital SLR cameras are not only increasing in pixels but also in processor speed and so there is a need to store the information from the sensor rapidly and reliably. It is essential that the storage medium keeps pace with the processing power of the latest SLR cameras and so Lexar have come up with the latest Compact Flash memory card, the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x.

The standard write speed of most cards was about 1-2mb per second, this as increased through 4x, 8x etc to a point now where 133x write speeds have become common place and many professional photographers have memory cards of this speed and higher in their bags.

The Lexar Professional UDMA 300x Compact Flash® memory card was built to provide ultimate high-speed performance with an emphasis on reliability for the professional and advanced enthusiast photographer. The card work in unison with a UDMA enabled reader to supply dramatically increases card read and write transfer rates.

The card has also been design with a certain amount of future proofing as a lot of the latest SLR professional cameras come with the next generation of high-resolution UDMA technology. The Lexar Professional UDMA CF card is also available in smaller sizes including 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities.

So how much better can it be to use one of these card, what kind of advantage does it give? Well the simple answer is that speed equals time. The memory cards can write information far quicker saving time which means no delay in being ready to catch the next great shot. We tested this on a standard dSLR camera from Cannon using a 1gb memory card. We held the shutter for 10 seconds and managed to record just 8 frames. Removing the card only and replacing it with the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x Compact Flash memory card saw an increase in frames from 8 to 16. So we doubled the frame rate just by replacing the memory card. Now that's what I call an easy upgrade path.

The Lexar Memory Card as an official read/write speed based at a minimum write speed capability of around 300x (45MB/sec) quiet amazing when you think about it. The memory card also includes some useful little Extras. The Lexar Professional UDMA 300x card includes Lexar's own Image Rescue™ 3 software. This is a very useful bit of software and should help you recover any deleted images or files without too much trouble and this includes corrupted data retrieval. The Image Rescue™ 3 software can also make sure that all the images you do not require anymore can be removed correctly and the memory card reformat securely to ensure no one can access your used data.

The read speeds on the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x card are very fast and this means that you will spend less time downloading the data to your computer or checking shots etc. although. Another good point is that the memory card comes with a limited lifetime warranty and a dedicated customer support line that's free to customers. A useful thing when you consider the cost and value of such a memory card.

Verdict we where very impress with the speed of this memory card and if you are in the situation where time is money then I would recommend this card highly. The true advantages of having such read and write speed buffer clearing ability is a very useful point shooting fast moving action shots such as sports or wildlife

So in summary, the things we liked about the Lexar Professional UDMA 300x Compact Flash® memory card:

High-speed UDMA performance and reliability, especially when used with an appropriate UDMA reader.
Dramatically improves the transfer speeds of data from your card to any other storage device.
Includes the very useful and easy to use Image Rescue™ 3 software.
And finally, it comes with a Limited lifetime warranty.

The negative points are:

This card is only for the deep of pocket and may be overkill for general photographic requirements.
That said if you can afford it you will not be disappointed.

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Studio Photography Equipment?

I am looking for:
2x Studio flash (above 180 watt)
1x Continuous lighting (above 180 watt)
2x Soft box for studio flash (medium)
1x Soft box for continuous lighting (medium)
3x Stands
5 in 1 reflector
1 Light meter
1 Olympus slr camera remote
1 Bag to store everything

It should be:
Order-able to Europe
or
Buy-able in Switzerland or Germany.

Should all in all be around 500 chf (=340pounds, 390Euros)

Thanks.
If you find any background curtains with stand then that would be awesome as well.
All I would like to know really is: do you know a website that isn't too expensive and is in Switzerland/Germany or one can order it?

(thanks everyone so far )

Not exactly what you are looking for but pretty close

Ok ... you need to put more space between your "model" and the wall. Product shots also require off camera flash work ... not the popup flash that's built in.

To shoot a product shot like that, I would use 3 lights with umbrellas.

You can get all that you need on ebay for about 300$...

BTW, I own the setup I'm suggestiong (give or take a few slight differences and I jusrt ordered 4 more flashes and 2 trigger kits extra).

You can get a pretty inexpensive kit that is actually worth getting for around 300$.

Get 2 or 3 YUNGTUO YN-460 shoe mount flashes (or more ... I'm about to order a couple more). They are in expensive (43$) but work great. They just don't have any of the fancy features you would use for on camera lighting but since this is for studio lighting it doesn't matter,

Here on ebay:http://cgi.ebay.com/YN-460-Slave-Flash-Canon-50D-40D-30D-5D-Diffuser-/230591676416?pt=Camera_Flash_Accessories&hash=item35b055c000#ht_4169wt_905

So that's 86$ to 130$

Get a couple of lightstands (50$ total)

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x-Light-Stand-1-90m-63-Studio-lighting-300W-/320664119664?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa9122970#ht_3103wt_905

Get some unbrella holder and umbrellas (32$ each)

http://cgi.ebay.com/White-Umbrella-Flash-Light-Tripod-Stand-Mount-/320662594518?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item4aa8fae3d6#ht_3105wt_905

Get some remote triggers (30$)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wireless-Flash-Trigger-2-Receiver-Canon-40D-30D-20D-/320664548656?pt=Camera_Flash_Accessories&hash=item4aa918b530#ht_3634wt_905

Then you can get a background kit with a grey motled backdrop like this one: (55$)

http://cgi.ebay.com/dmk2-Background-Support-Set-9x12-Backdrop-New-/120691666627?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c19c8aec3#ht_1885wt_1139

So around 300$

You'll eventually want to add more receivers, get 1 or 2 more flashes, get a black umbrella, maybe a soft box ... but the kit above should serve you well to start.

I'd suggest getting a demo kit of gels ... so you can gell your background flash (25$)

Here are some shots I did with a similar kit (no gels).
My website is a bit of a mess but here is a shoot I did for some model portfolios:

http://www.evildaystar.ca/blogs-eng.asp?b=20110216

Here are a few more from some weddings:

The nice thing with this kit also is that it doesn;t rely on the availability of power outlets so you can bring it to an outdoor shoot and not worry.

Anyways, good luck.