Great Article/Checklist on TWiPphoto.com on How to Unbox a New Camera

I just read a great article by Scott Bourne of TWiPphoto.com about how to unbox a new camera. I think that posts like this are outstanding and rarely covered because they are not necessarily “sexy.”

To add a small item on a related subject, I think that testing all the lenses you own with the camera on a tripod, shooting at a map or other flat object using autofocus at a fairly wide open aperture (f4 or f5.6) in good lighting can help to determine if the sensor and lens are properly in sync with regard to focus (many lenses have “issues” in one or more of the corners of the frame, which can show up as slight blurriness/darkening/chromatic aberrations). If all your lenses show a problem (such as blurriness in the same area), that may point to a problem with the sensor.

You can read Scott’s 15 steps here on TWiPphoto.com. The comments from readers/listeners of the site are also always worth a look.

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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Andrew | Filed Under DIGITAL CAMERA, NEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TIPS

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3 Responses to “Great Article/Checklist on TWiPphoto.com on How to Unbox a New Camera”

Linda McRae on April 21st, 2009 12:21 pm

The article above points to http://twipphoto.com/archives/3124, but this link is not working. I get a page cannot be found error. Did Scott recently change his TWIPhoto blog to a different domain name (seem to recall seeing a twitter update from him about that).
Andrew on April 21st, 2009 1:43 pm

Hi Linda:

You are correct! Here is the new link:
http://photofocus.com/2009/03/09/how-to-unbox-a-new-camera-twipphotocom/
All the best!

Andrew
Linda McRae on May 10th, 2009 3:19 pm

Thanks Andrew. The new link works. Read the blog entry, and thoroughly enjoyed the reader comments posted there! LOL!!