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Garmin Foretrex 901 Ballistic Edition Review
The Garmin Foretrex is a wrist-mounted GPS navigation device designed for outdoors recreation use by Garmin, one of the most prominent brands in outdoors activities from hiking and running to fishing and hunting. The Foretrex can be mounted on... Read More
Vectronix Shooting Solutions Range Enhancers Review
When Vectronix Shooting Solutions released their Vector X range finding binoculars in 2024, VSS also released an accessory dubbed the Range Enhancers. The Vectronix Shooting Solutions Range Enhancers are 1.4x magnifiers for the Vector X line of binoculars. With... Read More
Precision Rifle Project Series: Defiance Machine anTi-X 7mm PRC
My focus as a firearms enthusiast and a recreational and competition shooter has been on well-built firearms and I am always wanting to try new things, whether it is a new cartridge or a new manufacturer’s components. At the... Read More
SWAROVSKI OPTIK NL Pure 14×52 Binocular Review
SWAROVSKI OPTIK released the NL Pure 14×52 last year in 2024 to satisfy the demand for a higher magnification binocular in the NL Pure line. The NL Pure 12×42 was quite popular when it was released and I bought... Read More
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Simple Light Stand Modification
Ever since I bought my Alien Bees B1600 studio light, 47″ octabox, and PCB Vagabond II back in June, I have been putting the setup to good use. Using this single light setup on location in combination with a Giottos … Read More
Canon 60D – Personal Thoughts
A couple of days ago Canon finally announced the EOS 60D, the successor to the 50D and the next iteration of Canon’s 10D series of cameras. There are plenty of other blog postings with opinions of the 60D, and tons … Read More
Use Bone, Not Muscle – Rifle Shooting and Photography
People view muscle strength as the primary factor in being able to lift and hold objects. In general, this is a true assumption. But using muscles is not the most efficient way to hold an object. As an experiment, grab … Read More
Abducted by Alien Bees
When I decided to make the jump into portrait photography, I started off with a pair of Canon 580 EX II Speedlites and the PocketWizard MiniTT1/FlexTT5 system to accompany them. While I was able to make decent use of them … Read More
Konuspot 80 Spotting Scope
Attention: This was originally written/published on 2008-03-25 for another blog which I retired and am in the process of restructuring/redesigning. I wanted to post this review here for archival purposes. Additional notes/edits made to review where required (i.e. price and … Read More