Wow! Canon is really going at it now.  The D series revolution is going crazy, just after releasing the Canon EOS 50D, they come out with the Canon EOS 60D – at the same MSRP price? Why Canon?  I have been a big fan of the 1D’s series and I am glad you kept the 1Ds Mark II around for awhile and made it an amazing camera and I did really enjoy it and I know technology is coming out so fast and we need to keep up, so I hope the Mark III 1Ds will be around as long as the Mark II 1Ds has.

I just feel bad for those who just purchased the Canon EOS 50D, knowing the Canon EOS 60D is the same price and of course has a higher and new technology built-in to it, naming a few:

1.  )Max. aperture TTL metering with 63-zone SPC with the following selectable modes:
Evaluative metering (linkable to all AF points)
Partial metering (approx. 6.5% of viewfinder at center)
Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of viewfinder at center)
Center-Weighted average metering

2.) Total pixels: Approx. 19.0 Megapixels: 5432 (H) x 3492 (V) pixels

3.) Effective pixels: Approx. 18.0 Megapixels: 5200 (H) x 3462 (V) pixels

Oh well – Technology as we all know it, travels so fast that we as the consumers are constantly on the chase.

You can see the 50D / 60D Side by Side Comparison – HERE

Finally!  I got my hands on the Alienbees Ring Flash (by chance)  After using the nifty Profoto Ring Flash for 5 years now, I have always wondered how the Alienbees Ring Flash performed, I have seen various good reviews and some mixed reviews online, but the only beset review you can get is from you!  Using it yourself.

Overall I was pleased with the results, although power wise, not quite close to my favorite Profoto RingFlash – but for what you need it for, it has great features.  Power wise I was just using it for 2 various F-Stops, so I didn’t really push it that much, since it was not mine and it was my first time using it, the slider where you were supposed to mount your camera was missing a piece, I am not quite sure if it came with one and was attached to someone’s camera.

I had a good experience using it and would love to experiment more on it and post some cool pictures.  Below is a sample of one of the shots.