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+1 to citrus. Was looking for reviews to help me decide between d90, 500d and 50d and stumbled across CL through google. It took me a while to realise Gordon was based in Queenstown and I can remember looking at the test shots thinking "I know where that is"...

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Justin
Canon 50D
EF 50mm f1.8, 70-200mm f4L IS USM, 18-55mm IS
430EX speedlight
Photoshop CS4

Like most of the other posters, I was surfing YouTube. Liked Gordon's reviews and joined.

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Henry (onlinedrifter)

Cameras: Canon EOS 450D with Battery Grip | Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10
Lenses: EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS | EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS | EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Flash: Canon Speedlite 580EX II

The only stupid question is the question that is not asked.

I actually hadn't heard of this site before Bjorn mentioned it at a Dutch (mainly Sony Alpha oriented) forum . It's because of I him I found this place ...

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Sony α77V/VG-C77AM/α350/18-70/70-400 G SSM/NEX-5/18-55 OSS/Lowepro Pro Trekker 600 AW/CompuTrekker AW/Nova 140 AW/Street & Field gear/Toploader Pro 75 AW. And a huge wishlist...

My photos on Flickr...

I was looking for reviews of the 40D on youtube ^^

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Cameras: Leica M8, Nikon FE-2, Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 5D Mark II, 40D
Lenses: Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm 1.4, Ultra Wide Heliar 12mm 5.6 ASPH II, Nikkor AI-S 28mm 2.8, Canon 24-70 2.8L, 85mm 1.2L II, 300mm 2.8L IS, TS-E 45mm 2.8, Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro
Canon 1.4x/2X TC II, Canon 580EX II X2, Gitzo + Manfrotto.
Wishlist: Leica Monochrom, Summilux 50 ASPH, Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 ASPH II

Gordon's reviews on youtube, I watched them for a month or so then decided to visit cameralabs.com.

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"If I want a 'snapshot'... i will use my phone.."

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Wow...

Cameralabs would be a LOT smaller if it wasn't for Gordon's Youtube reviews!

Good job Gordon!

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Youtube vid here too. Might've been the video tour of the Canon 18-200mm or the 450D. I visited cameralabs.com and signed up on the forum after having been a visitor for some weeks

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Canon DSLRs: 5D Mark III, 7D
Canon lenses: 17-40/4L, 24-105/4L, 24/1.4L II, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 100/2.8L Macro, 70-200/2.8L IS, 100-400L
Other stuff: Canon Extender 1.4x II, Canon 580 EX II, Canon 430EX II, Velbon Sherpa 600R
Apple: MacBook Pro 15", iMac 27", iPad III, iPhone 4S, Apple TV

My deviantART

Useful information guys! Yes, we do get a lot of traffic via youtube. I do plan on doing more video reviews, but I need to get a LOT of reviews written before I can start filming again...

@gordon

I wish Nikon would let you review more of there optics... :S

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"If I want a 'snapshot'... i will use my phone.."

My Photos:
http://mistycreek.deviantart.com/

was searching for a review on DSLR`s found the 10MP Group test back in 2006. Haven`t posted much though.

Can't wait for the D7000 review!

According to my local camera store, there's a D7000 kit in stock, but I didn't think that they were out in Canada yet...

I'd better call them when they open tomorrow!

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

same here for youtube videos, found that then the website, asked a few questions, liked the idea of a forum, and stuck around.

you guys are such a swell bunch!

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Amateur, always learning!

My website:- www.neildavison.co.uk

One more for the Youtube videos.

I'm pretty sure I found when Googling for A700 reviews. Might have been through YouTube, I really can't remember.

- Bjorn -

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Leica M9-P (my article on Camera Labs) | Leica D-Lux 5 | 50mm Summilux

Many people here via YouTube.

Well... not me.


I usually read a lot of reviews before buying something more expensive so I was looking for reviews of the Canon Powershot SX-10 IS before buying it. That was in the end of 2008.
Well... I found different reviews that helped but the best review, best overview, best comparison I found was the one on Cameralabs
I read everything and decided that this was the camera I wanted.

OK, then I watched the video reviews - it became some kind of hobby for some time and now the well known gear acquisition syndrome was tickling me and after having read more reviews and comparisons I chose the Canon EOS 500D.
Yeah... still these video reviews are the best I could find as well.

Short: Not YouTube but Google.

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Canon EOS 500D + Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EOS 33v
Canon EF 24-105mm 4L IS USM + EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM + Sigma 12-24mm 4.5-5.6 EX DG HSM + Canon Speedlite 580 EX II + Nissin Speedlite Di 466