We recently issued a press release detailing the news that SAcamera is now hosted in South Africa. Read the full text below:
SAcamera, www.sacamera.co.za, recently voted South Africa’s best photographic store in the Jump Shopping Awards, has just switched from hosting in the US to hosting in South Africa. Founders Jesse Hemson-Struthers and Luke Kelly say [...]
Within the Celestron SLT range of computerised telescopes, the 114 comes across as a first glimpse into something with real astronomical use. Price positioned between the 80 SLT and 102 SLT refractors, 114 SLT’s price point is indicative of just how much more cost-efficient the newtonian design of the 114L SLT is over the 80 [...]
The Refractor Design
Refractors are what the average person identifies with the word “telescope”, a long, thin tube where light passes in a straight line from the front objective lens directly to the eyepiece at the opposite end of the tube. Heavier, longer and bulkier than equivalent aperture Newtonian designs and catadioptrics such as the Cassegrain [...]
In this article we’ll be covering beginners tips on using your telescope including planning, researching, preserving your night vision, finding your object and clearing optics. With these simple tips, you’ll be on your way to enjoying and improving your telescoping experience.
Planning
Set your telescope up on nights that have no to low wind or use a [...]
Your choice in telescope depends on 4 factors: what you’d like to be able to see; what level of knowledge you have of the stars; whether you plan to take it on trips and how much you want to spend.
Your Knowledge of the Stars – Computerised or non-computerised telescopes
You are a beginner and really only [...]
We celebrated our 5th Birthday a few weeks ago. It was held at out showroom in Century City, Cape Town. Because we turned 5 we decided to celebrate like 5 year olds and dressed up as cowboys and indians.
Below is a letter from the founders of SAcamera:
Greetings,
SAcamera turns 5 years old (young) on the 1st [...]
A special thanks to Sean Billings for contributing this post. Sean is a Personal Photographic Trainer.
A bit about Sean:
I have been in the photographic industry for 9 years.
I studied Professional Photography in Cape Town in 2000 before a stint as a freelance photographer, shooting functions and fine art.
I spent 2 years as a professional photographer [...]
The NSRI hosted the annual 4×4 Family Fun Day at the Koeberg Nature Reserve just outside of Cape Town on Saturday the 3rd of October 2009. The weather was superb – a baking hot cloudless day greeted the 4×4 and quad bike participants.
SAcamera was there for the day gathering photographic and video footage of the [...]
Olympus recently announced the launch of their latest innovation - the ‘Pen EP-1′. It is an interchangeable lens digital camera that compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard announced in August 2008. It is marketed as not quite an SLR and not quite a compact - something in between. The Olympus Pen EP-1 [...]
On Saturday 19 September 2009 SAcamera hosted a lighting masterclass for the lovely folks of the Cape Town Photographic Society. We did this in conjunction with the agents for Elinchrom in South Africa.
The masterclass was presented on Portraiture and the Semi-Nude. It was a masteclass for serious amateurs aimed at introducing them to studio lighting [...]
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