I haven't upgraded my photo gears for 5 years. Especially in a condition when a telephoto lens is required, I feel my capability to capture the scene is limited because my current 75-300 f/4-5.6 lens could only do f/5.6 at the long end. I finally decided to buy a Canon…

2008 has been truly extraordinary, at least for me as a Chinese living in the United States. In China, the year started with the worst snow storm in decades, then the earthquake that killed almost 70000 people, then the unprecedented Olympic Games and China's first time ever space walk. It is…