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Neil is a software engineer living in Canada. He has a variety of interests including finance, investing, photography, travel, and computers that he writes about. You can read a variety of articles on his site Thoughts From My Life.
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 Camera Shake and Image Stabilization (vibration Reduction)When you are first buying camera equipment you see a lot of lenses that have the IS or VR designations on them. This is Image Stabilization or Vibration Reduction. They mean the same thing except Canon uses the first term and Nikon uses the second. These are mechanisms built into the camera lens to prevent "camera shake." I will discuss how to get rid of camera shake and why I purchased a VR lens for myself. Understanding the Value of Wide Angle LensesWide angle lenses are, in my opinion, the most overlooked "next step" for amateur photographers. Everyone has the "kit" lens that was packaged with their camera and then they go buy the 75-300mm zoom and then they are done. I knew I wanted the 18-200mm when I purchased my camera, but was on a waiting list, so the first lens I bought was the 10-20mm Sigma wide-angle. Wow. It gave me the opportunity to see the awesome potential of wide angle lenses (and their limitations). Finding the Cheapest FlightsFinding cheap flights when traveling is always an adventure. I have found a couple techniques work well for me. I recently booked tickets from Calgary to Moscow and I will show you the comparison of prices using the techniques there. Investment Properties - Analyzing Their WorthWhen you are looking at properties it is often hard to decide what to look for. Establishing your own set of criteria is the best bet. No worries, its not set in stone. You can adjust them however you need as you learn more. But to determine if it is good or not you have to also know whats bad. You can do this by comparing to other ones that are bad. I have included one of my techniques below. Collecting Air Miles and Their ValueWhy I think an air mile can be worth anywhere between 13 cents and 44 cents depending on what you use it for. Air miles, Aeroplan points, HBC points, PetroPoints, etc, etc, all the way back to Club Z Points at Zellers. They seem like such a gimmick and just a way to influence your spending. The thing is, they are everywhere now and you can't really avoid it, so you might as well take advantage of it. I have calculated how much I think they are worth so read on. Collecting Aeroplan Points and Their ValueWhy I think an Aeroplan mile/point is worth 1.6 cents and if you should collect them with a credit card.
Aeroplan points, Air miles, HBC points, PetroPoints, etc, etc, all the way back to Club Z Points at Zellers. They seem like such a gimmick and just a way to influence your spending. The thing is, they are everywhere now and you can't really avoid it, so you might as well take advantage of it. I have calculated how much I think they are worth so read on. Aeroplan Versus Air Miles - Comparing ThemAir Miles and Aeroplan points. The two biggest travel rewards programs. There is always the decision on which one to go with.
This will provide a bit of an analysis on them and which one I think is better. Personally, I think you should sign up for both, since the programs are free. There are credit cards that allow you to collect more miles and that is what I am going to focus on.
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