Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
That quite literally means “Study books time”.:) But seriously, the last two of three books I’ve put on my photography reading list finally arrived from Amazon.com several days ago. I’ve ordered stuff from Amazon.com before, and they’ve typically arrived in
Having picked up a used 50mm f1.8 prime lens for cheap from my colleague and also resurrected my 20 year old 70-210mm lens, the last lens to finish up the series was to be a macro lens. I haven’t got
It was a matter of time before dust finally get into and settled on the sensor, especially now that I spend so much of my free time at home playing around with the D300 and the six lenses for it.
Here’s another blast from the past.:) The very first lens I had on my old Nikon FG-20 after getting into photography in 1985 was a 50mm f1.8 lens. I was sotong about photography back then, but I did learn quickly
Back to another post on photographic toys again.:) One of the huge improvements that I looked forward to switching from the Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D to the D300 was in flash photography. Simply put, my flash photography skills using the KM5D
Here’s another entry on photographic toys. After I moved from my old Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR to the D300, the containers i.e. bags had to get changed too. I’ve been using an old Lowepro camera bag for years now and
It’s a scary thing, this eBay business. Because once you get into it, you’ll face an absolutely humongous range of things within easy reach, and temptation is very high to start looking for all sorts of toys and gadgets to
One of the most tricky things about tottering around a heavy DSLR is the sustained fear that you’ll accidentally drop the damn thing when trying to swing the camera out for a quick shot. There’s the neck strap of course.
A student was chatting with me last Tuesday afternoon about DSLRs. Basically, he was interested in getting into digital photography, and was asking my opinion on a Nikon D60 setup. We got into quite a discussion, and one issue I
I was having a fun MSN conversation with a colleague several months ago, and it started off when I saw she had marvelous wallpaper on her notebook. Me: “Wow – Star Wars: Clone Wars wallpaper!!!” Friend: “nice anot… i compose
More fooling around with the B+W circular polarizer filter coupled with the Sigma 10-20mm lens. This quick shot was taken at about 2 pm just outside the living room window over the last weekend, and at 20mm focal length. The
Here’s a picture of the equipment that Matt brought me, alongside a few other items I’ve picked up in the last month.:) From left to right: Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR Zoom Nikkor Lens Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
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