Nikon has an ongoing sale for several of its lenses (see list here). Note: the sale expires March 2. Not surprisingly, many of the lenses sold out, to the point where other merchants were selling them for higher than the discounted prices. Now Amazon has restocked the lenses, although they will ship sometime March 7. Note that many of them are offered with free 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime plus have a 2% credit for future purchas...
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Last year, I had a chance to visit the cathedral of Los Angeles, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, which has amazing post-modern architecture. Here are some photos I took (click on any photo for a higher-res version).The windows are made of alabasterThose are not paintings... they're tapestries! (i.e. they're woven, not painted)The cathedral's park / playgroundEQUIPMENT USEDNikon D3 (reviewed here)Tokina 10-17 Fisheye (reviewed here) Note:...
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Ever since I started photography, I have tried several photography related equipment. Some of them turned out to be good, and some were bad. And even though some were good, I didn't actually use them for one reason or another. That's what this series of posts is about. Please note that this list has many disclaimers. For example, certain equipment may have been useful to me at one point but because my shooting style changed, it became less useful. Just because I didn't keep it doesn't mean it would be bad for you. In...
Monday, 25 February 2013
Today I will talk for a bit about my recent experiences with my OMD, and I would like to start with the image you see above, this was taken during an auto-cross event that I attended last Saturday, it is a wheel of a Mitsubishi Evo wearing a slick tire as you can see, the car was stationary for a moment before starting the race. I captured the image you see above @ 300mm equivalent with my Olympus 40-150mm f/4-5.6 lens wide-open, I like...
The Nikon D7100 is so well-spec'd that many people figured it took over as Nikon's top-of-the-line DX camera. In fact, Nikon USA calls it the "flagship" DX model. However, it wasn't referred to as a "professional" body, which raised a few questions: first, was the D7100 intended for professionals? If not, was Nikon saying that pros had to move up to FX, or will there eventually be a pro-grade DX body (presumably the mythical D400)?As...
Friday, 22 February 2013
Nikon claims that the sensor in the D7100 is completely new. DPReview has said that it is not the same as that of the D5200. However, I compared the specifications of the sensors in the brochures:D5200Effective pixels: 24.1 megapixelsSensor size: 23.5mm x 15.6mm CMOSTotal pxels: 24.71 millionImage sizes (pixels):Large: 6000 × 4000 Medium: 4496 × 3000 Small: 2992 × 2000D7100Effective pixels: 24.1 megapixelsSensor size: 23.5mm x 15.6mm CMOSTotal pxels: 24.71 millionImage sizes (pixels):Large: 6000 × 4000 Medium: 4494 × 3000Small: 2992...
Posted here: http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d7100/sample.htmNikonUSA's website only has a low-res slideshow for now.Comment: the sample shots of the airplanes seem to bode well for the D7100's autofocus performance.Here is the official brochure: http://chsvimg.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d7100/pdf/d7100_8p.pdfComment: confirms that the D7100 does have the non-HSS 1/320 sync speed option. Still reading...If you are interested in the Nikon D7100, you can join the Nikon D7100 group on Flickr for discussions and samples from the D7100....
Nikon has finally stepped up to the plate and offered to service Nikon D600 units that have spots that can't be removed by a blower.Here is the announcement: http://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18180Nikon USA Quote: "Some D600 users have reported the appearance of random spots on their images which is generally attributed to the natural accumulation of dust. While understanding that dust will occur over time, and steps may be taken to reduce the occurrence, the complete elimination of these dust spots may sometimes be difficult."...
Thursday, 21 February 2013
I was able to preorder the D7100 over the phone after all, from Bel-Air Camera. The last time I tried, the rep I spoke to said I would have to physically come to the store. This time I spoke to Rika and when he found my customer record, he took the preorder by phone. I'm not sure if that's something they do for everyone or just existing customers.BTW Rika said the D7100 might arrive before 3/21/13. In any case they'll call me when they get it.You may be wondering why I ordered from my local store instead of through Amazon or some online retailer....
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Last week NikonRumors posted that Nikon scheduled a product announcement for this week, possibly for the D7100. A couple of days ago, it looked like the announcement would be for a high-end Coolpix. But indeed, the Nikon D7100 has been officially announced.Release date is March 21, 2013. A majority of the specs I predicted came true, with a couple of surprises:Surprise! Sensor: I guessed it was the same as the D5200's (which is 24mp with slightly better high ISO performance that the D7000). DPReview says the D7100's sensor is...
Hi everyone. Been very busy at work (yes believe it or not I have a day job). But I will have a post tonight.FYI I went ahead and ordered the Nikkor 28 1.8G ($100 discount until March 2 or until supplies last). Meanwhile, here are some upcoming topics:Nikkor 28 1.8G reviewTamron 70-300 VC reviewFuji Real 3D W3 reviewLoreo macro lens reviewScanning film with a digital cameraMir 26B 45 3.5 reviewZeiss Jena Sonnar 180 2.8 reviewKeepers and regrets: which equipment do I actually use a lot, and which ones are gathering dust?Analysis...
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Big discounts on Nikon lenses only until March 2, 2013! Plus 2-day free shipping with Amazon Prime AND additional 2% credit for future purchases through Amazon. (Update: Amazon itself has run out of stock of some of these lenses such as the 28 1.8G and if you buy from another merchant on Amazon, it won't necessarily be eligible for Amazon Prime or the extra 2% credit.)Some of them (arranged by widest focal length):18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VRII: $250 off --- that's a 30% discount = $597 . At this price it's cheaper than Tamron...
Visual allegoryI got a tilt adapter to gain additional control over depth of field (see this post). In this follow up post, I show real world shots from the tilt adapter.Yesterday I took our kids to visit my parents. I got the chance to try out the tilt adapter for real world photos.CHALLENGESUsing the tilt adapter poses several challenges for candid photos. First, there is no autofocus. That is hard enough as is with moving...
Friday, 15 February 2013
So I got an old lens on eBay. It was advertised as 'clean and clear'. But when I received it, look what I found:Disgusting fungus. Just looking at it makes my skin crawl. I don't dare get it anywhere close to my cameras or other lenses. Hopefully I can get this lens returned without issues.Note: I can only see the fungus at certain angles. To get a photo of the fungus, I had to light the lens with direct flash....
I'm excited to hear more news about the D7100. NikonRumors reports that Nikon has a press conference next week for several countries (see NR post here). I am not completely surprised that Nikon is moving fast, because it reported a decrease in expected earnings and its stock took a serious beating (down ~20% in one day).I'm also excited to read that Nikon will be focusing on DX. If what NR says is true about new DX lenses, then just maybe Nikon might produce a stabilized 50-135 2.8 DX lens (70-200 equivalent) in a compact...
We got several requests for post processing workflow tips here on our blog, so every couple of weeks, I am going to choose one picture that I have shot and show you how I go through the post processing, this will be strictly limited to Lightroom since I don't use anything else. Now let's go.I got a question on how I processed this picture specifically, so this is going to be my first one, it was shown here before in my Sony RX100 review. Before I...
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