I took my Olympus Trip 35 on a short stroll this morning and had the film developed near work. I like the results and shot another roll around lunch time. It’s an easy camera to have on you and fits in my coat pocket pretty easily. It’s a little on the heavy side but not [...]
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No Batteries Required
This started with my looking for a good compact digital camera with a viewfinder. As a result I bought a film compact camera that was manufactured in 1972. I prefer cameras with a viewfinder because I take better photos when I hold the camera close to my face (my arms shake). There are several good [...]
Roger Ebert still knows best
I saw this great video on Photography Bay. I’m constantly reminded that my negative opinion on filming with DSLRs is almost always demonstrated to be wrong. Here is another fine example. The editing, the soundtrack, and the shots are amazing. This video was captured with a Canon 7D. It’s not the technology that makes a [...]
Epson printers rock
Back in January I became the recipient of my brother Stefan’s Epson Stylus Photo R300 color printer. He no longer used it because he had a better one and the R300 inks would run. The printer was discontinued and replaced with a newer version. So I bought inks and premium glossy photo paper. The problems [...]
Going on a trip? Plan ahead for photos
Wednesday August 25th the family and I went to the Statue of Liberty. The trip was planned weeks in advance and we took the Huntington Station line at 6:15 Am to get there nice and early before the crowds. It was raining cats and dogs the whole time we were there. I had expected to [...]
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G samples
I’ve been playing with my new 50mm. If you liked the f/1.8D version, then you’ll have no complaints with this f/1.4.G new model. It’s a fun lens and as long as you can move around, you’ll get good shots. Here’s some samples I took today. We ate at the Jade Asian Restaurant. There are probably [...]
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G
After using my brother’s Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens for a few weeks, I broke down and picked up a new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens. From all the reviews I’ve read, it’s an improvement over the older f/1.4D version being more sharper while still having a good DOF. Here are some samples of what I [...]
More off camera flash
In September I fooled around with the off camera flash. Since then I have not really taken advantage of it so yesterday I intentionally used it like crazy. The Nikon family of cameras from the D80 and up support off camera flash using CLS. This takes your pop-up flash and lets it be in commander [...]
DPReview’s Canon 7D review
I purchased my Nikon D300s for a simple reason: I was sold on the D300 and I’m a stickler for getting the current model. I’ve been very satisfied with it. Now Canon has come out with the 7D which lines up directly against the D300s. DPReview has a really good in-depth write-up of the Canon [...]
Off camera flash
I’m playing with my new camera and got to a feature that does not exist on my D60: off camera flash. It’s easy to set up the D300s to use the built in flash solely for commander mode. On my SB-800 flash, I held down the SEL button for two seconds to get to the [...]
