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I have been on a few snorkels, and have tried special built film underwater cameras (not a nikonas),, but these never produced very nice shots. Next I tried one of the cases for my Canon Powershot, a bit better, but again, so so. For this trip, I tried the nikon AW100, and overall, I like...

Sometimes it is so strange the way paths cross, and photo exists that just a moment before and a moment after the photo no longer exists, and in fact, won't exists for the rest of the day. So, for example, I was waiting for a cruise, and wandered away from the group a few hundred yards, and...

Back from Jamaica! Quite the trip, a bit tired out, too much food, not too much drinks :p The place was great, lots of activities, and such, but I would say that over half of the guests were attending weddings, such an industry. It was a good thing that I was covering the wedding...

While confirming that a TC-14 E would not work on my version of the 300 mm F4 ED, I was able to check out some of the other newer lens. Got to say, being able to see lens in person is always of value, sometime pictures just don't convey the true information.. A couple of lens, caught my...

The progress of sensors is amazing,, I am digging some older 4G flash card to give to a Sigma SLR owner. He has an old sigma SLR, I think it is like 4 Meg SLR! and the maximum flash card it can read is 4 G. This was not that long ago. Sometimes it is fun to look on ebay at old D1X,, usually...

After using the 300 yesterday, I am wondering if I can shove this into the safe during the week in the island, would love to have this lens on the trip. I was having some fun last night in the setting sun, I always find trees fascinating. and I like the use of the sun with the tree...

nice day taking a long walk,, I am still waiting for the tree buds to eupt, but sill a week away from the looks of it, seems quite late. I was walking around, and threw my 300 F4 lens , this is a sweet lens, coupled with the D800,, really sharp. nice thing about with the D800 is the crop...

I am feeling so old school today, as I do a trial day with the gear I am going to use at the wedding. 20mm (manual) 50mm (2.0) 75-150 (3.5) 200 F4 Two small belt bags, cargo pants, and I have the whole kit, with the 7000. Now to shoot a wedding with manual lens,, how quaint, but, I am...

Laughs,, the plans of mice and man,,, found a deal on a X200 thinkpad,, tiny,, got it as a travel computer that would fit in a safe,, tiny, and powerful,, Wife took one look, and poof,, its hers nows... so, can not afford to buy 2,, so,, I'll take a clunky old notebook down, and chain it...

One of the older posts was asking about the Nikkor 500 mm F8 lens, Here is an example shot of the moon to show the magnification shot with my old D300.

The beat goes on for higher quality point and shoots as more and more brands come out with the DX sensor in point in shoots. It is intriquing to have a point and shoot like the old film point and shoot. the old film days, the Lieca and olympus were two fine setups,, remember the Olympus...

Fifty is just a nifty number, but more over 200 hundred now, time flies so fast, Yesterday, I posted on a entry where after 3 months, a photographer was itchy for gear. got me thinking, I am helping/teaching a couple of my nephews with photography. One got a D90 and the other a D70. Both...

Reading the reviews of the resort....on an island,, finding that some say that the staff searches each and every room for valuables.. where I am co-shooting a wedding, and vacationing. This has me re-thinking my gear. The small safe just won't be enough.. and I just don't want to be stressing...

I am watching the buds on the trees,, This year they are coming out so slowly, Even the grass is just beginning to return to Green, and the fields are still brown. The reason is that I am waiting for the Golden moment of Spring, when the trees have that small bright buds,, and the trees take on...

Build Quality has actually been about the same for the last few years. When you have gear over a 40-50 year period, you can see general design and structure techniques. So,, when I look at my 24-85 3.5-4.5 G lens that is about 8 years old, and compare it to the newest 18-200 VRII G, the...

Time to think about another Trip set of lens,, Always a stress point, because the lifeline to the equipment is disconnected. Included in the trip is wedding photography,, so,, that becomes the overriding factor. So... 20-35 2.8 24-85 80-200 2.8 (for the wedding) 80-400 VR for the Birds, and...

I have noticed a serious trend here on the use of Primes, with folks asking what should be their first prime, and which prime for which purpose. It comes down to photographers wanting to extract the last 99% from their equipment, and until Nikkor lens can make a 1.8 Zoom from 15-300 that is...

My trusty 35-70 2.8 is finnally starting to have issues. Sometimes in auto focus, it tends to hunt way more than it used to, or even fail to focus in the extreme (laughs,, not like 70 is extreme),, and I have to switch it to manual focus to use the lens reliable. Which is ok, doing...

Time to start planning a new photo book, today, as a mininum, an easy way to create a portfolio book. I am thinking of organizing by category, and of course cost will limit the size. Selecting the photos is perhaps the hardest, and one issue is that one cannot tune the photos until post...

Saw a post on battery grips, and how cool they looked, funny, but people's perception is so driven on the gear that the person is holding. So, for example, if I am walking around with my 5100,, no comments, or such. but, walk around with the D800 with say a serious lens, and people...