Once again, I thought it might be time to write a small review about the D700, I can’t claim it will be an objective one, nor a technical on full of information on features and specs. I like to think of what follows is a working photographers view. It will be skewed towards general photography mostly for now.
Body
It’s an A in my book with its fault being that its heavy and just a little less comfortable in the hands than previous bodies. At the cost of this added weight though, you get a camera that feels like its built like a tank and meant to last. With the MB10 added on its no less substantial than the famed Xbrick (Nikon D2x) I used to lug around. Ironically also that camera ...
Nikon shocked the world according to some when they made their late summer announcements for their two new models. What follows is just a few thoughts on my part with regard to the new cameras.
The examples (of course non of us know if they are real and what quality they really represent) certainly show Nikons having made a quantum leap for noise control. I say control as I do not believe the sensor has much to do with it, rather it’s a sensor new noise control hardware solution ala Expeed that delivers better control. I can’t help but wonder though based on the examples I have seen so far if its not going to come at the cost of some detail. Nikon also starting the sensor at ISO 200 is also interesting bec...
Well, I thought it might be time to write a small review about this new camera, it certainly won't be an objective one, nor a technical on full of information on features and specs. I like to think of what follows is a working photographers view. It will be skewed towards Nature Photography mostly for now.
So, I said this was a review of the S5, lets get to just talking about it now.
Body
Build is wonderful, finally Fuji gets themselves in a real body and if you have never played with an S5 or D200 you’ll love how compact yet professional the bodies are. The body is lightweight and Nikon is world class on ergonomics so you’ll also love the way it feels in the hands and how intu...
Its really fascinating to think it took me so long to buy a Canon digital. I had my own whole set of derived logic of why Nikon and Fuji were all I ever really needed. You know how it goes though, curiosity kills the cat and my curiosity finally got the best of me after 2 years of tugging at my sub conscious.
Noise is what did it, that an the irresistible Canon rebates that allowed me to get a 5D for just over $2100.00 US.
Ever buy a new camera, software package or tool knowing that its going to really improve your photography later to find out it just wasn’t all that?
Ever find your self looking for more than camera reviews, product reviews, interviews and more information that does little to help improve you as a photographer?
Ever look at your photos as compared to the really great photos and wonder what your missing?
There are thousands of questions like these that photographers often never deal with or others puzzle over for a life time.
As I played with new Open Source tools to build the new RAD Photos I realized we needed and ope...
This is a free site for now and its meant to be a small community where photographers can share photos, share discussion on the lesser depths of photography and in generally relax and have fun!
This site was actually born out of a larger portal I am building for a national advocacy campaign for professional photographers. The old RAD Photos site had pretty much run its course and there just wasn’t much of my old work I wanted to show any more as I am trying to move forward, learn more and take better pictures.
So, I decided to make this site for you and me and a place where we can really have fun and chat. Here is what I am working on for RAD Photos.
There are many many ways you can help by volunteering your time and energy. We need articles, editors, publishers, moderators, photography, interesting articles and people to just go and recruit other fun people who may be interested.
Submitting articles and photos is pretty easy, just register and then you’ll have access to submit articles, setup an album in the gallery and post on the forums.
I’ll be creating some more specific FAQ’s on how to...
The following report is offered as an unofficial resource and relays my experience as a photographer and upgrading to the new Microsoft Vista operating system. I do have a very technical background so I’ll offer no apologies if anything is not comprehendible in this report. If you e-mail me I’ll try to update the report and let you know of its availability.
As it is with almost every MS Operating System release I have experienced thus far, from the original windows through Vista early adoption is a series of tradeoffs and compromises. Fortunately today we have many ways we can work around these issues and so while there may be other and better ways to deal with the issues I...
Photographers Vista Report