Showing posts with label Nikon D810. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nikon D810. Show all posts
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Breaking in a camera that is new to you. Each camera has a personality, you have to spend time understanding it to make good work with it.

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This is a Nikon D810. Widely believed to be the best "all around" DSLR in the marketplace today. Can I just pick one up and ...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Packing for a three day shoot next week, but, "no pressure," it's here in town.

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I have no intention to stop writing the blog.  Sorry if that seemed to be implied in this morning's post. A year and a half ag...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Photographing "Tribes," A new play at Zach Theatre. A surprising camera choice.

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Mitch Peleggi (former X-Files cast member) in "Tribes." I'm pretty sure a huge percentage of the photographic communit...
Friday, December 18, 2015

How the hell do you focus those manual focus lenses on modern DSLRs? Very carefully....

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The finest lens design in the world is pretty meaningless  unless you have a plan to focus it well.  I've been writing a lot r...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

What sort of camera madness have I participated in today? Oh, I remember, I swam the masters workout and then headed to Precision Camera to buy a brand new camera. I really, really needed one. Hmmm.

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The Nikon D750 with the reasonably good 24-120mm zoom lens. August is a dangerous month. Fraught with all kinds of odd impulses. Way ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Reasonable and appropriate lens buying. Part two. A do-everything zoom?

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The Nikon 24-120mm f4.0G lens is not big news. But it may be a good problem solver for event shooters. I know it's the opinion...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Why I keep the Olympus OMD EM-5.2 cameras around. "It's not the horse it's the arrow!"

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OMD EM5.2 shot with Nikon D610 and Sigma 50mm Art. Oh sure, I love the big Nikon full frame cameras, especially when I have the time t...
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

We're wrapping up a complicated annual report job and I have some observations to make.

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First of all, when you are trying to do a particular look, the right tools really do make a difference .  I'm not saying you can...
Friday, May 01, 2015

I had the opportunity to use the Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art Lens in the Nikon Mount this morning and this afternoon and I am buying it. It's really good.

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Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART One of my friends is an avowed Canon shooter. Dyed in the wool. Full contingent of Canon T/S lenses at the read...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Just a program note. Samsung sent me one of their NX-1 cameras. I will shoot with it and see if it matches the marketing speak.

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I resigned from Samsung's beta tester/user program in the middle of last year because I got tired of waiting for a camera that felt...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Recent Acquisition of Olympus EM-5 type 2 Driven by Desire for More Beautiful Handheld Video. Tests Begin.

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A new player in the house. Hot on the heels of my Nikon D810 review I must let you know that I find it impossible (for me) to be a ...

Past Due Reviews. The second in a series. The Nikon D810. Executive Summary? The best all around camera in the world today.

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Ben, hard at work in the studio. Fourteen years ago.  Nikon D810 Camera. Two days ago I wrote a review about the Nikon D610. It...