Remember when I said I’d done buying lenses? Yeah 🙁 I noted in my recent Northern Lights post, the issue that I’d had with coma on the classic Nikkor AF 24mm f/2.8 lens, when trying to shoot astrophotography. This started something of a GAS itch, I think. I suppose in recent years I’ve been spoiled … Read more Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm 1:2.8D
This post is but a simple cautionary tale:- Beware of cheap accessories! There are only two types of filter that I use in/on camera. The first is a “big stopper” ND1000 10-stop neutral density filter, which I occasionally use for long exposures to capture motion blur, typically that of clouds or water, over multiple seconds … Read more Filter Fail
Filling more gaps I’ve gone ahead and added an 85mm lens to my line-up, as discussed in my previous blog, and I’ve done buying lenses now… I think! I have a lens line-up which in theory should suffice and meet my focal length needs. I’ve charted the lens line-up that I now have, below. After … Read more Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G
Filling in the gaps I bought a new, old, lens! It’s an old Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 and it was very cheap! As you know, I’ve been struggling with my full-frame (FX) lens line-up since my AF-S 24-120mm f/4 died. The 24-120mm was for me the ideal general photography lens and I absolutely loved using it. … Read more Nikon AF NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8
Death of an icon I’m deeply saddened to report the demise of my wonderful D800. It would appear that no other camera since my Nikon D1x has suffered so much at my hand as this camera in the three years I’ve owned it. Thanks to the fact that I’ve placed most of the spray-and-pray wildlife … Read more Old Friends in Good Places
Glenn and I talk photography a lot. We’re both as interested in the subject – not just taking photos but the entire hobby, the gear, the technology, the art.. the whole package. We are constantly sharing links with each other, to interesting articles and videos on the subject. The other day Glenn … Read more →
Part 1: Credit where credit’s due The right place and time If you follow this blog then you’ll know that, over the last year and a half or so, most of my photography has focused around wildlife photography, and that most of that has happened in the hides at my local park. Over the last … Read more It’s a Set Up!
My friend recently asked me if I could make money selling photographs. Suffice it to say, though I’m immensely grateful for the vote of confidence, I think she has a bit of an over-inflated opinion of my photographic abilities! Read more →
There are times in your life when things get you down and, no matter how hard you try, you can’t hide it. I think the beginning of this year has been a good example of this for me. Despite the warming temperatures and the longer days, and everything I’ve yearned for over the last six … Read more QUIET
The long story It’s now more than a year since I picked up my Nikon D5300 on Gumtree and once again it’s coming into its own. In July 2021, I posted about the advantage of having a 24 megapixel APS-C camera over a 36 megapixel full-frame camera for macro work. Once again I’m doing the … Read more D5300 Beats The Crop Out Of The D800
