For sale – Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4 ED IF Nikkor Super Telephoto Lens – serial #201820
The Nikon 600mm f4 is currently the longest fast lens available in the Nikon line-up. This lens has been a mainstay in my lens arsenal and is now available due to my updating equipment. This lens is in perfect optical condition and has been regularly serviced by Nikon. The glass exhibits no marks and there [...]
Nikon offers four new lenses
Nikon has today introduced four new lenses to it’s lineup. An AF-S 85mm f/1.4G, AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR, AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR and AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Of these two are of particular interest to the advanced amateur or professional photographer, the 85mm and the 24-120 zoom The superfast 85mm 1.4 [...]
Nikon announces new version of 200-400 f4
Nikon has announced an updated version of my favourite lens, the 200-400 f4 zoom. The new version, which will be available at the beginning of June at a price of $CAD 7099.45, features the following A super telephoto zoom lens supporting Nikon’s exclusive range of focal lengths from 200 to 400mm Coverage for a wide [...]
Panasonic LX3
It’s been pretty strange being at the Olympics and not toting a pile of Nikon bodies and lenses all over the place while rushing to fulfill the needs of my photo editors, arranging transportation to venues, downloading memory cards, editing and transmitting images and occasionally even sleeping. However, wanting to capture the experience I decided [...]
Apple Aperture 3.0 released
After much speculation and a too long a wait Apple has finally released it’s 3.0 update to it’s professional imaging program Aperture. I am currently downloading the new version and will report my findings soon.
Photomechanic and Snow Leopard
I have long been an advocate of Photomechanic for initial sorting of images and efficient captioning and keywording. A small glitch has occurred with the program after upgrading to Apple’s Snow Leopard OS. Although the program starts correctly when a memory card is inserted into a card reader the ingest dialogue box either takes several [...]
Nikon CL-L2 semi soft case
As many of you know frommy posts and the web site I am a huge fan of the Nikon 200-400mm f4 zoom lens – actually one of the best lenses I have ever bought as a professional photographer. For those who own this lens please note that there is a recall on the semi-soft CL-L2 [...]
Photomechanic final release version 4.6.1
As reported in the last blog post Camerabits has now released the final version of Photomechanic 4.6.1. Licensed users eligible for a free upgrade can download from http://www.camerabits.com/site/downloads.html or through the update function from withing Photomechanic. Photomechnic is also available as a 30 day trial from the Cmera Bits web site for new users.
Photomechanic latest release
My favourite image browser, sorter and captioning program Photomechanic by www.camerabits.com has been released as 4.6.1 Beta version 8 This fixes a number of bugs that were present in the earlier versions the most notable for Mac users being: Fixed an issue where performing multiple sequential Ingests to the same destination folder would open the [...]
More woe for Canon users
Canon has recently announced yet another problem for it’s high end camera bodies, the EOS 1D Mk III and EOS 1Ds Mk III. After the many and well documented autofocus problems they are now suffering from oil spots on the low pass filter in front of the sensor, coming from lubrication splashing from the mirror [...]
Photomechanic 4.6 now available
As many of you know much of my workflow centres around use of Photomechanic (www.camerabits.com) A new upgrade was launched today, although I have been using the beta version for the last couple of weeks. Major changes include: Live Ingest. Embed GPS coordinates in photos. New Upload templates such as Secure FTP, Amazon S3, ExposureManager, [...]
Nikon D3x is officially available
Nikon’s new flagship camera is officially available today – 24.39 megapixels for a mere $7999 US. Please don’t expect a report on this camera any time soon unless I can get my hands on a test unit. I won’t be rushing out to spend this kind of money – I still have my eye on [...]
Nikon confirms launch of D3x
Nikon has confirmed what just about everyone already new, the D3x will hit the streets some time in December (how about stuffing that in my stocking Santa) at a retail price $7,999 ($ US) On-line details are now posted on Nikon’s official web site at http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-SLR/25442/D3X.html and a full 28 page brochure as a pdf [...]
Nikon D3x announced
In what may in fact, be a premature release of Nikon Pro’s European edition, Nikon have announced the imminent launch of the eagerly awaited D3x camera. The rumour mill has been growing stronger daily about the release of this updated version of the current D3 so it comes as little surprise. Although no launch date [...]
Home to Canada – don’t buy TSA locks!
After being away on my Olympic assignment for a total of 21 days I am glad to now be back in Canada. My travel home went reasonably smoothly except that once again my Pelican equipment shipping box was opened on each leg of the journey by airport security services. Now, in principal, I have no [...]
Olympic preparations
Well, the Chinese are turning the news web sites off – and then on again, the smog continues, and now the threat of an outbreak of bird flu hangs over the equestrian facilities. However, our own preparations are continuing and as a photographer I must of course be prepared for any picture taking situation that [...]
Full Frame or not
With the recent release of the the Nikon D700 and Canon’s very affordable full-frame EOS 5D there is much debate over whether you should choose a full-frame body or a body with an APS (smaller) sized sensor. Until recently only the well heeled photographer could possibly afford a full-frame camera but that has now changed [...]
Apple releases Aperture upgrade to 2.1.1
Apple today released a small upgrade to Aperture. This update fixes some minor issues and adds some minor functionality changes. These include: Auto-stacking Preview generation Adding keywords Comparing images Importing and exporting projects Crop HUD Histogram Highlights & Shadows controls Dodge & Burn plug-in Lift & Stamp HUD Exporting versions Slideshows Adjustments pane and Adjustments [...]
Equipment for sale
For Sale I have the following items for sale. Nikon D100 camera body with MBD100 additional battery grip and three batteries all in very good condition $400 Nikon 17-55 f2.8 DX lens – little used – priced new at $1339 for sale at $999 Think Tank Rotation 360 – brand new never used: Details available [...]
Nikon announces D700 and improved flash
Nikon have announced their second full frame (FX format) camera and a new more powerful flash, the SB-900 The new D700 features almost all of the features of the D3 in a more compact and considerably cheaper package. Features include: The same 12.1-megapixel FX-format (23.9 x 36mm) CMOS sensor with Nikon’s exclusive EXPEED digital image [...]
How much gear is enough?
Of course I realize that equipment doesn’t make great photos – great photographers do. Something I try and hammer home on my field trips and workshops, especially when students drool over the equipment I have available to me. Of course having the right equipment certainly helps, which got me thinking how much gear does a [...]
Nikon 105mm Macro lens with Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight Flash System with Commander SU-800
First my apologies for the lack of blog posts recently but a number of issues have kept me away from the web site. I will now be posting on a regular basis again. I have just taken delivery of a new 105mm Nikon Micro lens along with the Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight Flash System [...]