Archive for the ‘Lens’ Category
Photographing The Total Lunar Eclipse December 20th and 21st 2010
Updated 12/16/2010: North and South America to Witness a Total Lunar Eclipse, Get Out Your Tripods and Digital Cameras!
Once again we witness a total lunar eclipse beginning for some of us on December 20th or the wee hours of December 21st 2010. For photographers and aspiring astrophotographers, this is a once in a while opportunity to expand techniques and portfolios with one of natures greatest shows, a total lunar eclipse. They only come around every few years. If the cloud cover cooperates, you’re in for a great show, and a great photographic subject if you dare.
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The Nikon D7000 Digital SLR
Nikons Latest DSLR Packs The Latest Features Into a Smaller Tank-Like Body – The Nikon D7000
New 16.2-Megapixel DX-Format CMOS Sensor, Six FPS Shooting, 39-Point AF System and 1080p HD Movie with Full Time Autofocus
In case this one slipped you by in the past few weeks, Nikon has announced its replacement for the Nikon D90 digital SLR, the new Nikon D7000. Personally, I think this camera leapfrogs the D80/D90 lineage right into the semi-pro Nikon D300s territory with a new magnesium alloy body and a slew of new features. New are the 16.2 megapixel DX CMOS sensor, 6FPS shooting and enhanced HD movie capability with full time autofocus. Don’t underestimate digital video, its the a great advancement in digital photography and a new media for enthusiests!
Fall Color Photography
It’s Fall Color Time for Nature Photographers
10 Tips for Great Fall Color Photography
Autumn. A favorite time of year for many nature photographers. For those lucky enough to live in areas where you have 4 seasons, right now, early October is a special time. In the northern latitudes, colors are at peak or just past. In many areas, fall color is just starting to appear, and that means its time for nature photographers to get out their digital cameras, tripods and a circular polarizer and get out and photograph fall color.
10 Recent Photography Trends
Whats New For Digital Photographers In Photography Gear and Digital Techniques
We’re often techies. OK, we are techies and electronics geeks. We read, we buy, we play. Digital photographers are techie junkies at times and I am no different. Because of the nature of my personal photographic work and being an instructor of students all over the world, I do keep up with current trends for digital photographers. These are exciting times for us, and the available tools for our passion are getting larger, more complex and most of all, fun! Lets talk about 10 technology trends that are here or forthcoming. I’ll be breaking these down in detail over the next 10 articles, here is my introductory summary.
Recent Photography Trend #2: Point And Shoot Size DSLRs
Mirrorless Without the Pentaprism And Almost 1/2 the Size of a DSLR
Now we’re talkin! We all know how backbreaking a heavy DSLR can be with huge lenses and accessories. Folks, things are getting simpler and smaller. Enter this years entry into the new subcompact DSLR, the mirrorless digital camera. Get the lightweight advantage of a small point and shoot with full DSLR capability at a low price with good glass, and we have a new class of digital camera.
Recent Photography Trend #6: The Super Zoom
Digital Photography Ease and Convenience of The Super Zoom
One of the most perplexing problems facing myself as a photographer today, besides the 7-10 split at the bowling alley, is how to lighten my load a I strive for simplicity. Lightening my load is is a a constant challenge. Like you, my camera bag gets heavier and heavier as I collect DSLRs, lenses and accessories. I’m into simplicity now. Lighten my load, use less equipment and get the same quality results.
Recent Photography Trend #9: Full Frame Digital SLRs
Full Frame Digital SLRs: Say Goodbye to Image Noise
In the past few years all of our major DSLR manufacturers have solidified their product lines with full frame (35mm equivalent) digital SLRs. With that advent in mind, many a pro and enthusiast have declared film “dead”. Its taken over 10 years for us to get to this point where the technology was affortable and possible, and now in the digital world we have the potential quality in a digital SLR that rivals that of medium format photographer, really!
Canon Announces the EOS 60D Digital SLR
Canon’s New Workhorse Digital SLR Camera
Canon has announced its latest APS-C sensor workhorse digital camera, the EOS 60D. The Canon EOS 60D replaces the 50D and provides enhancements not found in the recent EOS 7D. Rest assured, this camera will probably prove to be another workhorse worthy of professional use by photographers and even amateur and professional videographers. The biggest difference in this camera from its predecessors though is its plastic body as opposed to the heavier and more sturdy magnesium alloy. For many of us that really beat the living daylights out our equipment, that can be a “small” issue.
The Humid Photographic Fog Effect
Letting Nature Add Special Effects To Your Images
It wasn’t on purpose. Out a few mornings ago, the light was just right. I wanted to add some images to my extensive “Amy’s Garden” portfolio, the portfolio I’ve been building for years of Amy’s garden. Flowers, plants, wildlife. The garden Amy has dedicated herself to cultivating for 13 years. I’ve been photographing it for 5 years now with plans on publishing a book of her nature efforts. The sun had risen just an hour before, I had the indirect light, and I grabbed my Nikon DSLR with Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro Zoom Lens (click here for the Canon version of the lens) attached. To my surprise, the protective UV filter on my lens had fogged up immediately, the humidity that morning was in the mid-90’s!
4 New Nikon Lenses Announced For 2010
Nikon Adds to its 2010 AF-S Nikkor Lineup
Nikon has announced 4 new lenses targeted at its full frame DSLR users, with a new prime mixed in. Trying to serve the needs of its full frame D700, D3X users, Nikon is quickly filling voids for enthusiasts and pro’s that want the convenience of the zoom ranges available to the popular APS-C sensor crowd. Announced are the < AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED V, AF-S NIKKOR , the 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR and the AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G ED . Each of these are considered “high end”, badged with Nikons “ED” designation. You can be assured of “good glass” with these new offerings, the quality needed to take advantage of full frame sensor Nikon DSLRs.
Nikon Announces the D3100 DSLR
Enhanced Guide Mode and the Ability to Shoot 1080p High Definition (HD) Video with Full Time Auto Focus Allow Users to Capture with Confidence
They are getting better and better. Entry DSLRs have surpassed high end DSLRs we were buying just a few years. If you’re in the market for a second body, you’ll want to look into one of these entry DSLRs. The Nikon D3100 looks intriguing. Packing Nikon’s new 14.2Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor, full HD Video recording (now becoming standard fare for DSLR owners), a 3-inch monitor with one-touch Live View shooting and movie capture and a new easy to use intuitive interface, experienced DSLR owners may want to take note when it comes to adding gadgets, inexpensively to their camera bag. Click Here to hear the Nikon Pod Cast!
Father and Son Landscape Photographers
Todd and Brad Reed are a Rare Breed in Lake Town Ludington, Michigan
Once and a while you come across photographers that are inspiring. So is the case with yours truly. While on a photography vacation a few years ago in my native Michigan, I came across the work of Todd and Brad Reed in the boating town on Lake Michigan called Ludington. Long time professional nature and landscape photographers and workshop leaders, Todd and Brad have established themselves as the top Michigan shore photographers. If you want to become inspired as all photographers need from our peers, you’ll find this article rewarding.
Spring Flower Photography
Some Tips, Some Lenses
In my part of the country, spring usually comes late April. This year it sprung early, At this time in the year, and its only for about a week, the tree’s begin to bud, grass begins to grow again and turn green, and the marigolds begin to flower. For the nature photographer, it’s time to get back to work!
The tree’s at this time of year begin to bud, and within a week, boom! They’re full of leaves. If you can catch the tree’s as they are blooming, you can get some very interesting images. The emergence of spring also means color for many photographers. The greys, blacks and whites are gone from winter, and the great outdoors starts to look good again. Bring out your macro lenses, it’s time to start shooting!
Spring Means Flower Photography
10 Tips For Spring Flower Photography
In many parts north of the equator, it’s still cold outside. Springtime is here, and that means it’s getting time to start thinking about flower photography. If you hadn’t noticed, the stores are starting to stock more flowers, getting ready for springtime business. As the flowers are getting ready to start blooming in the next few months, we need to start thinking in terms of photographing them.
Tamron Lens Rebate Offer
Available through Amazon.com, Tamron is offering $50 and $60 mail in rebates on selected lenses. This is a good opportunity to save some money on either the Tamron AF 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical IF Macro Zoom Lens or the Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro Zoom Lens.
