You can get ghoulishly great photographs of your children in their Halloween costumes. Take photos when they first put on their costume, and bring your camera with you on the Trick-or-Treat…
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Here We Come HK!
Hong Kong is next, with the D700 in my pack, plus my favorite street photography lens – Nikkor 50mm F/1.2. In my opinion, Hong Kong is fast becoming a city of smog and heavy pollution. There’s no longer a reason to bring a long lens anymore since you typically cannot obtain good visibility beyond 500m all year round.
In the last decade of visiting Hong Kong annually, I felt that night street photography is most ideal as it tends to conceal the air pollution, while allowing us to capture the brightly neon-lit infrastructure. Mask-wearing crowds are common sight everywhere. The only remotely possible scenic spots lie in the smaller outskirt islands of Hong Kong.
Bringing along the Nikon P7000? Of course! It has now officially become a permanent item in my camera pack. Perhaps I may even pick up a new P7100 if the price is right while in Hong Kong. That’s how good I think it is!
(Notes – If you are fortunate, you may get a clear day right after a moonsoon for landscapes, but that’s about it. Rain expected too!)
October 30, 2011
Look around at your surroundings and don’t get locked into your viewfinder. If you’re looking into your viewfinder you can’t see where you’re going. Many photographers have fallen over an object…
Weekly Nikon news flash #134
- Check out this product called “JerkStopper” 🙂
- New Nikon store opened in Romania:
- Nikon 1 V1 made the #6 on the Amazon’s best selling compact system cameras:
Oops! More Surprising Revelation of the Nikon 1
Hmm…the more I look into it, the more interesting it gets with the Nikon 1. It has to do with the way the Nikon 1 turns itself on – you have to press two buttons (plus a big twisting wrist movement) just to be able to begin shooting! Unbelievable but true!
Secondly, just when I thought the lens cannot get any longer, it literally extends itself to twice its barrel length for the Nikon 1 10-30mm lens when turned on! And did I say the lens will remain protruded until you literally have to twist it back to the “L” position? What a pain! So what if you don’t? Well, just be ready to have your lens scratched or hit when carrying it about.
Say, did Nikon allows a protective filter on her kit lens? Nope, not at all. How about a lens hood? Nothing too. How about the EVF you say? That looks pretty cool to me. Mechanical shutter sound? Horrible. Sounds like a cheap Canon DSLR’s shutter release.
Like I said – its not for those who owns a serious DSLR and wish to own a competent compact companion. The Nikon P7100 will be that choice instead.
Photography assignment to shoot a wedding portfolio today…
Nikon Studio 