20 years ago, I started a second career as a motorcycle journalist, and I’ve been lucky enough to see many of the beautiful places in the world and publishing stories and photos of my adventures. I’ve started documenting my bicycle adventures in a similar fashion, and will be sharing those stories here. Please join me.
“The idea is to die young as late as possible
Ashley Montagu
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In my continuing quest to test the limits of the Nikon V1 and 18.5mm f/1.8 lens, I took the camera to my great-niece’s second birthday. The setting is a typical house interior (dimly lit for photography purposes) on a cold winter day. In other words, not a lot of light. For this test, I also…
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Playing around with the 30FPS RAW of the Nikon 1 V1. The fast 50 (18.5mm f/1.8) helps here in the dim indoor light. I’ve actually had to halve the number of frames in order to keep file size down. The high speed performance of the Nikon 1 really is fun and makes five, six, and…
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Nikon V1 with 18.5mm f/1.8 @ 1/60s, f/1.8, ISO400 A new restaurant, Yamataka Tea Room, opened in town, in one of those spaces that never seems to flourish; every town has a space like it. We went there to try their tea as well as some dumplings and buns. The owners speak with the thick Chinese…
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Nikon V1 with 18.5mm f/1.8 @ 1/60s, f/1.8, ISO400 A new restaurant, Yamataka Tea Room, opened in town, in one of those spaces that never seems to flourish; every town has a space like it. We went there to try their tea as well as some dumplings and buns. The owners speak with the thick Chinese…
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We interrupt all of this testing and opining to bring you this, a photo of cats.
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We interrupt all of this testing and opining to bring you this, a photo of cats.
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In two previous posts (“The Case Against Full Frame” and “The Case Against APS-C”) I opined on why the leading professional and amateur sensor sizes are doomed to the scrapheap of history. Where does that leave the upstart Micro Four-Thirds?By all accounts, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a watershed mark in the development of Micro…
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In two previous posts (“The Case Against Full Frame” and “The Case Against APS-C”) I opined on why the leading professional and amateur sensor sizes are doomed to the scrapheap of history. Where does that leave the upstart Micro Four-Thirds? By all accounts, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a watershed mark in the development of…
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More flora from the Flores residence. No flowers though, except for the name. 1/125, f/2.0, ISO400 With a close focus distance that’s a shim under 8.5″, the 18.5mm f/1.8 does a reasonable impersonation of a macro lens. Well, not quite, but it will let those that dabble in the close arts take a pretty picture.…
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“Yeah, yeah, yeah….” I can hear you saying, “forget the photos of people and cats and ice on the roof of your car. What we, the collective borg want to know is….can the V1 with the 18.5mm f/1.8 take pictures of food?” You tell me… 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO450 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO800 1/125s, f/1.8, ISO400 And…
