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fluffy, a photo by indri500 on Flickr. So my wife used the Panasonic GH2 with the 100-300 lens for most of our time at the Bronx Zoo, and looking at her photos now she got some real gems. The Panasonic kit was significantly larger and more expensive than the Nikon 1 V1 kit I had…

Alex gets pushed two stops but he really doesn’t mind., a photo by john m flores on Flickr.Alex is a little more exlusive than Nate is when it comes having his picture taken. It’s not like he doesn’t like it; after all he’s a cat and doesn’t even know what a photo is. But he’s…

Started another blog today – CheapCams.Blogspot.com. The emphasis will be on inexpensive cameras that are capable of taking good pictures. This includes new camera, used cameras, special deals, etc. It’s not just a deal site though – there are plenty of those out there. I hope this becomes a place that people who want to…

Playing with the Pentax Q and 03 Fish Eye. This is a manual focus lens and a challenging one to focus with at that. But in this situation, with a cat on my lap demanding attention and the Q in my other hand, I found it easier to move the camera back and forth until…

And this is the Nikon 1 V1 with the 1 Nikkor 10mm f/2.8 with the electronic shutter. This combo focuses so fast and shoots absolutely silently – not even the ant fart sound of a leaf shutter – that it may become my candid camera of choice. I would like a little more low light…

If you ever get down to Maggie Valley, NC, be sure to visit Dale Walksler’s Wheels Through Time Museum. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen – a large space filled with vintage motorcycles and cars (mostly American origin). They’re not pristine restorations but rather working machines. Dale’s not a stickler for cosmetics and is more…

The teeny Pentax Q hangs around my neck when I ride, the lens protected by a vented lens hood. When I find myself staring at something like this, with one hand I am able to turn on the camera and grab a shot. And then I look down and realize that I’m really low on…

Seriously, if you had a tail like that, wouldn’t you stare at it too? While I spent _most_ of the day shooting the Nikon 1 V1 with the 30-110 zoom, I did play with the Panasonic GH2 paired with the 100-300 zoom. Looking at the pictures now, it’s obvious that the Panasonic is doing much…

Seriously, if you had a tail like that, wouldn’t you stare at it too? While I spent _most_ of the day shooting the Nikon 1 V1 with the 30-110 zoom, I did play with the Panasonic GH2 paired with the 100-300 zoom. Looking at the pictures now, it’s obvious that the Panasonic is doing much…

Big land. Even bigger sky. A horizon that stretches for miles. Mountains in the distance that seem so far away, but eventually you get there and you find yourself riding in a chromatic alien landscape of rock and sandstone and scrub and things that are hard to put into words to tell your friends back…