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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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It’s such a little thing, but this is the first rear cap that I’ve seen with a physical alignment marker. While others make do with little raised dots or triangles, this one is much beefier and truly tactile. I can now install and remove body caps in complete dark and with my eyes closed. It’s…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Taken with the Pentax K-5 with the DA 70mm F2.4 Limited @ 1/350s, f/8.0, ISO80.