Photo Journey

Oh - that's how that works...!

I've often wondered how the shutter in a camera works. Once you get in to photography and you realize how easy it is to under- or over-expose you start to understand that the mechanism that opens the sensor to the exact amount of light needs to be incredibly precise. So what happens the moment you push the trigger?

Here is a cool video link that shows you exactly what happens in the Nikon D3 (Nikon's top model right now). I think this is what basically happens in every Digital SLR.

New gear

Nikon D300
Battery pack
Lens: 60mm/f2.8
Lens: 17-35mm/f2.8
Flash: SB800 (second one)
A set of pocket wizards
Colour gels for the flash

Laptop:
Apple Macbook Pro, 2,6 Ghz, 4 GB Ram, 200 GB HD, 17" high-res display, Final Cut Studio Pro (video editing), Logic (music editing).

Got it all in tthe US - saved 45% that way!

"All I want for Christmas is... "

OK... so after months of chatter and speculation on all the forums and weblogs Nikon this week announced two new camera's: the D300 and the new flagshipmodel the D3!

Are they nice - absolutely. They are amazing. I want either one...

And yet, I can't help but wonder if this was the best Nikon could do. Both camera's are 12 Megapix. I have the D200 which is 10. That's not a big difference. Te D3 is Full Frame - meaning there is no 1,5x crop factor anymore. But was that really what we wanted? Both camera's can shoot at 9 frames per second — that's fast. But my D200 can shoot at 6 frames per second, and I seldom use that!

The following are really nice improvements:

• Both camera's now allow you to see a live proview on the screen. Previous Nikon camera's only allowed you to look through the view finder. And the screens are nice and big!!!
• The D3 has a high iso-setting of 25.600! That is amazing. My D200 only goes to 1600 — and the images contains lots of noise. But how often do I find myself in settings where I still want to photograph and I need 25.600?

Anyway... Santa doesn't need to bring anything else then a D300... :-)

New Camerabag

I bought a new camera bag yesterday. My old Lowepro only fir three lenses, and none could be really big. Coming back from Lisbon last week was a scary experience. My bag was too full. I thought it was going to rip. And the Sigma 50-500 was in the suitcare underneath the plane. I kept wondering the whole time if I was going to see it again...

I went to Kamera Express, and the guys helped me really well -- as usual. I ended up settling on this bag. It looks good, it fits all my lenses and it is comfortable to carry, even when it is full.

For my wishlist...

OK - so I just got a bunch of new lenses. I am really excited: I got the Nikon 85mm/f1.4, the Nikon 28-70/f2.8, the Nikon 70-200mm/f2.8VR and the Sigma 50-500. A week before I got the Sigma 30mm/f1.4. I would say that is a nice collection of glass...

Then today I come across this little message... Sigma is coming out with a new lens: 400-1000mm/f2.8. Here is an image... Apparently it doesn't weigh a thing - no, really!

No price details available yet... I bet it will cost a sweet fortune. I don't really want it -- no way to hide it from my wife :-)