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A note to readers
As you may have noticed, I have not updated for a while. It is because I am currently involved in a print project related to photography which takes my full time. Hope to be back with some interesting posts soon.
Cliché warning
Taking images at a zoo could be a challenge. Animals shot in the wild are so much more exciting, and when you can see obvious zoo environment in the images, interest is often lost. Here is a try to avoid the worst clichés. (D90 and 55-200VR).
Marathon images published
Five of my images, all shot with Nikon D300, MB10 and the Nikkor 70-200VR AF-G, from the recent Stockholm Marathon was published in the swedish edition of Runners World magazine. You can find them among the images in my earlier post about the marathon here. (See also the post about auto focus test runs I [...]
Nikon D300 auto focus test runs
I decided to do some simple AF-tests at Stockholm Marathon. The equipment used was the Nikon D300 with the 8 fps MB10 battery grip and the Nikkor 70-200VR lens.
I have shot many marathon races before, in Stockholm, New York and London, with good performance from the autofocus system and did not expect any particular problems.
The [...]
Stockholm Marathon 2009
On the way to this years Stockholm Marathon we were caught in a traffic jam. A minor accident on the highway delayed us for about forty minutes - enough to cause the risk of missing the elite front runners. As I hurried towards a good position on the bridge Västerbron, the police motorcycles with [...]
Nikkor 35 1.8 AF-S - first shots
So I got the new little 35 1.8. It feels great with a small, fast, silent DX prime. First impressions are - very good wide open and at 2.0 - totally usable. Some occasional color fringing, but overall excellent low light performance. Looks good in good light too, altough that is expected from a prime [...]
Taste of Summer
I have been busy this weekend shooting with the Nikkor AI 105 2.5 for my coming review which will include a comparision with the 70-200VR regarding sharpness and bokeh. But the shot above was with the 18-105VR on the D90. Now the evenings are getting brighter, giving a taste of the coming bright summer nights, [...]
Too close for comfort?
These images are from the Nordic Predator Park in Orsa Grönklitt, Dalarna, Sweden. The tigers are siberian Amur tigers, the worlds most powerful predators, but also a species endangered by extinction. The photos were made by my son for an article he wrote as an assaignment in his journalism education. (Click on the images to [...]
Posted from iPhone
Just had to try this. The first photo below is shot with the built-in camera of the iPhone (the text is of course also written on the phone). The car is the new VW Scirocco. Ok - it seems to work… The second photo (also with the iPhone) shows the pair of 85 mm lenses [...]
Blast from the past - Nikkor 85 2.0 AI
For the moment I am trying out a lens that was one of my favourites 25 years ago - the Nikkor 85 2.0 AI. That is one of the joys with the D300 - the ablity to use the Nikkor AI/AIS lenses with great functionality - matrix metering, aperture prefered auto exposure or manual open [...]
