Month: August 2006

  • dpreview.com – the place for digital photography enthusiasts

    The best place to learn about digital photography products is www.dpreview.com (Digital Photography Review) – it’s up to date with news, and also provides in-depth product reviews and a comprehensive set of forums (fora?) about many aspects of digital photography. Their research is more detailed and thorough than mine – if this blog has any…

  • I should point out that many of the pictures posted here were taken with film over the years and scanned in – but in any case, if you find them interesting, here they are. Posting photos on the web is problematic – you have to downsize them and compress them – neither practice is good…

  • Why two cameras?

    It wasn’t my original plan. I was looking at the D50 and the D70s, and I was almost decided for the D70s when Nikon reduced the price of the D50. After using it for a while, I learned that it was capable of outstanding pictures. But it was also limited in a few specific ways…

  • My cameras

    I use a couple of Nikon digital SLR cameras: the D50 and the D200. I started with the D50 as an entry point into DSLR photography having used less sophisticated cameras from Sony and Canon. I first learned about SLRs when studying architecture in New Zealand, and I think the digital SLR is now at…