Archive for the 'Photography' Category

Astro Soichi’s TwitPics

Spaceman-Spiff March 1st, 2010

Been following this guy’s TwitPic. Lots of amazing pics.

Full Moon high up in the sky

Full Moon high up in the sky

Mahajamba, Madagaskar

Mahajamba, Madagaskar

Near Jakarta, Indonesia

Icy Aral Sea

And in case you’re wondering: yes, these pics were taken from the space.

First Prime Lens

Spaceman-Spiff June 24th, 2009

My 35mm Nikon prime lens arrived today. Took a few quick test shots, all in f/1.8:

I love the bokeh. Sometimes at f/1.8 focusing is hard, object an inch further/closer will be blurry. Got lots of practising to do. I can feel that this will soon be my new fav lens.

Nikon D90 Sample Movies

Spaceman-Spiff September 15th, 2008

I’ve been loving this camera since it was announced and previewed: [1] [2] [3]. Besides the upgrades from the D80, the most attractive feature is, of course, the ability to record 720p video at 24 fps.

I’ve been watching some professional and user-made videos today, and a few of them caught my eyes (click on each link for the HD version):


D90 goes partying

Pizza with the nikon d-90

D90 color-corrected and exposure fixed

D90 Japanese sample

Am I gonna buy it? Probably not, at least not this year (my Nikon D40 is only 6 months old). It’s still the first generation video D-SLR. It will just get better and better with upcoming versions. Auto-focus, larger resolutions, longer recording time, stereo sound, etc, etc.

More videos to watch here: http://vimeo.com/D90/

Nikon D40X

Spaceman-Spiff December 31st, 2007

My sister introduced me to this lovely camera. Actually, she didn’t. I had to take over her camera and forced her to teach me how to use it. It’s pretty to use for an SLR newbie (me), and produces very nice images.

More photos @ Picasa web album: http://picasaweb.google.ca/tekoteko