New Nikon 35/1.8 & 85/1.4 AFS on the way?
More talk from Photokina 2008 that new 35 1.8 AFS & 85 1.4 AFS prime lenses could be on the way soon. Nothing official announced as yet but a German visitor to the show has said a Nikon rep there mentioned the new lenses. More information at Nikon Rumours, here.
Canon 5D Mk II HD video footage.
Now although I’m a Nikon shooter, I’m not one of these people that gets tied up in the brand wars. I can fully appreciate when any camera manufacturer breaks new ground as I’m a technology geek, and with that in mind I thought it would be well worth mentioning Canon’s new 5D Mark II camera [...]
Nikon announce new 50mm 1.4 AFS
Photokina 2008, Nikon have announced the long awaited AFS version of the tried and trusted 50mm prime lens. More information can be found here. I’m looking forward to reading reviews on how this new lens performs on FF camera’s as I’ve been thinking about picking one of these up for the D3. It would make [...]
Back in the UK
Well after an superb trip to Florida I’ve been back in blighty since Monday. However I’ve been working all week and I’m flying out to France for the weekend to go to a friends wedding so I’ll start processing and writing up my Florida experience for next week. Had a great time though and can’t [...]
Hurricane dodging in Miami…
Well, after the headache of trying to arrange a way of getting my big lenses on holiday with me and failing miserably (nobody mention Virgin’s hand luggage restrictions, it’s a sensitive subject…), I’m finally off for a 12 day holiday to Florida wed morning to visit a friend and escape the wonderful British summer we have [...]
Wild Foxes, part 2: Things are improving already!
The foxes usually turn up at 7:45pm on the dot…this time they arrived so early they were watching us…! It’s only been a week but the opportunties and quality of the shots we could get has improved massively.
