November 2, 2013
Blue blur
Labels:
..Colour,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 50mm 1.4 D,
# In concert,
1/60 sec,
f 75mm,
F/1.4,
ISO-1400
Version
Labels:
..Colour,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 50mm 1.4 D,
# In concert,
1/60 sec,
f 75mm,
F/1.4,
ISO-1600
We are all terrorists V
October 2013, Athens
"Είμαστε τρομοκράτες" - Αφιέρωμα στο Νικόλα Άσιμο @ Αρχιτεκτονική
[more photos at jazzbluesrock.gr]
Labels:
..Colour,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 55-200 VR,
# In concert,
1/20 sec,
f 82mm,
F/4,
ISO-3200
October 15, 2013
January 21, 2013
Snow
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/1250 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-400
Wide open
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Mecha,
1/125 sec,
f 52mm,
F/4,
ISO-400
Retired
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Mecha,
1/80 sec,
f 52mm,
F/4,
ISO-400
Black and blue
Labels:
..Colour,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/250 sec,
f 52mm,
F/8,
ISO-200
Roxy's ears
Labels:
..Colour,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Pets,
1/60 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-560
Roxy Music
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Pets,
1/50 sec,
f 52mm,
F/3.5,
ISO-200
January 9, 2013
Dessert
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 18-55 VR,
1/20 sec,
f 45mm,
F/4.5,
ISO-6400
Huff
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Portraits,
1/30 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-2500
Pour
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Portraits,
1/30 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-1600
Mull
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
# Portraits,
1/30 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-1800
Tavern
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/30 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-900
January 6, 2013
Pug butts I
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 55-200 VR,
# Pets,
1/125 sec,
f 225mm,
F/5,
ISO-200
Swing
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/2500 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-200
January 5, 2013
Ceiling
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/30 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-1800
Angles
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Nikon D5100,
** Nikkor 35mm 1.8 G,
1/4000 sec,
f 52mm,
F/1.8,
ISO-125
January 3, 2013
Nikon D5100 and company
Words are wind
In 2009, I boldly declared that (camera) size matters, and smaller is better, mmmkay? And I can't be bothered to carry a bulky SLR everywhere I go. Hence, the Lumix DMC-LX3: compact, light, small, in my purse and off we go.
In 2010, I loudly complained that ISO-400 or higher sucks big time, that this isn't grain, its goddamn noise, and "...I think I need a better camera. Crap." I didn't do anything about it, I just nagged from time to time.
In 2012, I had the chance to fool around with a Nikon D7000 and a prime 50mm 1.8 lens for about twenty minutes. During these twenty minutes, I was SO happy and excited, that the fate of my trusted Lumix was sealed there and then: it was doomed to become a secondary camera.
So, in 2013, I'm finally upgrading to a DSLR, because (sensor) size matters, and bigger is better, mmmkay? And because a fast prime lens is what I should have been working with years ago, and I didn't, and now I really, really want to.
Greedy motherfucker
The upgrade was rather radical, and it goes like this:
Body: Nikon D5100
Nikkor 35mm F/1.8 G AF-S
(equivalent to the standard 50mm prime, simple and fast)
Nikkor 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 AF-S G VR
(all purpose zoom, from wide angle to short tele)
Nikkor 55-200mm F/4.0-5.6 G AF-S ED VR
(big mean tele, though on the slow side)
I don't know how this happened, I swear I was going to get a body and a 35mm prime for starters and wait months or years for secondary lenses, but I got greedy. And very very excited. And I'm not done yet.
In the long run, I'll definitely get a fast 50mm prime, too. I have my eyes on the Nikkor 50mm F/1.4 D, and I'm waiting for a decent one to appear in the used market. (Everything I've gotten so far is used.) F/1.4, I say. It will be glorious.
Until then, I got plenty of stuff to play with, so beware: new camera and new lenses (plural!) means there's a learning curve ahead. Yay for me, groans from the audience. :)
P.S. I'm not getting rid of the Lumix, mind you. I got to love the pretty little bastard. Image quality notwithstanding, it's a great tool, especially for street photography. I'm not (yet?) comfortable to point a big DSLR to people's faces, and I'm still very fond of stealth mode, so the Lumix stays, proudly.
P.S.S. Thanks, Santa!
Labels:
- Technobabble,
# Photo-wanking
December 30, 2012
And we're counting our blessings
December 2012, underground, Athens
At the end of the day there’s another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that’ll break any second
There’s a hunger in the land
There’s a reckoning still to be reckoned
And there’s gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that’ll break any second
There’s a hunger in the land
There’s a reckoning still to be reckoned
And there’s gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day
~ Les Misérables, "At the end of the day"
Labels:
..Black and White,
* Lumix DMC-LX3,
# Street,
1/2 sec,
F/2.8,
ISO-400
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