Some more photography with the D700 & 28mm f/3.5 AI lens during my recent visit to Bournemouth.
The “sunny 16″ rule actually seemed to work pretty well here at 1/250s, f/16, iso200
February 29, 2012 – 11:19 pm
I have been using my SB-24 flash a lot quite recently, but thought I’d just do a bit of ambient light photography for a change.
The camera seems a lot lighter without the flash and I prefer this.
A lot more discreet too.
Also have gone back to using View NX2 & Capture NX2. Been using Adobe Lightroom 3 for about 3 months and I like it but there are some things I like about the NX2 workflow.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 AI, 1/125s @ f/3.5, iso200
February 14, 2012 – 10:06 pm
Another shot from my recent visit to Cothelstone Hill.
This was certainly a good test for the D700′s weather sealing as the driving snow on the summit meant that the camera was thickly coated in snow!
This was taken on the descent and the wind had died down a bit.
I was a bit worried that my SB-24 flash had “died” at one stage, but I think it was more the fact that the batteries needed charging.
Not sure why I shot this at 1/250s but it must have been the result of the shutter speed wheel on the D700 getting accidentally jogged. I can “dedicate” either the front or the back wheel of the D700 to the task of controlling shutter speed but both wheels are easy to accidentally jog. I would prefer a dial on top of the camera like on a film SLR as much less easy to change it accidentally, and also much easier to check the setting without having to look at an LCD display.
D700 with 28mm f/3.5 AI lens & SB-24 speedlight @ 1/4 power. 1/250s, f/8, iso200
February 12, 2012 – 10:41 pm
D700 with 28mm f/3.5 AI lens & SB-24 speedlight @ 1/4 power. 1/125s, f/8, iso200
Another shot from my recent trip to Weymouth.
I had only purchased my SB-24 flash the day before so I was trying to put it through its paces in Weymouth as there are so many interesting things to photograph there
February 12, 2012 – 7:09 pm
D700 with 28mm f/3.5 AI lens & SB-910 speedlight @ 1/32 power. 1/30s, f/16, iso200
I will probably be selling my SB-910 flash as I am finding that the SB-24 provides all the features I actually use.
This is a good post about the SB-24 http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/04/steal-this-flash-nikon-sb-24.html
I also prefer the older “screw down” locking mechanism on the SB-24. Nikon’s newer flash units have a “switch” type of lock which I do not like so much.
February 12, 2012 – 12:30 pm
D700 with 28mm f/3.5 AI lens & SB-24 speedlight @ 1/4 power. 1/125s, f/5.6, iso200
Just upgraded my wordpress theme to the latest version of “Sandbox” to v1.6.2
I have noticed that it has changed the appearance of captions in photos which have captions.
I have customised the background colour from white to 50% grey (#808080) – I find reading text & viewing photos on white more tiring on the eyes so 50% grey seems ideal, especially when viewing photos as well as text.
The Sandbox theme seems to be the least “fussy” theme as a lot of the themes are just quite hideous, but Sandbox is really minimal…..”less is more”
