Photo Jottings

7/30/08

If you want to go for an evening stroll in southern Arizona, you’ll have plenty of company.  Click here for more detailed pictures of your potential company.  I really didn’t go for a stroll, but I did want to see how my Sony 70-200mm F/2.8 lens works in near total darkness, so I decided to go out in the…

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7/27/08

The quick look Minolta AF teleconverter II APO page is up now.  I just give the basics on the two teleconverters, not the full scale review like the sony TCs.  If you’re a Sony user and are thinking about an SSM lens, don’t buy the Minolta teleconverters unless they are compatible, like the 8 pin (D) series which was…

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7/25/08

I’ve completed the Sony 1.4X and 2.0X teleconverters review finally.  It turned out differently than I would have guessed.  I was shooting birds with the 70-200mm and 2.0X TC, when in fact I could’ve used the 1.4X and got the same results, read the review!  I also have a bonus section at the bottom of the review page, …

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6/24/08

I’ve nearly completed the Sony 70-300mm G SSM F/4.5-5.6 review, I say nearly because I’d like to show some real world telephoto shots and comparisons to other lenses, but this time of year in Tucson, AZ the temps stay around 105° plus, and you wind up with massive heat shimmer, which wreaks havoc on telephoto shots.  So the …

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 7/22/08

Panasonic unleashes a few cameras today, and I like one of them, see below.  The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 is being replaced by the FZ28 adding a 10mp sensor making the zoom range 27-486mm, plus a bigger LCD.  The Lumix DMC-FX100 is being replaced by the FX150, adding a few million more pixels (14.7) for good measure.  But the one…

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7/18/08

I did a photo shoot in the local mountaintop community of Summerhaven this week, and took quite an assortment of lenses, then went on a nice hike. If Summerhaven sounds familiar, it’s because it made world headlines in 2003 by being incinerated by a couple of hippie hikers tossing a cigarette along the trail.  The whole town burned to…

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7/14/08

By golly I’ve finally found a useful breakfast cereal toy.  To the left is the super secret Indiana Jones adventure spoon, collect all three!  This little child choker has a red LED between the tip of the shaft and the base of the spoon and has a non-replaceable battery, which is too bad.  Take the spoon section off and …

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7/8/08

I hope everyone had a nice 4th.  My favorite fireworks display didn’t go off for some reason, so I didn’t get to try out the new 70-300mm G at night.  I have other plans for it though.  I have the Konica Minolta AF 17-35mm F/2.8-4 (D) review ready for you, look at it during your mid-morning one hour break.  …

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