New Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S DX lens

Posted on February 9th, 2009 at 08:21pm  |  Add comment

Nikon just announced the AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G this week. I promptly placed a preorder at Amazon.

If you own a D40/D40x/D60 then this little $200 lens should be on your list. Previously the 50mm f/1.8 was the only affordable way to get a fast prime from Nikon, but without the AF-S you don’t get [...]

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My Home Theater Setup

Posted on January 10th, 2009 at 09:00am  |  Add comment

Realized I never posted about what is normally a geek’s pride and joy, my home theater. It’s been done for over a year now and have gotten to really like it. Here’s the quick rundown:

42″ 720p Panasonic Plasma (TH-42PX77U)
Onkyo TX-SR605 A/V Receiver
Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player
AV123 X-SLS tower speakers and X-CS center speaker in Palisander Natural [...]

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D90 vs D70: Image Quality and Pixel Peeping

Posted on December 26th, 2008 at 03:00pm  |  6 comments

I typically don’t like pixel peeping and encourage myself to just go take pictures, but I wanted to see how my shooting might be affected by the D90 and if I need to change my post-processing. These shots were all done with AUTO WB in “Program’ mode with no post-processing. Click each comparison for a [...]

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D90 vs D70: The Body and Controls

Posted on November 6th, 2008 at 05:00pm  |  5 comments

The Nikon D70 was one of the first dSLRs targeted at the amateur photography market. It ran rings around it’s older brother, the D100. After the introduction of the D70s, D60, D50, D40, D80, D200, D300, D2x, D2h, D3, and D700 comes the D90.

D70 meet your replacement. The D90 is slight shorter and includes a [...]

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Say Hello to the D90

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 04:00pm  |  4 comments

I mentioned a package showing up at my door on Friday and here it is:

My D70 has served me well for about 3.5 years, but we’re talking about 4.5 year old technology. There has been a lot of progress since the D70 was introduced, but the D80 wasn’t a big enough change to warrant an [...]

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