Category Archives: Photography
Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens on a Nikon D200
I recently found myself searching eBay for a 50mm prime lens and wandered across a seller with several lots of the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens. Having read reasonably positive reviews of this particular piece of glass I decided it was … Continue reading
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Nikon Camera Control Pro Software version 2
Earlier this month I wrote in fairly scathing terms about the previous version of this software, which to all intents and purposes seemed prematurely released. It was slow, clunky, didn’t run well on a Mac (I understand Windows users were … Continue reading
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Aperture Book Themes, changing the colour scheme
One of the slightly annoying things about Aperture is the limitations placed on you when creating a book. Whilst it is incredibly flexible in lots of ways, certainly much more than iPhoto, there are some things I really want to … Continue reading
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Nikon Camera Control Pro Software
Having written in glowing terms about Scott Kelby, who recommended the use of Nikon’s Camera Control Pro software, I now find I am going to speak less favourably about it. OK, first, it almost works well and certainly I was … Continue reading
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Scott Kelby, photography and a 50mm f1.8 lens
I have just bought Scott Kelby’s recent book Digital Photography volume 2 and love it. I read the first book and learned that Scott’s style is down to earth and practical. He uses a lot of humour to ease you … Continue reading
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