So as many of you might already know, my Canon 40D crapped out. It was still under warranty, so that was good. However, it pushed me over the edge with Canon. It was the second Canon DSLR that stopped working for me in the past 6 months (that reminds me, I need to go pay the $200 it cost to fix the AF on my other Canon, since the AF broke 3 days after the warranty expired - super). And I digress. Back on topic, fed up with Canon, I decided to make the switch the Nikon. I've been really impressed with everything I've read about the D300. With a little finagling and a good bit of luck, somehow I got Circuit City to exchange my broken camera for the D300. So I'm officially a Nikon man.
Because of all of this, I don't have any fourth of July photos and missed a couple excellent potential photos that I wish I could've had a camera for, but I'm happy that I was able to get the D300.
So I ordered a couple SB800 Speedlights to make use of Nikon's CLS (Creative Lighting System). Waiting for those to come in, I decided to build a makeshift, DIY macro studio. I sprung for a $6 piece of black granite tile and a $6 100W, 4500K light bulb (it was the highest wattage light bulb I could find around sunlight temperature). If I remember the next time I bust it out, I will take a couple shots of my setup. For now here are two images that I made while using the macro studio, the aforementioned light bulb, and a piece of aluminum foil on cardboard as a reflector. Because of the low power of the bulb, I wasn't able to get too much DOF out of these guys. I didn't want to up the ISO too high (I think one is 800 and the other 1600), and I didn't want too long of a shutter speed (otherwise the background would have been too gray), so I just stopped the aperture down as much as possible.
Oh by the way, these are Fimo Clay figurines made by Jon Anderson. They're pretty incredible if you have a chance to read about how they're made.
6 comments:
DOF?
What lens did you end up getting? Check my blog entry. All this talk about lenses put me over the edge haha
depth of field! Yeah, it took me that long.
Dude, if you're going to sell your 18-200, I have a proposition. How about we trade lenses and I'll compensate for the difference. Just give me a price and we can work something out. I just would really like a fresh 18-200 (since that rubber is still loose). If you're interested, I can even try DIY fix on the rubber if you would prefer. Just let me know
ohhhh...i like the picture of the gecko. very nice. welcome to the nikon family, it's a good place to be.
You switched to Nikon?!?!?! Traitor!!!!! LOL! Good Job though. I like the colors of the photos. I guess you are officially Nikon'd! Keep Shooting.
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