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The other day I ordered a new bike for this trip. I wanted a 2008 build (I couldn’t get an earlier one anyway) so it should be here late march or early April.
Its a BMW K1200GT (Their current recommended touring bike) with ASC (Traction control/stability control) ABS, and RDC (transmitters in the tires to send [...]
3 Comments » I have been asked repeadly what camera stuff I use. Heres a reasonably complete list with comments. This is why I don’t change to shoot canon. Also, I believe Nikon offers better equipment.
LENSES
80–400mm VR
This offers great reach, especially when used with the D300 DX sensor
50mm 1.4
Great fast lens for some portraits etc. Its a little [...]
We had a bike trip night the other day and of 8 people who said they were coming, including John for whom the night was chosen, decided to not turn up. So it was basically just me.
I voted (and it was unanimous) that the trip be moved to July 2007, start on a Friday morning [...]
Recently its had some more use. I often get called out to shoot other peoples families etc but rarely get to shoot mine. I had the studio setup for a co-workers family shoot and decided to bring my family in the next morning.
I got some shots. They are not fantastic but I like them (probably [...]
I received my nikon D3 the other day and have been playing with the settings. Firstly, ISO 6400 is fantastic (although seems to have more noise than some reviews indicated). Its about what I was getting with ISO 1600 (HI1) on my D2X from what I can tell so far.
Also, the 70–200mm 2.8 (my favourite [...]
Kevins Recent Bookmarks
Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph by Ted Simon
The World According to Garp by John Irving