Here's a grab shot with the pocketed Nikon P330 - in black and white mode. It's a great photo when the light and situation matches the consumer gear really well. I love this photo and the what camera captured. As with all of my images - no crop.
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Disney Bus Stop
Waiting for the Buss - shot with the CoolPix P330.
MTC - Provo BYU
This is from the BYU Provo campus of a feature designed by FFKR Architects - where the reflection shows the mountains to the East.
It's been a while...
And that is not necessarily by design - but just how it's been this summer. I'll have more posts upcoming for sure.
CityCreek - SLC - Nikon P330
The bees
My wife bought me some bees -- and I'm having a go at it. Notice the one with the yellow legs - too cool. If all goes well - we will have 100lbs. of honey by September.
Nikon P330
Two Wheel Pan
I don’t know where the 1 series is going — for all I know it could be Nikon’s new D2h.
When searching for a performance based system I reached for the Sony Nex-7 and once the honeymoon wore off I grew frustrated. AF was slow - color rendition was great as long as you were outside in great light - shutterspeeds were somehow pegged at 1/60, it seemed all the time in when in Aperture Pri. I guess I could have lived with everything except the color rendering and exposure.
I found myself reaching for it less and less. Paris was the last time I seriously used it - so I sold it.
But — in the mean time - on a lark I bought the Nikon P330 Coolpix. Canon’s products were rendering skin tones much too red and peachy. And I fell in love - lens was crazy sharp, it shot raw, and the colors were rich and deep and recognizably all Nikon. Hmm… I thought.
I wanted to get back into mirrorless, but funds were on the decline, Fuji wasn’t a contender as it was a slow system, lenses were getting great reports though, and i saw that the V1 system was getting better and better writeups. The $300 refurb pricing helped also.
AF is lighting fast - whoa… crazy fast - silent shutter is really trick, I use it almost exclusively, and most importantly rendering and exposure is nailed and finally the raw BW convert is crazy black.
So where does that leave me — The Fuji XT1 is attractive - bigger sensor, but raw development seems a bit challenging, irregardless of that the fans tell me it is a non-issue with LR etc. Sony’s A7 series is a bit too expensive and maybe needs to be tripod based for shooting and I just can’t see going m4/3 for some reason. So that leads me back to where I’m at - because I really love the V1.
The D3s backfills the pro work - and in the next few weeks I’ll be picking up the 30-110mm, and the 6.7-13mm where I have the 18.5mm, 10-30mm, and the flash.
So that’s my story.
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm
Images at night
I really like images captured at night - and i'm going to try to push the limits this year and get more night shots.
Shooting at night is a bit more inconvenient -- but the good and great image is usually captured during the least convenient circumstances. Be it - war, cold, early morning, high above, underwater etc...
Ford and Chevy
CES just finished up, and all the “big hitter” camera companies made some announcements. And even I can’t help but get caught up in it all. Nikon teased with the up coming D4s, Fuji offered the blacked out x100s and new lenses and Canon was in the mix also.
I bring this up because I get asked every once in a while, “what should I buy”, or “what’s a good camera” ?. This is so difficult as the end result or goal is really important.
If you are in the market for a new camera or want to make it a go and get started take this into consideration.
- Identify you budget - and try to stay with that number as much as possible.
- Determine what MFG you want to identify with — and that could be because of style, accessories, expandability, or price. For the most part - buying into a camera system is like the difference between “Ford and Chevy”.
- Strive for photos which exhibit sharpness better than anyone else’s. Understand what sharpness is and how to recognize it in a photo. Learn how to chase, capture, and harness the sharpest photo possible above the limitations of your gear.
- Every piece of gear has a sweet spot — find that - and be able to get back there over and over again.
- Go to Flickr and look at the “Explorer” section - and look at it over and over. Identify with the images you like.
I took this last photo with a $300 fixed lens point and shoot, Nikon P330. The camera is amazing for what it is - but with many limitations. With that thought, I normally can’t help myself and usually shoot thru those limitations and come up shorthanded. This image as it turns out -- it was selected as one of Engineering News Record's Images of the year for 2013.
My point -- get out and shoot -- irregardless of what you have for equipment. Sure - many of us want the Porsche - but as it turns out, most of us only have the Ford or Chevy.
Compelling
Compelling may be right in front of your face. I pass this area often, and like a moth to a summer time lit light, I can't ever not want to make a picture; ever.
Nikon P330 CoolPix
Backgrounds
This is not an award winning photo by any means - but the process of creating it becomes a compelling learning experience. This composition is an everyday occurrence and being able to recognize value in an everyday experience is sometimes difficult. The sun peaked in the morning - I saw how intense and golden it was on the SE, or right side of the image, and went out with the P330. Since it shoots at f1.8 - I knew I wanted the drama of the depth of field the f1.8 could accommodate. At the same time I wanted to fill the frame and the only way to that was with the Macro mode.
The whole time while shooting I learned to be conscious of the background, because I really had no control of that from my vantage point. I had to pivot around the subject to get it acceptable. That - in and of itself, is probably the best lesson in this exercise - and the reason of why I'm discussing it - and that is - Know your Background - that can make or break the image.
Post consisted of a convert to JPG from NRW - an X-Equals Fuji Superia 100 Curve Preset, sharpening, and a slight bump in noise reduction - all completed in LR5.
Nikon P330 - f1.8 - X-Equals Fuji Superia 100 Curve
Today's tip
While searching my LRoom catalog I noticed many images which didn't "catch" my eye months/years before. Aesthetics change - tastes change and I was surprised upon digging thru the past images. And - LRoom has become better at resolving some of these images and offering better correction techniques. So - in the coming Winter month's - I'll be taking a look and pulling those images which didn't interest me soon after the shoot.
Notre Dame Sacristy, Paris France. Nikon P330
Nikon P330 - Sunflower Video
Nikon P330
Big Camera or Small
Big camera or very, very small camera.
3 years ago this wouldn't even been a consideration - the advance of imaging, color rendering, and sensor sizes is moving so quickly I can't even give a decent answer when asked, "Hey, what camera should I buy" -- I literally have 3 models I'm keeping up on at any given time. The competition, an performance value is that close. Sometimes I find myself wanting to upgrade to a different model after only 6 months using the what is in hand.
Speaking of brands and models -- I have no loyalty - only economic loyalty and that stems from lenses on the big stuff.
Nikon P330
Nikon P330
I'm invested in Nikon with the D3s - and you know what - I chose wisely - as I love the color and contrast the Nikon system produces. I wouldn't have it any other way. And -- the only competition at that level is Nikon itself and Canon.
Everything else is the flavor of the day / week / month. And I guess I should clarify -- that "everything else" is anything but a hulking pro body.
Here's what I'm getting at - I was in Paris last week - and I took the Nikon P330 point and shoot. I've tried to anticipate the "what" of the trip - and it worked out well - that 90% of the time the P330 was better than expected - and the other 10% of carrying the NEX, it became evident the NEX was becoming long in the tooth.
Nikon P330
The P330 is small and crazy convenient to pocket. I could whip it out - select either "Green" for a quick shot - or I could go "A" and give the dial a spin for the aperture, get a focus point and go - or go User setting where I have it set up as Monochrome. As a B/W shooter i love it - totally love it. Blacks are really rich - everything pops - and I have the contrast + from normal. And the most important part of all of this -- and I keep combing back to this one point - between the P330 and NEX; The P330 is wicked sharp. And i can get sharp just about all the time. The NEX - well - that's been a struggle for me. And now that I have something to compare it too - my frustrations are even more real.
Sony NEX-7
Sony NEX-7
The NEX has become love/hate -- when it all comes together the system can be a bit magical - but when sharpness / ISO / or focus don't become a Trinity - then the images are DTM. Dynamic range seems to be endless - I can pull detail for what seems forever. Shutter speeds need to be twice focal length - although Aperture Priority pegs the min. at 1/60 so that's a mode which is impossible to maintain. Focus "pogos" once in a while, ok, most of the time - single point is difficult to lock. And -- the images just don't have a good "look" without much manipulation. If focus isn't tack sharp - then the images is DTM.
I'm going to move on - selling the NEX and I just ordered the Nikon 1 V1. If focusing performance is what everyone says it is, I'll be really happy - and Nikon's color rendering will be a nice change from the Sony - with the lack of resolution of course. I will miss that.
Sony NEX-7
Seriously !?
On the way to Vegas -- gassing up, and who couldn't ignore the big green dinosaur ?
Nikon CoolPix P330 f8.0 iso 80 NRW to JPG