This is a different perspective of the Arch. When everyone is crowding a public space I always have a craving to find a different view. The clouds were perfect that day.
Nikon 1 - V1 6.7-13mm
Street in St. Louis - 3
This is where the 6.7-13mm really shines -- when it's big -- you need wide -- really wide.
I will say this though - wide will kick your ass. And the funny thing is - it gets kicked in Post - never when you on site. For some reason, everything always looks good in frame - never does it look like trash until you get it up on screen. And then it is a palm to the forehead moment.
Bam -- that is when you see the wide angle skew. The safe zone is always when you are 90 Deg. to the subject - always.
St. Louis Arch - Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm.
Street in St. Louis - 2
Shot in 3pm Sun at good 'ole f8. Great contrast, clouds in the sky, and crazy sharp - with the 10-30mm. St. Louis - no crop.
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm, St. Louis
Street in St. Louis
One of my favorites -- as the detail on the front of this building seems to go on forever - and I couldn't imagine the cost of such ornate glazed tiles in today dollars.
This is in St. Louis where I was just shooting street. And what a great way to stop and really see the city, any city - but to walk and take the time to dissect scene after scene.
10-30mm - contrast and sharpening in ViewNX2 - no crop.
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm
Twin Falls Idaho LDS Temple Spire
This is the Twin Falls Idaho LDS Temple spire. Quite dramatic with the mid afternoon light and then converted to b/w.
I was testing my 300mm lens - and it really turned out well - it would be well suited for a "Cover" or editorial copy.
No crop.
Nikon 1 V1 - 30-110mm
Pentwater Memorial Day - 2007
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
Adobe - Lehi
Some of my favorites of today's visit to Adobe's campus in Lehi.
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Sketching
I literally set up, and took this shot without the subjects even knowing I was there. Upon talking to the gentleman on the left, he mentioned it was a pretty intense conversation and didn't even notice..
I'm glad I was there.
Nikon 1 V1 - 18.5mm
Moran Eye - West Side
BW convert with SEfex2 and lens corrected with LR5 - lens correction is the only weakness of Nikon's software.
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
SBux on the back Porch
I couldn't resist the light - and then I got to thinking - what makes a great image a success ?
Is it the camera, the light, the lens, the shooter -- or all 4 ?
Nikon 1 V1 - 18.5mm Converted with SFex Pro-2
Moran Eye - Interior wide
3rd floor of the Moran Eye. Whenever I'm there I can't get over the dramatic view where this facility is nicknamed the "Palace" of those who visit who are in the professional eye community.
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
D4s - I'm sold.
Going Wide on Moran Eye
Testing out the new 6.7-13mm Nikon on the 1 V1.
Equivalent in 35mm it's a 18mm-35mm.
So - for some 18mm isn't very super wide - but for this sensor and considering it is a 6.7mm lens - well - it really is.
Converted in ViewNX2 to .tiff and then corrected in LR5.
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Loving Spring
...love it -- between this and fall -- are my favorite seasons.
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Wide Sketching
Rarely do I put the subject in the center of the frame - but when I shoot super wide, the combination of the two, with the right subject, works.
This is a full sized design study, being sketched. Shot with the Nikon 1 V1 and the 6.7-13mm at the widest, which is 18mm equivalent.
There are some things to keep in mind while using this lens. It doesn’t seem to be as forgiving at the 10-30mm on the sharpness scale. For some reason it seems that I can get a sharper photo with less effort. Maybe I’m too lazy during the shoot - so I will have to shoot more to really determine if I have to adjust technique.
And, while indoors the lens is slow - slower than one would expect - but that is the way it goes - take it or leave it. Sharpening is applied in post ever so slightly, or the image looks overworked. I still have yet to print one of these — that will be this weekend to see how it looks.
Image was developed in LRoom in order to take advantage of the lens correction tools - something of which I can't do in ViewNX2. Although ViewNX2's development is superior with Nikon's secret sauce.
March 28, 2006
Every year - I remember this date.
Know your settings.
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm ASA 800
Every once in a while I get snapped back into reality, to check settings and slowdown.
This only happens of course when the result of failure is very, very disappointing.
The scene is the office, again, and I wanted to grab and go with the V1 and flash. This time I was sure to be on Image instead of video from the day before - humph - but because I didn’t want to really mess around with settings with flash I decided to go “P” - Program.
Program is nothing to be ashamed of - as these cameras are really smart. So I set on P, and then I set ASA on 800. I didn’t want to be on Auto ASA as exposure would be fighting the flash. So with that - I started taking photos - and then I was seeing that flash was too distracting to the subjects - so I turned it off and started shooting available light. But get this — I didn’t re-adjust any settings to what I usually shoot.
The V1 was still on P
ASA was locked into 800
Nikon 1 V1 - 10-30mm ASA 800
I should have taken a step back and stopped, and reset to “A” Aperture and then brought ASA to Auto.
Something did appear a bit peculiar while shooting - but of course in the middle of what Vincent Versace would call the “Hair Ball” - it didn’t make sense to me, so I drove on.
I did get some decent results - but not the best results for sharpness and exposure.
I wish was at on auto ASA and I probably should have been actually shooting the 18.5mm f1.8 for better resolution and ASA.
Also, my point is that all of this stuff takes practice, and these things even happen to the most experienced.
superWide
I purchased Nikon's 6.7-13mm super wide lens yesterday. It allows me to go 18-35mm equivalent on the Nikon 1 V1. No complaints, as it is super sharp from edge to edge.
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
Nikon 1 V1 - 6.7-13mm
3 Nikons
I shoot 3 Nikon’s - and the sensor of the D3s, CoolPix P330, and the 1 V1 all look the same. The dynamic range of the P330 seems to have the most depth - but for color rendering and richness and the ability to not have to touch exposure; they are all one in the same.
Exposure has become more important the more I realize that these systems performs so well. This is one of the reasons of which I keep coming back to the V1, and the speed is crazy fast.
As of late - I’m really done chasing megapixels as what I want is sharpness and performance. And there are two genres to what I shoot - pro and non-pro. And I think that is an essential distinction of which many never discuss - ever discuss. Pro vs. Non-Pro keeps Nikon and Canon from worrying about the mirrorless platforms of which I think is a mistake.
Since I shoot architecture and I have tilt shit lenses the V1 really can’t fit the bill, and I like full frame - but for everyday shooting; street, office, family - anything goes, and any system goes.
The uproar about the new V3 is a mind blower — total mind blower - good God. I feel sorry for Nikon.
The V1 also has a wonderful monochrome conversion - wonderful - the blacks are black, and the convert looks so organic. I love that.
I do wish there were more performance based primes - that’s a bit of a bummer. These vari-aperture zooms kill me.
Nikon 1 V1 - 18.5mm