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A Cheap Way to Protect Your Camera in the RAIN.
How many times have you been out and about shooting and it starts raining? Do you continue to shoot and risk the rain damaging your camera? Do you attempt to modify a trash bag or plastic bag to work on your camera?
Well I have a solution for you that is not only inexpensive but it works. Sure you could spend upwards of $200 for a high end reusable rain cover for your camera. But I have found an option that is only $5.
As you see in the video this simple plastic sleeve is designed to allow you to protect your camera and lens as well as still be able to capture images.
I keep a pack of these in my bag at all times because you never know when a sudden storm may strike. Don’t forget this is not just for rain, I would use this in dusty environments like on the beach or on a construction site. Whatever you can do to protect your camera from the elements
is always a plus.
Oh Hello Scary and Freaky Photos: Adoramapix Rapid Fire Critique #65
Here we have a very interesting cross section of images. We go from your basic portraits to some pretty freaky and scary images. Of course I was not scare by them I was more intrigued.
To me in a set of 10 if you have four solid solid images you are on the right path. Im baseball you are considered a star if you could ever be 4-10.
Click Here to see the entire set on Flickr href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/99681261@N08/sets/72157634966062554/”>
Nikon Df Preview
I had a chance to sit with the Nikon Df for thirty minutes and see what it’s all about. First things first it is a DSLR with a nikon D4 sensor in it. It has 39 auto focus points and shoots 5.5 frames per second. It takes an SD card and smaller battery than you would think. The reason being is it does not shoot video at all.
This is a retro styled camera with one of the best sensors ever made. But, is that enough to get people to fork over $2,749.95 for manual dials and knobs? Nikon must think so or they would not have unleashed this bad boy.
If you have a ton of old AI or AI-S lenses you will be happy to know that you can use them on this camera and get metering. Just flick a little lever in the mount and boom, your ready to go.
Is this camera for you or will you take a pass?
Nikon 58 F1.4 VS Nikon 58 F1.2 Noct
When Nikon told me about an upcoming lens the Nikon 58mm F1.4 I kind of laughed. One I did not understand the price of $1,699 and two I didn’t understand the history behind this lens. The reps told me it was a throwback to the Nikon 58 F1.2 Noct from years past. This Noct lens is said to be one of the best lenses ever produced.
As you guys know, when AllensCamera.com gets a new lens in of interest they give me a call to come in, sniff it and run it through some tests. Keep in mind my goal with these reviews is to give you the FULL RES Jpegs and some RAWfiles to pixel peep yourself. Of course I have to toss in there what I think about the files and lens.
While I was taking test shots with the 58 1.4 a customer walked in with a bunch of old Nikon lenses. One of them so happened to be a 1.2 Noct which I personally have never seen. Talk about perfect timing, I asked if I could take some pictures of it and with it and he was nice enough to allow me the pleasure.
Click Here to download sample RAW files from this review (144 megs).
