Comments | mistress_elaine: All Right, I'll Post Something, Since It's My Birthday and Everything...

mistress_elaine

All Right, I'll Post Something, Since It's My Birthday and Everything...

Jan 25, 2008 08:33

You'd be forgiven for believing I've abandoned this journal, considering the rate at which I've been posting lately. I know I haven't been around much, and I apologise for it. Rest assured, however, that I have no intention of abandoning this journal. I'm just hideously, ferociously, unpleasantly busy at work at the moment, and if that weren't bad ( Read more... )

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taotianone January 25 2008, 20:16:28 UTC

congratulations! those heavy digital cameras are really great to place on top of your negative files to keep them nice and flat. [i hear you can make some sort of pictures with them too.]

happy b'day again too.

mistress_elaine January 27 2008, 11:27:21 UTC

Heh. Thanks! Yes, the D300 is rather heavy -- so heavy that I'll probably curse myself for buying it the next time I go on a long walk and have to carry it with me all day. But I still intend to enjoy using it...

shizunde January 25 2008, 20:46:45 UTC

happy birthday. happy reading.

happy unpacking your nikon!!

a.ma.zing (the nikon) *peeks into the package*

mistress_elaine January 27 2008, 11:29:10 UTC

Thanks and thanks! Yeah, I suspect I'll love my D300 once I finally get around to using it. First, however, I'll have to read the instruction manual. Not sure when I'll get around to that...

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mistress_elaine January 27 2008, 11:29:50 UTC

Thank you! Let's both post some more pictures, eh? :-)

universalist January 27 2008, 22:40:41 UTC

you put your money on a smart camera... the Canon's are not giving the same value for the money as the Nikons are at the moment, now that Nikon solved their noisy ISO problems. I personally cannot work the Nikon's too-many-buttons cameras, as I try them from friends, and I have too much invested in lenses from Canon to make the switch. Oh well.

There is suppose to be a feature in my calendar to remind me of b-days... alas, it did not work, otherwise I would not be this belated :)

Happy Birthday... whatever the age is, which is, of course, inconsequential. ;)

mistress_elaine March 3 2008, 18:16:24 UTC

Thank you! This is a very belated reply, but no less cordial for all that...

Yes, I think I did buy the right camera, although I agree it has far too many buttons. I have yet to take a picture with it (that's how busy I am... ridiculous, isn't it?), but the reviews are excellent. Everybody seems to agree it's a magnificent camera. The question is now which lenses to buy with it. So far, I've only bought a Nikkor 28mm lens as a near equivalent to my analogue 50mm lens, to which I'm very attached. I'm now looking into bigger objectives. I'm considering getting the new Tamron 28-300mm lens, which is getting fairly good reviews. The lens is surprisingly small for the range it covers, and it's said to be pretty good quality. But I'm looking into a few Nikkon lenses, too...

What range is your favourite lens, if you have one? What focal length do you use most?

waiting4me March 3 2008, 18:25:52 UTC

Cordiality does not have an expiration date... I so decree it ( ... )

mistress_elaine March 3 2008, 20:40:22 UTC

Thank you for echoing my feelings on digital SLRs. My significant other keeps asking me why I haven't taken any photos with my new camera yet. I keep telling him that it's a bloody complex piece of equipment, that the instruction manual is over four hundred pages long and that it's not a matter of just switching the camera on and taking pictures with it, but he doesn't seem to believe me. You, at least, know what I'm talking about ( ... )

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