Nikon DSLR "Picture Of The Day"

DPR...loads of reasons...cant decide between the 24 or 35. they're a little bigger than what i would have liked. i just spent $4k on a bicycle/ accessories. mostly though, i find my time is so limited now i cant justify another $2k lens.

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Originally Posted by Rooz

DPR...loads of reasons...cant decide between the 24 or 35. they're a little bigger than what i would have liked. i just spent $4k on a bicycle/ accessories. mostly though, i find my time is so limited now i cant justify another $2k lens.

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No problem, you pick the lens and I'll take it on an extended test run on your behalf of course! :D

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Originally Posted by XaiLo

photowerkz, nice addition but weren't we just talking about shooting something other than wide? :confused: lol Let's see some great shots now. :)

Enjoy!

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I was going to hold off on buying lenses for this season untill summer was a bit closer. But due to the tragedy in Japan, we've started to see prices rise and shops beeing out of stock for items - with long expected delivery times. So I've started ordering what I think I'll need this summer, a bit early. The downside is that now I can't take my time and get a feel for what I need, and instead just have to go with that I think I'll need... And I've got some expencive needs :)

I think Rooz will hate me some more this week... maybe :D

Meet my friend's pet, Skittles :D
Taken with the D90 + 85mm 1.4D


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/...6452da90_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by photowerkz

IBut due to the tragedy in Japan, we've started to see prices rise and shops beeing out of stock for items - with long expected delivery times.

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Don't panic buy.
Thom Hogan is by far the most concerned commentator regarding Nikon and is keeping people up to date with events. He recently posted this on his site:

"Mar 22 (news)--Nikon this morning released a second press release regarding the status of employees and plants after the earthquake. One Sendai employee has now been confirmed dead, and three employees are unaccounted for. My sincerest condolences to the Nikon staff on this sad news.

The Sendai plant (which makes FX bodies) is considered "severely damaged" and not scheduled to re-open until the end of March. The other affected plants, including the lens plant, should all be in operation by tomorrow. However, due to the many unresolved issues (power, supply chain, etc.), Nikon is unable to say when full production will resume; there may shortages of some products due to this.

One thing I should mention: Nikon has been amongst the most financially transparent of the Japanese companies. They share unit volume sales numbers that other camera companies don't, they are quick to issue statements on anything that might impact company business, they do not appear to try to hide anything about the business fundamentals. So when they issue a press release like this, I take it at straight face value: they are scrambling to restore production as fast as they can, but they do not yet know how much production that will be. "

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Originally Posted by 500mL

Taken with the ... 85mm 1.4D

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I hate you :D

More Tour Down Under cycling photos

Haven't been shooting much. Glad spring is finally here.

I was in Hamburg harbor last weekend and took some interesting shots. I particularly like this one in b/w

Looks like a Dr Who episode. Maybe "Invasion of the Craneborgs". :)

Nice shot I like the b&w but the cranes mainly face out of frame. It's a shame you could have got around to the left more and had them facing into the frame.