October 2012

Got one: Orionid meteor breaking up, big show tonight

Submitted by David Cardinal on Sat, 10/20/2012 - 16:18

After three nights of leaving the camera out aimed at the Orion constellation, using the , I finally snagged a nice image of a meteor breaking up as it nears earth (or at least I’m assuming that’s what it is, unless something else really strange was happening). I simply had my on its tripod, with the intervalometer set to 20 second exposures at f/4, ISO 400. The image you see is cropped, as I had my lens set wide at 24mm to get as many sightings as possible.

Tips on photographing the upcoming Orionid meteor shower

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 07:46

Some of you may have already heard about, or be tracking the ongoing Orionid meteor shower, especially those of you in the Bay Area where quite a large one caused a stir earlier this week. If you're up for photographing it, I've packed a bunch of advice on gear and techniques into an . Do remember that even in clear-sky areas like the SF Bay, fog can be a problem, so count on more than one night of attempts if you want to have a good chance of getting some images. Have fun, and if you have results or tips to share, please let us in on them, either here or on the ET site.

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Submitted by DigitalPaul on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 14:23

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Submitted by DigitalPaul on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 14:15

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Submitted by DigitalPaul on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 14:15

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Submitted by DigitalPaul on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 14:14

Why I’m really loving my Nikon D600: A night at the ballgame

Submitted by David Cardinal on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 22:43

I’ve had my for almost a month now, and it continues to surprise me. I gave its full-frame capabilities a workout in low light and was quite impressed. Yesterday I threw it a curve ball by heading off to a night baseball game where I needed to use an inexpensive lens in crop mode to get the framing I wanted (as a fan, rather than a media-credentialed photographer I was limited as to what type of gear I could carry in to a Major League Baseball playoff game). So I brought the with a , along with my Nikon 24-85mm  lens for environmental shots.

Nikon D600 torture test: Onward at the Great American Music Hall with my Sigma 85mm f/1.4 lens

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 14:06

Indoor music events are a great way to test out cameras and lenses. Last nights awesome Onward event at the Great American Music Hall was no exception. Stage lighting pushed me to ISO 3200, even with my Sigma 85mm f/1.4 lens open to f/1.7. Of course the light was also designed to look good in person, not to be easy for a camera to sort out. So as not to get in people’s way, the longest lens I took was 85mm, so the resulting images would also need cropping. All in all, a perfect way to test out my and Adobe’s brand new raw support. Here’s what I came up with …

DPS 10-08, September Photo News: Nikon D600, Canon 6D, Google+nik, Angkor Wat trip & B&H Event updates, from Cardinal Photo & nikondigital.org

Submitted by cardinal on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 10:07
DigitalPro Shooter -- 09/27/2012 DPS 10-08

Adobe updates Lightroom & Photoshop with support for Nikon D600, Canon Rebel T4i, Sony RX100, dozens of other cameras

Submitted by David Cardinal on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 08:26

If, like many of us, you’ve been chomping at the bit to get at the Raw files from your Nikon D600 or other fancy new camera that was released late this summer. Adobe has come through again, in record time, with a free update to CS6 & Lightroom 4. You can download the udpates from the links below or from the Update menu in the products. Beware that the Lightroom “update” is a full new version, weighing in at over 750MBytes! Many new lens profiles have been added also.

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