Category: Digital photography
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Minolta compatibility
For all those who wonder about the compatibility of Minolta lenses and accessories bought before the move to digital technology with the recent Konica-Minolta Digital SLR (Dynax 7D and Dynax 5D), I can give some bits of advice that may be useful before buying a body from Konica-Minolta. First, the Minolta lenses seem to have…
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Masai Mara – high point (female cheetah)
During my recent photo safari to the Masai Mara park, there is a time to be singled out. It allowed me to take the following photo. As a matter of fact, this magnificent female cheetah is less that two meters from me…
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Felines from Mara river – some figures
I’m back from a full week of photo safari in the Masai Mara park (Kenya). Here are a few figures to sum it up (before the photos).
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Masai Mara National Park, Kenya
Some information for the photographer going to Masai Mara. Maps Some maps collected on the Internet to give you minimal directions or some orientation. As you can see, this is really bordering the Tanzanian Serengeti reserve (South to Masai Mara). The safari from Objectif Nature happens in the Western part of the Park, South of…
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I went to Kenya for a photo safari
It’s now done! I just left to Kenya. I intend to spend more than a week in a small camp in order to shoot (photos) at lions, lepards, antelopes, and other big game animals. I’ll select the best images for this web site when I’m back. And I’ll try to give you feedback about how…
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Bag contents for my photo safari
As my friends and the readers of this web site already know, I am ready to leave for a photo safari in Kenya. In such a trip, the question of what you need to bring with you is always an important one. As a matter of fact, you cannot (or don’t want to) be loaded…
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Nikonians
Nikonians is the name of an English-speaking web site about digital photo cameras holding the yellow brand mark. New, forums, galleries, everything.
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Photograph of the week
There are many web sites showing a photograph per week, but I usually do not find a single reason to come back the following week. In general, the quality level is rather poor, when it is not frankly low. But this time, I found a shiny gold nugget (Photo.net). The photograph of the week is…
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NikonCafe.com, a forum for the Nikon lovers
If you own a digital photo camera from the Nikon brand, you will certianly be interested in finding the forums of NiconCafe.com. All subjects are freely discussed (hardware gear is currently more about Nikon D200 and other digital single lens reflex cameras or lenses that would be attached to them than about compact digital cameras…