Category: Photo
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Sigma lenses and Nikon D200: upgrade needed
Sigma just announced that customers that use their lenses on the Nikon D200 should upgrade some of their Sigma lenses if they are part of the list below: Fixed focal lenses 28mm F1.8 DG ASPHERICAL RF Zooms 20-40mm F2.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO 24-70mm F2.8 EX ASPHERICAL DF 28-70mm F2.8 EX…
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Nikon D200
The Nikon D200 seems to be the real high-end prosumer digital camera from Nikon. Different reviews for this fabulous Nikon camera: DPReview Imaging Resources Digital Outback Photo Definitely a nice body for an enthusiast. Maybe a bit on the heavy side (830g instead of the already heavy 760g of my own Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D), it…
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Masai Mara – Yawning all day long
Life in the wild savanah is a weird mix of leisurly quiet life (herbivorous graze in the sun, lions sleep in the shade of a tree, hippos float lazily in a river) and of terrible activity (antelopes are always alert about what is happening around, felines start running as fast as they can in order…
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Masai Mara – landscapes 2
Even more landscape images from the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya (Spring 2006). Savanah after the rain
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Minolta prices going down – Time to buy?
After the announcement of the demise of Konica-Minolta, and its replacement with Sony (actually in place now that April came), I asked myself what is now the consequence of this on camera prices.
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Nikon better operating profits
This is what the firm with the yellow logo announced. And this is all coming from the digital camera business that is being even better than expected. This would be the first confirmation that moving out of the analog camera business was the thing to do (from the point of view of the company –…
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Wild trails
A photography friend’s web site: Sentiers sauvages (Wild trails) where you will find a lot of nice animal pictures. Plenty of birds, but also some pictures taken in Africa including some that may remind you of my own safari to Kenya (this is no random encounter, of course).
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Masai Mara – Landscapes
Remember! I advised to bring a trans-standard zoom to take a few postcards during your photo safari (there is more than mere animals in an African wild life reserve). Morning and evening lights gave me the occasion to make a few interesting images in the landscapes I was in. I collected here some of the…
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Masai Mara – Lions
Lions are everywhere in the plains of the Masai Mara. You bump into them after every tree. Generally, they are sleeping in the shade (their days are spread between 1% hunting, 1% eating and 98% sleeping after eating or before hunting). My best images follow… Big males The king of the animals, Simba (in Swahili),…