Sunday, March 11, 2007

Goodies for Me

Today was the day for parcels to arrive, apparently. My MS Vista Business upgrade DVD finally showed up. Sagawa tried to deliver it last night, but I was at work. Had 'em reschedule for early this morning in case I took off for Otaru to take pictures. Mayumi came over, so I didn't end up going to Otaru. But at least Vista came. Now I need to backup my drive and ponder whether I really want to make this jump or not.

Microsoft Vista Business upgrade

Then this evening, a Post Office guy delivered a Nikon 50mm f1.8 AF lens that I'd picked up off eBay recently. Happy days are here again! Got an f-EE error when I first put the lens on, but a quick Google search led me to the answer in a Flickr D70 users thread- twist the aperture ring. That fixed it and I was off and shooting. Preliminary pics tell me that it is, indeed, a decent low-light lens. Just going from my gut, it seems a lot better than the 18-135mm kit lens for low-light. Might be headin' to Sapporo tomorrow, so maybe I'll put a little mileage on it then. Maybe I'll just leave the 18-135mm at home... Hmmm.

D80 w/ 50mm f1.8 AF Nikkor
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nzdigital said...

Hi Fried Toast

Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment recently. Nice to know that there's 'somebody' out there reading this stuff!

I suppose if we use your analogy of Canon White and Nikon Black, then I have 'seen the light' and moved back to Canon :-)

The whole Canon v Nikon thing is a bit circular - 'but' I agree completely about the Canon Rebel's - I HATE them, and they certainly didn't inspire me to stick with Canon when the competition (at that stage) consisted of the awesome Nikon D70.

I did use the D80 for a while, but decided to stick with my D70s. When time for change did come, however, I decided to give Canon another serious look - and the 30D blew me away - certainly for the price and features. I had always missed Canon's rotating dial on the back of their mid-range to top end cameras, and the 17-55mm f2.8 with 'IS' is a honey of a lens.

It's early days, but I will definitely keep the thread on my blog going - for what it's worth.

Thanks for visiting, and commenting. I appreciate it.

BTW - Yes, the 50mm f1.8 Nikon is a fantastic lens - much better than the 18-55mm kit lens (although also good for what it does). I used my 50mm f1.8 all the timer as a portrait lens - really loved its low light capability and out-of-focus backgrounds at f2.8. Beautiful. In that respect, I don't think the Canon 50mm f1.8 is a patch on the Nikon. The Canon 50mm f1.4 however, now that's another story...

Wayne (nzdigital)

June 24, 2007 at 10:48 AM

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