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Well, I finally took the plunge and picked up a digital SLR camera to replace my Nikon S4, which I loved dearly, but which gave me nothing but grief when it came to photographing jewelry for the website update I'm working on.
My choice of SLR was a Nikon D70s. I had originally avoided the D70, as it was only a 3.2 megapixel camera, but the D70s has been bumped up to 6.1 megapixels, which is just dandy for my purposes. I also checked out a Nikon D80, which has 10.2 megapixel sensor and maximum ISO of 3200, compared to the D70s, which has a maximum ISO of 1600, but found that I actually preferred the less expensive D70s.
I also picked up a Sandisk Extreme IV 2GB Compact Flash Card. At the highest resolution this allows the D70s to hold nearly 600 images and apparently the rechargeable lithium-ion battery that comes with the camera is good for up to 2500 shots on a single charge!
The camera came with a nice starter lens, which I eagerly traded with a Nikon-enthusiast buddy for a very nice general purpose/macro lens.
Being my first real SLR, I am still exploring all the various options, but here are a couple of sample shots from this afternoon. Black's Photo has a great 15 day return policy, so I want to make sure that I am completely happy with the results!
This is a test shot of on of my signature bracelets; it's European 10 in 1 pattern in stainless steel.
One of the inherent problems of translating my successful market business to the 'net is the lack of tactile feedback (website browsers simply won't be able to experience the "feel" of my work). So I feel that really top notch photographs are an absolute must. They have to convey "elegance", "sexiness", "beauty" and a whole lot more in a single glance! Which, can be quite the task for someone like myself, who is about a million miles away from being a professional photographer.
This is a mouse skeleton that my dad found inside a piece of limestone from the south shore of the Island. (Limestone from this region naturally forms deep pits, like this one, making it the über-swiss-cheese of the sedimentary rock set.)
As much as I will miss the flexibility of the S4's twisting body (which I sold to a friend to partially finance the D70), I am already falling in love with shear sexiness and power of the D70s!
Time for bed (with visions of exposures and f-stops dancing in my head), I have to be up early for the "Christmas Shopping Spree" at the Manitoulin Secondary School in M'Chigeeng!
Posted by Dylon on November 18, 2006 1:19 AM |
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Gorgeously elegant bracelet. Great photographs.
April 2008