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7. September 2024

Shooting the “19” leveled

The “19” – a tilt shift lens that was on my list since years – mainly for architecture and interiors but also for all urban night light adventures – here a short analysis of this lens and its potential for precise leveled shots . I will mirror this article on my sister site for urban night light shootings soon. What’s...

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11. August 2024

The Nikon Z8 Workhorse Experience

Z8 menus in deep space mode ;-) Some subjective notes about my experiences with the Nikon Z8. Take from it what you like – your needs may totally differ from my needs ;). First upload: 11.8.2024 (corrections: 14.8.24 & 18.8.24) The Nikon Z8: get the full specs here at Nikons site. In short: full frame 45.7MP 14bit raw, video up...

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2. June 2023

Nikons Mirrorless Camera Ecosystem

Updated: 2023-06-02 To Z or not to Z … . The Z-series of Nikon cameras is the change from lens-reflex to mirrorless design in the Nikon camera ecosystem. Its this design change that Sony made years ago and where other camera manufacturers found their niche to survive against the big DSLR duopoly (Canon/Nikon). Since in a shrinking market the profits...

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10. September 2021

IDM Drachen 2021

IDM der Drachen 2021 (2020) – update Update 17.9.2021: Full gallery online now:https://soeren.zenfolio.com/drachenidm21 Starke Tage bei der IDM der Drachen 2021 in Berlin. Leider hat das Wetter nicht so ganz mitgespielt. Zeitweise war praktisch gar kein Wind. Nur am Tag 3 reichte es so gerade noch für 3 Wettfahrten, die aber auch hier und da kleine Durchhänger hatten. Unzählige...

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29. December 2019

L-Plates – the power of precision

There are lots of different L-Plate manufacturers out there but only few create L-Plates designed for specific cameras/lenses. The real advantage of having L-Plates that were designed to work for a specific piece of gear is that these plates just can be seated on the body/lens as if they where designed by the lens/camera-body manufacturer. In fact the lens plate...

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31. December 2018

Tilt and shift photography – visual creativity unleashed

Tilt and Shift Photography – Visual Creativity Unleashed Since winter is the time for some contemplation – and since I thought a lot about these PC/TS lenses: here a short report about my work and ideas with this lens concept. If you are constantly searching for new ways to visualize – than the Tilt/Shift lenses (or “Perspective Control” – PC...

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10. May 2018

Jack of all trades – the D850 experience

The Jack of all Trades – the Nikon D850 A more recent version of this article is available in the review section: https://www.sailpower.de/?page_id=7794 In short: very speedy package with perfect autofocus system, buffer and sensor res are great. Weakness so far: random system freezes and AF in video. Random freezes seems to be fixed with firmware 1.03. Update 21.10.2018: the...

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19. February 2016

Nikon AFS 400mm f2.8G VR Testing

Update: some nice bokeh shots with this lens (had half an hour yesterday with wonderful sun light to do some tests – its easy to send every for/background into a creamy bokeh fog with a 400mm f2.8 system. However the lens isnt a dedicated macro device – hence it will be important to see how the lens performs in the...

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14. November 2014

The Nikkor AFS 24-70 mm f2.8G – fast all-rounder

Standard zoom range at its best … – best bokeh: the Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8G . The Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f2.8G ED . The 24-70 wasnt on my priority purchase list for quite some time. Its focal range was just not too important for my type of regular shootings. But since I started doing circus and artistic performance events and also...

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9. August 2013

14-24 and back online

Back from the summer break – what a summer! Did some nice shots with the Nikkor 14-24 f2.8G. This lens seems to be worth every penny (but if you spend so much pennies for a lens – than this is a good thing! isn’t it? : ). I will have some more thoughts about the lens but here are some...

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