Tanjung Jara beach, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Nikon D700 and 85/1.4 D
I’m off to the beach for a few days for a short vacation (the same beach in the image, coincidentally) and to practice my hommages a Daido Moriyama Hiroshi Sugimoto (I have no idea how I got that one mixed up). I’ll still have internet access though, so please keep commenting. There’s also a couple of very interesting posts completed and scheduled, including an On Assignment covering shooting watches with the Leica M9-P system – I wouldn’t leave you guys without something to read, would I? 🙂 MT
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Have a nice vacation 🙂
Thanks Stephan!
Can’t find the Daido reference, only Hiroshi Sugimoto like previous post
Anyway, have a good vacation!
Oops, I stand corrected. I was thinking of U2’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ album, but that was shot by Sugimoto not Moriyama.
no worries, and thanks for introducing me to Sugimoto 🙂
This is more like Hiroshi Sugiyama’s ‘Time Exposed’ series…
http://www.shpcontemporary.com/shp/Artist_Gallery/Pages/Hiroshi_Sugimoto__Time_Exposed.html
Good catch, hadn’t seen those. Did you mean Sugiyama or Sugimoto?
Sugimoto. My mistake.
Have a great vacation.
Thanks!
Off-topic, but the D800 will have interchangeable focus screens.
http://digitaljournalofphotography.blogspot.com/2012/04/nikon-confirm-interchangeable-focusing.html
They definitely ARE interchangeable, but there aren’t any alternatives other than a direct replacement for the original one. Nikon will probably do their usual etched grid as the sole option. I might get another original screen and try grinding it down a little with fine sandpaper to make the matte coarser.
Wow, sounds like a dangerous manipulation to me!
I hope there will be third-parties focus screens available later on?. Also, I currently have a D700 and I use a Zeiss 35mm f/2 ZF with which I find very difficult to use in dark places. Do you think I should change the focus screen? Have you a preferred brand for these?
Many thanks!
It is, a little. I hope there will be third party screens too – or better yet, OEM screens with a coarser matte. I use one of Nikon’s own screens – actually an F6 Type J screen cut to fit my D700, and it’s fantastic. So yes, it makes a huge difference.
Have a good holiday.
This pic looks like a 3-layered tea!
Thanks. Have a look at Daido Moriyama’s photo that was used for the last U2 album cover, and you’ll know what I’m getting at.