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Longer texts about photography.

Nikon D600: An outing to Rockcut State Park

December 14, 2012
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I recently finished acquiring all of the decided upon replacement gear after selling off my entire Pentax tool set. Although there were various reasons, the main was to go “full frame” with the Nikon D600 as my main camera (D7000 being my second). The D600 is lacking in some aspects such as maximum shutter and flash sync speeds, but besides that it is a very solid camera specification wise. The … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Nikon, the D7000

October 23, 2012
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Around September, I made the decision to switch to a system that supports full-frame imaging sensors. I currently have all of my previous gear on consignment, so I’ve only been able to get a few things to hold my photography over until it is liquidated. I was hoping that consignment would be quick and painless, but it looks like it will take a long time to get most things sold … Continue reading →

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Picked up a Pentax Optio WG-II

October 5, 2012
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I recently consigned my last DSLR camera body. While I am still hanging onto some lenses for a potential local sale, I wanted to move forward with selling as much of my equipment as possible. I do have a very old digicam that I mostly used in 2006, but I thought something low cost, yet new, would be a good idea. The Optio WG-II line just dropped in price at … Continue reading →

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Japanese Gardens Meetup – experimental photography

August 20, 2012
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I went back again to the local Japanese garden for a stroll around the place as well as some recreational photography. You can see the entire gallery here (plus larger versions of the examples). I also made a video from clips taken at the garden: I had checked the forecast a day or two before and noticed a moderate chance of showers. My decision was to use only the K-5 … Continue reading →

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Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2012

August 13, 2012
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You can find all of my photos from the convention here: http://scottjwaldron.com/chicagocomiccon2012 You can also tag yourself in the Facebook album here. What is Chicago Comic Con? It is a large multi-day Comic/Science Fiction/pop-culture convention held at the Donald E. Stephens convention center in Rosemont, Illinois. It consists of an extremely large dealers room, a vast number of artists showing and selling their work, a large number of famous people, … Continue reading →

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