Autumn Weather/ Friday Is Upon Us

Posted October 3rd, 2008 by David and filed in My photos

, originally uploaded by Davidlind.

I went down to the James River last evening to try out the Nikon D40 that I purchased from Amazon a few days ago. It’s a smaller camera than the D70 (far less expensive too) and it has a superior LCD screen and setup options on the screen. Here is a photo I took with it. I also bought the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens. It does take better photos further away than anything I have used in the past. And it has a stabilization process that makes things clearer. I sent the D70 back to Nikon as well so it was a productive day. Hopefully they can awaken it from its coma and send it home again.

I still love you Nikon D70 wherever you are. Get well soon.

We are heading back to Virginia Beach this weekend and I hope to take a few better photos after learning from my experiences last weekend. Of course you can never tell what you are going to get down there. Things may be completely different and it will have nothing to do with my learning curve.

My learning curve sometimes seems more like a speed bump in the road.

I hope nobody is grossed out my the video of Craig Ferguson’s dream. Let me know if it bothers you. I find him to be extremely funny and Beth thinks I have lost my mind once again.

Amazon ads are making an appearance. It’s curiosity. Would anyone actually use them to make a buying decision?

I am skeptical. But I love Amazon and personally try to keep them in business by running the UPS guy up and down the road with packages.

Everyone have a great weekend. It’s the best time of year with the cool, dry weather and the beautiful fall colors coming soon. Or maybe they have already come to you. Bernie?

I know that Jeff is happily snapping photos up there in New Hampshire. I was in upper NH once camping out. I swear a bear was watching me. It was pretty scary.

Something was watching. Do you ever feel like you are being watched? Halloween is coming! Time for some more stories about UFO’s! Yikes.

Evita says:

October 5, 2008 at 8:50 pm

Glad the Nikon D70 is getting fixed – hopefully they can fix it!!!!

The pictures with the D40 are great – if you did not say anything one can assume they were made with the D70.

As for Amazon – I love their service – I like buying from them and using it on my site too. They just make buying so easy and efficient and as far as books go, they are always cheaper online than in store.

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Paul@british coast says:

December 5, 2008 at 11:39 am

The Nikon 70-300mm VR is a great lens, I tried another lens (Sigma 170-500) when looking to replace my old cheap ‘non-VR’ 70-300 but ending up selling it on ebay and going back to Nikon (much improved with VR and ED glass).

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Davidlind says:

December 5, 2008 at 12:14 pm

It’s a great lens isn’t it? I hardly ever have to change it.
Paul@mobile apps says:

January 10, 2009 at 9:59 am

I only use three lenses on my D80; the 70-300VR, and a 10.5mm fisheye for 360 degree panoramas, and the Nikon 50mm f1.8 which I would HIGHLY recommend (cheap too!).

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