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SD14, SIGMA 70-300 zoom at 300mm

2009-08-01T16:12:00.000-07:00

A nice sparrow against the sun. I really don't like zooms but this time I carried the 70-300 to save space.

SIGMA SD14, traveling to Galicia

2009-08-01T14:22:00.000-07:00

The Carl Zeiss Flektogon, a 35mm f/2.8 lens on the SIGMA SD14 is giving a really nice colouring and sharpness.

Pentax K10D, superb at high ISO

2008-10-05T02:48:00.001-07:00

When almost everybody is hurrying up to get the latest zillionmegapixel bogomips latest camera, I feel mine are plenty of capabilities and not feeling the need to change.
I keep the Canon 350D because the amount of adaptors for the nice Manual Focusing lenses. I got not long ago a second digital SLR body, a Pentax K10D that is still surpassing me.
Yesterday I went accidentally to the first basketball match of my son. This year all the team players are 18 or over, and this means age majority in Spain, (they can vote, drive cars and go to jail). So my responsibility as a supporter has (teorically) ended.
My son called me yesterday from the place they meet before leaving to outside matches, near to their training pavilion. They had not enough cars to move the team, so he requested my help "this time only". Since it was a little late to get to the match in time, I just picked the camera bag without caring which lens was in. (At the end it was the Pentax DA 16-45, not a fast lens...).
After one hour driving to an small village in the nearby of Manresa, we got really in the neck of the time, just a few minutes later and the match would not have been performed.
So I patiently sat without any hope of taking pictures. The place was dark as a wolf's mouth. After my experiences past year with the Canon 350D I didn't have much expectations, because the high ISOs.
I got really surprised when I came back home and saw the results. I didn't take too many pictures, just some samples, but the difference in noise at ISO 1600 against the Canon is huge.
Just as a sample, (not trying to show any artistic capability on the picture). It was shot at f/4.0 and ISO 1600. The lens wide open and the maximum ISO level. The stabilizer on, to try to help. The light meter was giving me measures that allowed for speeds between 1/180 and 1/350, that could be enough for the purpose.
Here you have an unretouched sample, just converted from RAW to JPG by Picassa (I know, I have to move to Lightroom :) ).

This seems promising to me. Next match I'll be ready with a faster lens, the 135mm Tammy that is 2.5...

And I have a camera for many years... :)

Jes.

Test shots with the refurbished CHINON 35EE

2007-10-31T05:49:00.000-07:00

Helios 44M-6 test shots

2007-10-07T02:58:00.000-07:00

Industar 50 shots

2007-10-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

industar 50, test shots

2007-10-06T08:10:00.000-07:00

VV Focus screen test shots

2007-09-23T01:38:00.000-07:00

Test shots with the TAMRON 35-135 Macro

2007-09-22T06:53:00.000-07:00

First shots with the Cosinon 2.8 28mm

2007-09-18T15:07:00.000-07:00

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Test shots with the Tamron 70-210

2007-09-15T07:38:00.000-07:00

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Rosa rosae

2007-06-03T16:04:00.000-07:00

I love roses. They are sophisticated and its smell is wonderful.

Late spring or early summer?

2007-05-31T03:31:00.000-07:00

The only thing I know for sure is that weather is crazy, and flowers are going on their own...

Cherry time...

2007-05-27T00:04:00.000-07:00

These were shown at the local marketplace. I got a cherry tree, but this year hasn't produced any.

I love geranium

2007-05-06T01:13:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure which variety is this. But I love it anyway.

Spring flowers

2007-05-06T00:39:00.000-07:00

It has been a lot of time since my previous post. This blog was devoted to the pictures taken with my old camera. Now, the old HP945 is retired, and a young black Canon EOS 350D is in place. Let's take the works back.

Dawn

2006-06-10T01:14:00.000-07:00

When I do my way to the office every day, sometimes I reach the dawn. And I can't avoid to stop the car and taking a picture, like this one.

Easter at the beach

2006-04-18T01:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the last day of Easter. Most people was alredy gone to the city, and the weather was not friendly. But there is always someone walking through the beach.

My friend Bea

2006-04-16T14:57:00.000-07:00

My friend Bea agreed in being my model for a while. The most difficult thing was to get her not to move too much.

Feeling music

2006-04-16T11:58:00.000-07:00

Today I've been at La Llacuna. There was an old piano. Although it didn't work, it looked very nice.

Houseworks

2006-04-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

To avoid humidity inside the room where we place the tools for the garden, we're putting asphaltic fabric on the top...

Kind regards to Ezequiela

2006-04-14T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ezequiela is a friend of a friend. She probably doesn't know about me, but she's important for my friend, so from here my greetings for her.

Colourful afternoon

2006-04-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Nothing as nice as a walk by the country in spring.

Sand works

2006-04-11T22:03:00.000-07:00

This may not be too artistic, but I appreciate very much the effort done by the author.

I can't stand with public works

2006-04-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

This world is a continuous change. I used to walk through a nice avenue. I cannot anymore, since one year ago. It's closed because big works, to create an underway parking. I can't stand it.

The bicycles are for the summertime

2006-04-09T09:29:00.000-07:00

This was the name of a spanish film, not so long ago. But i'ts true. As soon as the spring shows out its nose, the bicycles do appear again.

Spring is blooming

2006-04-08T00:36:00.000-07:00

Just waken up, the light was flowing through the flowers. I coudn't resist to shot this.

April fool flowers

2006-04-07T15:43:00.000-07:00

These were some flowers I found on my way to the sea. April is almost as fool as myself.

Too anxious to get to the week-end

2006-04-06T14:30:00.000-07:00

I was thinking on the week-end so strongly that I was thinking in yesterday as a Thursday. But it's today. (At last tomorrow will be Friday).
This picture has been cleaned by a colleague "Biketrialero" from the www.350d.com. Lots of information there about Photo.

2006-04-06T03:54:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is friday, I'm wondering if the sun will be bright this weekend. I plan to walk next to the sea and take some more pictures with the new lenses.

2006-04-02T15:14:00.000-07:00

This moning I was walking next to the beach. I was trying some of my camera features, and I was slowly advancing whilst holding the camera in front of my face and looking through the viewer. This child was quite surprised looking at me and my camera.