Category: Chit Chat

  • Warming up

    As a warmup for next week’s #NikonNY event, Pieter and myself were given a couple of D800’s to get used to. In between work this week I have been getting myself accustomed to the controls and layout of this new Nikon camera. Coming from the full body D3, the smaller body of the D800 doesn’t feel…

  • I AM | ON A MISSION

    Phonecall from HQ: 008, we have a mission for you: You are required to turn the box up the right way and take the contents to New York for  an intense 2 day testing mission. Enclosed you will find our new tool, the Nikon D800. An advanced and class leading 36 megapixel camera with advanced…

  • April not March

    April is going to be a bumper month in the camera world. Many of the big names have announced and launched new cameras to an eagerly awaiting audience of critical users. Today this became even more apparent to me when I visited a smallish trade show in Brussels. Photo Business days. Fuji, Olympus, Canon and…

  • Getting some Air.

      Until recently I’ve never owned an Apple computer. I used the Apple IIe at school, but that’s all. I’ve never bought one because I’ve never had the need to own one. Everything I’ve done has been PC-based because PCs have never substantially let me down or left me wanting. That is, up until a…

  • I AM | A PIXELMONSTER

    pixels, pixels, everywhere As with all new camera releases, very little is left to surprise anymore. The internet is a rumour mill that churns out a mix of speculation, assumption with self-appointed authoritative figures giving their exact predictions and plenty chipping in with their fantasy wish list. The new Nikon D800 was ‘officially’ launched on…