See also XKCD
Archive for the ·
Photo
· Category...
October 11, 2009 09:19
September 27, 2009 21:50
Testing how 720p @ 30 fps recorded with the 500D looks on youtube:
Unfortunately the blog theme calls for 450 pixels wide pictures and videos, so you'll have to click through to youtube to see the glorious HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xq1h5KwuE
September 25, 2009 17:14
This is cheap (shipping included!):
- "Yongnuo TC-80N3a" intervalometer: 23 eur
- "Canon" Tripod collar Type A (W): 9,80 eur
- LP-5E compatible battery: 4.46 eur
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
- Canon TC-80N3, 159,90 eur
- Canon Tripod Mount Ring A II (W), 136,90 eur
- Canon LP-E5 Battery, 46.90 eur
17:14
This is cheap (shipping included!):
- "Yongnuo TC-80N3a" intervalometer: 23 eur
- "Canon" Tripod collar Type A (W): 9,80 eur
- LP-5E compatible battery: 4.46 eur
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
- Canon TC-80N3, 159,90 eur
- Canon Tripod Mount Ring A II (W), 136,90 eur
- Canon LP-E5 Battery, 46.90 eur
September 4, 2009 10:08
The annual fireworks competition in Helsinki was fired off Hernesaari this year. Two sudden rain showers interrupted the show, and security had placed the fence quite a long way away from the fire and explosions - otherwise the event was nice. Taking pictures of fireworks is fairly easy with the right equipment, these are shot with a 40mm lens stopped down to F10 and exposing by hand via cable-release in bulb-mode for whatever seemed to be a suitable time/display. Bring a tripod.
August 30, 2009 17:18
I've created a Picasa Web Album for some sailing pictures shot today from the end of Katajanokka:
http://picasaweb.google.com/anders.e.e.wallin/
I wonder if the 1 Gb space will be enough. On the other hand flickr.com only seems to offer 100 Mb (?)
July 26, 2009 09:48
Anyone know what species this is, and is it supposed to be common in southern Finland?
Shot with my 17-40/4L zoom lens and a 21mm extension tube. Depth of focus is minimal.
July 15, 2009 21:52
March 29, 2009 22:00
Elk crossing over ice. Photos by my father. This is in Tammisaari, close to where I photographed one in January.
January 26, 2009 00:16
I'll be visiting the US again in a month or so - a good opportunity to do some photography shopping. I've made a list of a subset of EF-lenses by Canon and looked up the prices at local webshop verkkokauppa.com, the German ac-foto.com, and compared these to bhphotovideo.com. The conclusion from the histogram below is something I sort of knew beforehand, but I'm still a bit shocked by how big the price difference is.
Compared to Finland, it's (10 +/- 7) % cheaper to buy your lenses from Germany. And it's a huge (38 +/- 9) % cheaper to get them from the US! (I've used the current dollar/euro rate of 1.3)
(click image above to download a pdf)
Check this out: EF-135 f/2.8 SoftFocus, 71% cheaper in the US, or look at the EF-28/2.8, 63 % cheaper!
disclaimer: this is not the complete set of EF-lenses, prices checked from the corresponding websites 26.1.2009, your mileage may vary.