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AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G

haejung — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:31:15 +0000

This is an awesome little lens. It’s superbly sharp from center to edge. It has moderate barrel distortion that can easily be corrected with PTlens. The bokeh is nice but that’s very subjective. F1.8 is a real lifesaver in low light. Recently I’ve done a lot of interior available light shooting with my D300s at ISO 1600 to 3200 using this lens at F1.8 to F2.8. It’s amazing. Add a little noise ninja and your good to go.

Good:

Sharpness
Fast glass
Price

Bad:

Plastic
Auto focus sounds like asthmatic weasel
Occasionally non-correctable CA

In my opinion all the Good outweighs the Bad.

Nikon D300s

haejung — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:08:27 +0000

Excellent DX format camera. Having just switch from Canon I am duly impressed. The construction is solid. All the important controls have buttons. There is no need to go digging around in the menus. High ISO performance is very pleasing. ISO 1600 looks like film grain. ISO 3200 with noise ninja is very usable. The 51 point autofocus is really spot on. Multi-shot bracketing is awesome.

A couple gripes I have about the camera are as follows. I wish you could bracket up to 2ev stops per bracket. I also wish you could bracket with mirror up in continuous drive mode. I am also a little disappointed at the D300s’s 14 bit RAW high speed performance. Even the EOS 450D had a faster 14 bit RAW drive speed.

Still I think the good dramatically out weights the bad and really like the D300s. I’m glad I made the switch and am looking forward to getting my paws on a Nikkor 14-24mm in the near future.

Switch from Canon to Nikon

haejung — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:40:21 +0000

I just made the switch from Canon to Nikon. Some thoughts and comments about the switch and my new D300s coming soon.

Roppongi Hills Rose

haejung — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:25:01 +0000

Roppongi Hills Rose

This panorama was taken at Roppongi Hills under the Rose on my birthday earlier this month. It was excellent. Thank you so much to everyone who made it happen. And we missed those that could not be there. To another trip around the sun…

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National Art Center Tokyo

haejung — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:15:00 +0000

National Art Center Tokyo

The National Art Center Tokyo located in Roppongi. It’s dedicated towards art exhibitions and does not maintain a permanent collection.

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Wadakura Fountain Park

haejung — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:30:48 +0000

Wadakura Fountain Park

Wadakura Fountain Park is part of the Imperial Palace Gardens located near Tokyo station. The two sets of fountains represent the two most recent generations of the imperial house hold.

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Shibuya Crossing At Night

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:34:32 +0000

Shibuya Crossing At Night

Shibuya crossing at night. Unfortunately the light rain kept me from taking this shot right in the middle of the intersection. The crossing is a little hard to see but its usually a mass of people going in all directions. Taken below the Mark City overpass between the Keio Inokashira Line and JR Lines.

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Myth of Tomorrow, Shibuya Mark City

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:25:20 +0000

Myth of Tomorrow, Shibuya Mark City

Myth of Tomorrow, a mural painted by Taro Okamoto displayed in Shibuya Mark City between the Keio Inokasira and JR train lines. The mural depicts a scene an atomic bomb explosion. The heavily trafficked area is walked by more then 300,000 people a day.

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Tocho Mae

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:43:06 +0000

Tocho Mae

This was the 1st test shot in a series of 3 taken with my new Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye lens. Tocho Mae, or Tokyo City Hall, is the main building in a complex situated at the center of the Shinjuku Skyscraper District.

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Shinjuku Skyscraper District

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:42:17 +0000

Shinjuku Skyscraper District

This was the 2nd test shot in a series of 3 taken with my new Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye lens. Clearly visible are the I-Land, Mitsui, Nomura, Center, Sompo Japan, and Cocoon Tower buildings

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