Category Photography

Nikon D40

Nikon seems to have finally gotten the message and has been releasing decent DSLRs for a while now, competing well with the DSLR champion, Canon. The D40, being the latest (and, literally, smallest) low-end DSLR by Nikon, is a weird camera. At $599, its small size and decent feature set, the D40 seems to be a good compromise for young photographers or those entering the DSLR world from the low and mid end of digital compacts. Yet its resolution is relatively low, even compared to mid-range compacts, even though it sports some features not even found on the larger D50. I'm curious to see how it fares on the market.

Canon EOS 400D/Digital Kiss X/Digital Rebel XTi

After the release of Nikon D80, Canon's response was to be expected. It's out and it's probably going to make as big a noise as the 300D did three years ago. Canon finally added a dust-reduction system, upped the resolution to 10.1Mp and removed the top LCD. For newcomers to the SLR world, now is the time to get a camera. For those already owning Canon D-SLRs and in need of a second body, it's quite attractive too, although they will miss out on some of the more creative/technical perks that the higher end offers (say, spot metering). Most impressive: The dust-reduction system. Unfortunately the EOS 30D and 5D cameras came out just a few months ago so it'll be a while longer until the Canon mid-range gets dust reduction. The long-awaited replacement to the EOS 1-series, expected late 2006 or early 2007, will most certainly have it though.

Κύθηρα in photos

Μερικές φωτογραφίες από τα Κύθηρα που έχω τραβήξει τα τελευταία χρόνια θα βρείτε εδώ. Ο καταρράχτης στο Μυλοπόταμο, βρίσκεται στο προηγούμενο πόστ.

Κύθηρα, πρώτος γύρος.

Να’μαι και πάλι, όπως (σχεδόν) κάθε χρόνο εδώ και μια εικοσαετία στα Κύθηρα. Πρώτη επίσκεψη για το 2006 (σκοπεύω να επιστρέψω αργότερα το καλοκαίρι). Σημερινή φωτογραφία από το καταρράχτη της Νεράιδας στον Μυλοπόταμο. Σε άλλα νεα η Α’ Αρχαιολογική Εφορία αποφάσισε πως είναι φρόνιμο το κλείσιμο του κάστρου της Χώρας στις 1900. Αχεμ ναι, λεβέντες […]

Ancient Olympia

I recently visited Olympia, a truly beautiful, very quiet, and most definitely one of the most nature-rich parts of the Peloponnese.

HDR, Panoramas and the Jungle.

Today I took some pictures of Athens from Mt. Penteli just before sunset. The angle is more or less southwest. I used Auto Exposure Bracketing (±2 f-stops) and then prepared some HDR images. The one I thought was visually the best I downsampled to 2Mpixels and uploaded it here. I also made a panorama of […]

Canon's replacement for the EOS 20D is coming.

It seems, the brand new Canon EOS 35D, is coming on the 21st of February. Rumours have it that there's a new auto-sensor cleaning function (no more blower/pecpads/eclipse dust removal chores). [Update: The camera is actually named 30D and it seems like a very minor upgrade to the 20D.]