55mmMicro

S5pro . A new experience

Yasterday(20/10), I got by self a Fujifilm S5 Pro. A dual 6MP camera. On of itself the camera is a big upgrade from my old D70.

back from bandung and ..

First of all, I’m back from Bandung since last week… and picture’s are up @ www.flickr.com/photos/randi

and this one is my fave so far

soo… I repacked my bag only to found out that I’m out of space for a mid-long focal length lens. my 70-210 is to big for the bag, and I don’t like the focal lenght profided by either the 35-70, 35-105 nor the 35-135 especially when all of those lens work in 3.x-4.5 aperture range. so I’m thinking of selling the 35-70+tamron 70-300 and get either an 85 or the 105 DC… which one do you think should I get?but then again, I already have a 55-200 VR … should upgrade the main ody to a D90 before doing anything else tho..

currently the nat geo small rucksack contains a D70, 35f2, 55f2.8, and an 18-55 VR.

Off to bandung

So today and tomorrow I’ll be in Bandung with my family. And for this trip, for the first time, I’m packing 80% prime with one old zoom lens.

Packed in my small national geographic bag is the D70, 55mm, 35mm, 50mm and a 35-105mm. I want to bring the 70-210 out, but it won’t fit properly in the bag. So I settle with the 35-105.

Hope I get good photos from this trip.

D70 on going review #1

I’ve own one D70 approx. one year after it’s released. I got it as a gift for by 15th birthday. Before D70, I used to use a combination of N70 and N90s.

Lots of camera come and go between the D70 release and this write up. But I felt that I still have to weigh in. This D70 has travel with me halfway round the world from Jogjakarta, Bandung, Denpasar, Anai valley, to Uji-Japan, to Marseille-France. It has gone under the waterfall and below mountain top. It rarely fail me. And even when it did, it didn’t fail completely. Like when it decided it didn’t like the waterfall in gunung bunder, the camera didn’t died right there and then, it only make ‘unnatural’ sound.

- this is it for now - will continue when I got back to a properr workstation.

My Bag(s) Content

As of today, I personally have 4 bags that are -semi- ready to go. a Wilderness, a Timberland messenger bag, a Nat Geo backpack, a custom camera bag, and a dedicated Airsoft gear bag. 3 out of 5 of those bag are always ready to be grabbed and thrown to my sorry back. currently, that previledge goes to the wilderness bag-laptop and uni things-, custom camera bag, and the airsoft kit bag.

Let’s go thru those bags…

The Airsoft Kit Bag contains:

the BDU of the week, be it a Multicam, Tiger Stripe, or just plain OD/Black

a choice of vest. either a CIRAS or an ALICE.

a Bag of 4000rds of BB to be used with the AR carbines with 10-30round AR magazine.

and a slew of protective gear - Googles, Pads, and Gloves.

The Timberland usually contain roughly the same thing as The Wilderness bag.

a 12″ pBook, notepads, pens, pencils, calculators, and rolls of assorted currency…

The Camera bag I usually interchange between a custom bag I get in 2006 and a Billingham that I got from my dad.

D70 with 55mm Micro on the mount with 18-55 and  55-200 on the sides… I like the versatility it offer. but I’m considering swapping the 55mm with either a 20mm or a 35mm for everyday shots…

beside the camera and it’s acompanying lens, I usually also pack 4 gig worth of memory card and an iPod.

Guess that’s it for now… gonna head home as the rain has stopped… -finally-