Here is my first picture for the 30 Day Photo Challenge. I shot it with my Nikon D70s and overexposed the image 2.3 stops to get the blown-out background. I used the aperture-priority setting and a 70mm lens.
These are plastic flowers I have in a wooden vase in front of the window. [...]

I received a great photo umbrella and universal swivel holder from my sister-in-law this past Christmas. As usual, Strobist turned my onto these low cost wonders. I’ve been doing a lot of cardboard lightbox macro shots lately and have been pretty happy. However, the box does somewhat hinder your ability to vary the direction of [...]

So my D70 returned home last week.  Weird thing is that they couldn’t find anything wrong with it and suggested it was probably my flash card.  This would make sense except it does it with all my flash cards.  Hmph!  We shall see.

Well, I checked the Nikon service page tonight and found my D70 needing yet another B2 repair.  From their site, a B2 repair is:
Moderate Repair : Major Parts Replaced
That makes three B2 repairs on this camera. While I’m very happy that Nikon is taking care of me once again, I wonder how long before [...]

Dropped the wounded D70 off at the Nikon service office today.  I think the kind woman that helped me was the same one that helped me the previous times I’ve been there.  After taking down my info she looked up the camera history.  It was actually pretty funny.
Nikon Rep: I see the camera was here [...]

With my D70 on the fritz, this article caught my eye. It’s a fascinating article that covers much more than the Nikon and full frame issue.  It’s really a great read on the history of digital photography and where we’re going in the next few years.  Based on real world experience, it isn’t full of [...]

That’s it.  I give up.  My poor little D70 is going to see the doctor on Friday.  I’m making the hour long trek up to El Segundo to drop it off.  Hopefully, it won’t need to go under the knife, but instead needs a couple pills to make it feel better in the morning.  I’m [...]

I purchased my Nikon D70 the first week it was out almost three years ago.  When you pay around $1,000 for an item, you expect it to be pretty darn good.  I knew there might be some quirks seeing as it was one of the first off the assembly line, but it’s been in to [...]