Camera Exposure Cycle in Slow Motion

Camera Exposure Cycle in Slow Motion

What exactly happens when you expose an image using a DSLR camera ? To illustrate the series of events which take place in that short “click” moment the image is taken, I borrowed a highspeed-video camera from work during lunch break and filmed my Nikon...
Memory cards – can’t get enough…

Memory cards – can’t get enough…

Beginning of December I was booked for a wedding ceremony at Aachen townhall. The ceremony and subsequent toast with friends took about 1.5 hours and I pressed the shutter button 600+ times (If I was a soldier the applicable word for me would be...
Nikon SB-910 and SB-900 side-by-side

Nikon SB-910 and SB-900 side-by-side

This night Nikon released a new product, the Speedlight SB-910 flash unit. We were all waiting for the D800, but it seems as it will be next year before the camera is announced. Instead Nikon announced an updated version of the SB-900 Speedlight. I did a side-by-side...

The core of every photograph

In my last posts I was very techy, talking only about new cameras and giving guidance on how to choose the perfect camera for you. Reading these posts again I realized that some people might get a wrong impression, so I would like to add something. In the last post I...
Which camera should I buy ?

Which camera should I buy ?

…is a question I hear regularly. Honestly. This year it is the 5th or 6th time I was asked to advise on the choice of a camera. Previously I wrote an entry about that, but that was written with a bit of annoyance and therefore not very much helpful. Today I want...