Max Titov IV @ TechSplice » Photography

THE NIKON LENS ALPHABET

maxtmax — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:09:53 +0000

A great post by DtownTV

D: Stands for Distance. These lenses take the distance between the subject and camera into account for metering. They have a physical aperture ring which needs to be locked.

G: These lenses have the same technology as D lenses, but they do not have an aperture ring. The G doesn’t stand for anything. It’s just a D lens without a physical aperture ring.

VR: Stands for Vibration Reduction. These lenses minimize blur caused by camera shake.

ED: Stands for Extra Low Dispersion Glass. This is the best glass Nikon makes, giving you better color, contrast, and sharpness. ED doesn’t just mean pro, though, as it’s in many Nikon lenses.

N: Stands for Nano Crystal Coat. This is a new type of lens element designed to reduce ghosting and flare, especially off really bright specular highlights. The 105 micro was the first lens to have this element.

AF-S or SWM: Stands for Auto Focus Silent Wave Motor. These lenses are quiet and fast, and the AF motors are built into these lenses.

IF: Stand for Internal Focusing. This is usually on higher-end lenses that have constant aperture (typically f/2.8) where the barrel doesn’t extend, and the front element doesn’t rotate.

Aspherical: These lenses have a certain amount of wide-angle correction built in.

DX: Stands for the DX Format. There are no FX lenses, only DX or not. If it doesn’t say DX, it’s a full frame lens. DX will work on FX camera, but only uses a portion of the sensor and makes it ~5MP.

Lens view finder map

Upgrading your Nikon firmware

maxtmax — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:18:28 +0000

If you are a proud oowner of a Nikon camera and want to know a little more about what version of firmware is installed oon your system and ify ou need to upgrade have a look here.

Free Tickets: Henry’s Photo Show 2009

maxtmax — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:36:48 +0000

Find your free tickets for The Photographic, Video, & Digital Imaging Show right here. All you need to do is print it and show it at the entrance.

Have fun and enjoy!

Thoughtful approach to photography by Andrew Kornylak

maxtmax — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:10:37 +0000

A great article about a leap and following what you love. Andrew talks about his journey in becoming a pro photographer while working as a Software Developer.

The article talks aobut taking your time and loosing your self in the moment. I absoltuely agree with the statement “it’s not enough to just snap away wildly”; I find my self more often taking my time with the subjects that I shoot.

It’s true, it’s not what you see it’s how you see it.

Online textures

maxtmax — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:57:55 +0000

A collection of free textures can be found at the Texture King. Anything from the concrete images to wooden and liquet samples.

Template layout for a new guestbook

maxtmax — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:39:49 +0000

Having re-energized my motivation for being productive I went ahead and created a new template for my guest book section. The template features a slanted scrolling pane, although it looks cook and I would love to get it working I am a little concerned with the limitations of Adobe Flex 2.

Time will tell if I figure out something interesting.

Stay tunned and have a look.

Photos & Keywords

maxtmax — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:53:36 +0000

I’ve been uploading photographs for quite some time now and every time I have to come up with a list of potential keywords that describe the image. Obviously the better I describe the image the more people will get to see it. So here are some helpful ideas that you can use to describe your art work:

What is it?
What is the image about?
What is it doing?
How does it feel?
What does the image say to you?
Where is it? [if the image is of a generic London cat DON'T add 'London' as one of your keywords]
What color is it? [Try to describe only the prominant colors in the image, don't list every shade of green.]
Why is it this way?
What is in the foreground & what is the biggest element?
Why would someone want to download/view this image?

On top of that use available tools like Thesaurus.com.
Enjoy, and have fun!