Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
I’d been taking some pictures of the lake from our garden a bit earlier. They were OK but I wasn’t wild about them. I moved on to my favorite occupation: moving plant pots when I happened to notice this wonderful light. I dashed into the house, grabbed a camera and managed to get off a couple of shots before the light disappeared.
Taken with a Canon EOS 5D and Canon EF 28-80 f3.5-5.6.
Some of the final blooms of my wife’s roses. We’ve (I’ve) now moved them all into the garage for Winter – all 40+ pots of them.
Taken with a Canon EOS 5D and Canon EF 50mm f1.8
Every year our local garden club produces a calendar, which it then sells. Apparently it’s the club’s largest source of income. Club members (which includes both my wife and myself) are invited to submit photographs for consideration. This is what I submitted this year.
Most of the pictures have appeared elsewhere on this site.
I rather like this camera. It’s a little on the heavy side, but I like its solid feel. Judging from the results the matrix metering is accurate and I like that it will also meter with manual lenses (but unfortunately not in matrix mode). If found the controls to be simple, intuitive and easy to use. I was pleased to see that the camera uses a standard cable release rather than the proprietary electronic releases that you generally find.
To me the most significant negative aspect was the lack of a depth of field preview. It also lacks mirror lockup and a provision for multiple exposures, but since I don’t use these I don’t miss them as much as I do the DOF preview. I’m a fan of vertical grips, but unfortunately the N6006 doesn’t support one. The autofocus is a bit slow and noisy, but since I’m not into either action or wildlife photography it met my needs quite well. The top panel LCD is not backlit so you cant read it at night, which is a bit of a disadvantage. Also the batteries are relatively expensive and not all that easy to find.
For more pictures taken with this camera see:
A walk around brewster – Brewster Station
A walk around brewster – First National Bank of Brewster
A walk around brewster – Bob’s Diner
A walk around brewster – Brewster Iron Works
A walk around brewster – Wells Park – A strange sign
A walk around brewster – Wells Park – Water feature
A walk around brewster – Hallowe’en’s coming
A walk around brewster – Rocking chairs on a porch
A walk around brewster – Brewster Public Library
A walk around brewster – Loading the car
A walk around brewster – Brewster Presbyterian Church
A walk around brewster – Overview
According to the Museum’s website:
Established in 1963, the Southeast Museum offers exhibits on the history of the Town of Southeast, including the early American Circus, the Harlem Line Railroad, the Tilly Foster Mine, the Borden Milk Condensery, and the Croton Reservoir System.
In addition, the museum presents various changing exhibits, drawing on its extensive collection of antique farm and household implements, quilts, clothing and assorted Americana reflecting 19th century material culture. The museum is located on Main Street, Brewster in one of Putnam County’s largest land marked buildings, the 1896 Old Town Hall, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Taken with a Nikon N6006 and Nikon 50mm f1.8