new camera :-)

It's been a while since i've updated but i haven't been doing much lately. The weather has been a bit shitty. There has been a few typhoons so we've had a lot of rain the last few weeks.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a new camera. It's a Nikon D80. All of my photos before this were taken with a point and shoot lumix FZ30. It's a great camera a perfect for what it's designed to do but as with every hobby the more you learn the more money you want to spend. So far i'm really happy with the image quality of the camera and the main reason i wanted to upgrade was the poor high ISO performance of the FZ30. The new camera coupled with a fast 50mm prime lense is a low light machine. anyway here's a few random shots with the new camera.

local yakitori restaurant around the corner from my house. This is a high ISO shot (1250) and using the 50mm f1.8d which is a great fast, sharp lense. This is handheld, no flash. just no way this was possible with my old camera.

Umeda sky building at dusk. this was taken using a 25 second exposure to get the lights in motion. I sat here for about 30 minutes for the light to be right and then the car pulled up right in front of me. i could have moved but i actuall like it in the foreground.

Mika doing hanabi. this was taken using one of the lazy modes on the camera. The flash fire to capture the foregound but the lense stays open to capture the light in the background. The longer exposure also give the fireworks a trail of light.