Philadelphia

Some months ago, I got some friends and family together and recommended that we try to do some photography together. It sounded like a good time, and so we planned to hit Philadelphia in the first of a few trips this year.

It was good. Rey put up a gallery for us, and Dave also put up some shots. It was a group of about six of us. (Ed: Rey says Gallery is horrible, so we're probably going to skip it.)

I'll be posting my own shots as time and commentary permits, both here and in Rey's add on.

My Hot Little Hands

The d7000 has arrived. I'll be doing some testing with it (shooting around) and adding some review-style comments as time allows.

Initial impressions:

• my Non-AI lens does NOT fit; I had simply mistaken the marketing text. I'm debating about doing a DIY AI conversion, which will be less expensive than buying a new lens.
• The action button is a lot spongier than the d40's or even the d90.
• AF is fast and nice to have on the 50mm.
• The ability to change things with buttons instead of menus is nice, but maybe not $1200 nice.
• Silent mode really is pretty quiet.
• 6fps is pretty fast.
• That LCD is good!
• Dual card slots? Sweet.
• High ISO performance? Pretty performant.

I'll have more later, with some reference photos and thoughts.