Nikon D3 Test Drive

September 27th, 2007

I haven’t mentioned the new Nikon d3 yet. When it was released I was too busy, and after a while it had been so beaten to death on blogs and forums that it just wasn’t worth posting about. However this is a interesting little post by Cliff Mautner, who got to shoot a wedding with the new camera.

So far the only sample images I’d seen had been official Nikon samples and a few sports shots that got leaked. While these were impressive, they did not come with any commentary from the photographer; it is interesting to see a report from a wedding photographer who used the camera for an actual job, and not just advertising for Nikon. Cliff’s report is glowing, and serves to confirm that Nikon have a real winner here.

New Look

September 25th, 2007

Well I’ve been busy putting together a new theme for the various blogs on A Darker Vision, and now after several weeks I’m ready to test it on a live blog.

The look will eventually become the site wide theme for DV, though I may add different colour schemes. It is designed for a screen resolution of at least 1024 pixels wide, though users still stuck on 800×600 will be able to view the blog just fine with just the second column (used mostly for advertising and non essential information) off screen.

During this test period, I’d be most appreciative if you could report any bugs or errors you see.