Nikon

X… The most (over)used letter on cameras

My first camera was a Minolta X-700. Minolta’s first electronic SLR is the X-1 (in Japan, XK in the US, XM in Europe). Then they had the XE (XE-7 in the US, XE-1 in Europe), the XG series, the XD/XD-11/XD-7 before becoming just the X-<some number>. And then they went …

A View From Up High…

I found this video of earth from space, compiled by a German videographer from a series of time-lapse images taken at the International Space Station. The photos were taken with a Nikon D3s and either a 17-35/2.8 or a 14-24/2.8 Nikkor lenses. The original photos can be viewed at NASA’s …