06 Jan

Trutta Gear

Camera: Nikon D810 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed: 1/250th second Notes:  Eight shot stitched panorama Lighting 1 x Aurora Codis D-600 with 52 inch softbox, 2 Aurora White Reflectors shot on Aurora Black Reflector.
19 Oct

New Nikkor PC 19mm f/4E ED

Nikon has announced a new PC Nikkor 19mm F4E ED tilt-shift lens (which the company calls ‘Perspective Control.’) This ultra-wide lens offers 97° of coverage and can shift ±12mm and tilt ±7.5°. Unlike the company’s existing PC-E designs, the mechanism for tilt can be rotated independently from the mechanism for shift, allowing the tilt...
19 Oct

New Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm 2.8E FL ED VR

Nikon has released the latest iteration of its workhorse 70-200mm F2.8 lens. The AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8E FL ED VR, as it is known, has a new optical design, improved Vibration Reduction as well as an electromagnetic diaphragm. The lens has a total of 22 elements, with 6 ED, 1 fluorite and 1 high...
21 Aug

Speech Perfect, Brendan Nelson, Canberra

  Camera: Nikon D5 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 200mm F2G ED VR ISO: 8000 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f2.8 Speed 1/500 second EV: Notes: Love them or hate them, politicians aren’t everyones cup of tea, but Brendan Nelson’s speech at the launch of The Fly Program at the Australian War Memorial was inspiring. With no...
21 Aug

Steve Starling, Fishing Royalty

Camera: Nikon D5 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 200mm F2G ED VR ISO: 100 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f2.8 Speed 1/1000 second EV: Notes:  If ever there was a list of fishing royalty in Australia, Steve Starling would be in that list. A great guy and one of the finest anglers, I owe him a huge...
17 Aug

Gary McDonald, Australian Legend

Camera: Nikon D5 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 200mm F2G ED VR ISO: 100 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f2 Speed 1/2000 second EV: Notes:  Funny man, incredibly talented actor and an ambassador for Beyond Blue. I grew up watching his hilarious antics on TV and shed a tear hearing his experiences with Depression. Meeting him yesterday...
28 Jul

Trout Life

  Camera: Nikon D810 Lens: Nikon PC-E 85mm f2.8 ED ISO: 64 Exposure Mode: manual Aperture f11 Speed 1/250th second EV:  Notes: 1 x Aurora Codis D-600 with 52 inch softbox, 2 Aurora White Reflectors shot on Aurora Black Reflector.