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Woodland Photography Pt 1: Tamron AF 70-300mm

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Early Spring is a great time to be out in the woods, especially on a sunny day – the trees may still … more →

Tags: 35mm SLR, 3rd Party Lens, Autofocus, COLOR, Composition, Digital, Driveby, Hand Held, Hikes

Olympus mount Kitstar 200mm f/3.3 on Sony Alpha 700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: The Kitstar 200mm is a lens that I acquired very cheaply on Ebay last year – it was an impulse purch … more →

Tags: 35mm SLR, 3rd Party Lens, Bokeh, COLOR, Digital, Driveby, Flowers, Hand Held, Lens Compatability

More Landscape Photography: Meyer Farm in Carroll County, MD

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: These were taken on Bachman’s Valley Road – the old Meyer Farmhouse. The owners are in t … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, 50mm, Architecture, Autofocus, COLOR, Composition, Digital, Driveby, landscape

More on D.O. Industries

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Here’s some additional history on DO Industries – apparently they go back even further than I though … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Lenses, Manual Lenses, Macrophotography, Macro Lens, Classic Camera, david goldstein, DO Industries, Ernst Gundlach

One misty morning in Carroll County: Landscape Photography with the Sony A700 and Sigma 28-80mm

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: It was unseasonably warm last week, with temperatures in the upper 50’s and even 60’s. Tuesday morni … more →

Tags: Places, 3rd Party Lens, Driveby, Autofocus, Photography, Photo Opportunism, landscape, Digital, Lenses

Back to Westminster, MD - Sigma 28-80mm on Sony A700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A couple of weeks ago, I had posted a series of photographs I made with a Sigma 24mm f/2.8 in a litt … more →

Tags: Places, lighting, COLOR, exposure, Composition, Driveby, Photo Technique, Autofocus, Photography

Potomac River in February: Wild water at Great Falls, MD

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I headed off to the Great Falls park last Saturday (02/02/08) to hike along the river and photograph … more →

Tags: Places, 3rd Party Lens, Hikes, Composition, Nature, Photo Technique, Autofocus, Photography, Photo Opportunism

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part II: George Washington Masonic Temple with a Zuiko 35-70mm f/4

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I finally got around to visiting the GW Masonic temple in Alexandria – it’s a shame that I haven’t b … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, 50mm, Architecture, Black & White, Bower Adapter, Composition, Digital, Driveby, exposure

Olympus OM mount lens on Sony A700 – Part I - Zuiko lenses on Sony Alpha series cameras3 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A while ago, I had written about a Bower made Minolta AF to OM adapter that I was able to use on my … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bower Adapter, Digital, Lenses, Manual Lenses, Olympus, Olympus lens on Sony, Photography, SONY A700

Sigma 24mm f/2.8 on Sony A700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier post discussing the DSLR crop factor, I had mentioned that if you really need to shoot … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Autofocus, COLOR, Composition, Digital, Driveby, exposure, landscape, Lens Compatability

Sony A700 Macrophotography: Spiratone Bellowscope with Hansa 50mm f/3.5

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago, I found this vintage Hansa 50mm f3.5 on eBay at a very reasonable price. It was new … more →

Tags: 50mm, bellows, Bellows Lens, Composition, Hand Held, Hansa, Lens Compatability, lighting, Macro Lens

Strawbridge Shrine revisited...2 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I was up in Westminster again a couple of days ago, and on the way back, I drove out towards New Win … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Autofocus, COLOR, Digital, exposure, landscape, Lenses, Maxxum, Minolta lens on Sony

Backyard Macrophotography – Sigma macro lens on the Sony A700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Early January isn’t the best time for macro-photography – the usual subjects, flowers, insects, fern … more →

Tags: Macro, Panagor, 3rd Party Lens, Nature, Autofocus, Photography, Photo Opportunism, Lenses, Hand Held

Digital SLR Crop Factor - Boon or Bane?

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to using lenses designed for 35mm cameras on the curr … more →

Tags: Macro, 35mm SLR, lighting, Photo Technique, Photography, Olympus, landscape, Digital, Lenses

The siren song of the 'Black Finish' vintage camera

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I admit it – I am smitten by the black models of the old metal bodied manual cameras. Why black? In … more →

Tags: Olympus Trip 35, 35mm SLR, OM-1, manual cameras, OM-2n, Olympus, Ricoh CR-5, Ricoh 500G, Rangefinder

How to mount a manual focus lens on the Sony Alpha 7003 comments

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: Happy New Year! As the first post for 2008, I thought I’d write a brief note on mounting all t … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bower Adapter, Lens Compatability, Lenses, Manual Lenses, Photography, SONY A700, sony alpha 700, T Mount

Backyard Wildlife - Soligor C/D 500mm on Sony Alpha 700

ajoy muralidhar wrote 1 year ago: I mounted the Soligor 500mm mirror on the Sony A700 using the Minolta AF-Olympus OM Bower adapter. T … more →

Tags: 3rd Party Lens, Bokeh, Bower Adapter, Critters, Digital, exposure, Hand Held, Lens Compatability, Long Focus

Sauter's Delight

ajoy muralidhar wrote 2 years ago: Sauter’s Delight is a farm located just outside of Westminster, MD on Old Bachman’s Vall … more →

Tags: 35mm SLR, 3rd Party Lens, 50mm, Classic Camera, COLOR, Composition, Driveby, exposure, film

Got Milk?1 comment

ajoy muralidhar wrote 2 years ago: That’s my nephew Vasu – a real milk lover. I was cleaning my Olympus OM 2n, wiping it do … more →

Tags: 35mm SLR, 3rd Party Lens, Black & White, Children, Classic Camera, Composition, film, Kino Precision, manual cameras


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