Comments on: A better picture for the holidays

By: Robin Edgar

Robin Edgar — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:47:51 +0000

Of course it didn`t occur to the guy (or gal) to just use a beat up old Nikkormat and a single frame on a roll of film for their star trail shot. . .

I wouldn`t to that to *my* D90.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:50:39 +0000

I prefer Nikon and Porsche.

I win

By: Ronan

Ronan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:49:45 +0000

Makes him feel more important.

By: anonycow

anonycow — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:13:29 +0000

It’s a “sup dawg” meme – the troll got trolled by KR without realizing

By: george

george — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:35:53 +0000

I wonder if some kind on low temp hand warmer inside a plastic bag covering would be helpful. It might give just enough heat to prevent condensation for a couple of hours.

By: just me

just me — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:26:03 +0000

To dry it out safely…

Try out silica gell dehumidifiers from Lee Valley Tools (easily found via Google). I would try bagging the camera before the shoot with a container of silica inside of it for a bit (an hour or so) before putting the camera outside. That would remove the humidity from inside the camera body and the bag before cooling it. I’m not sure how much dust the silica gel might created. Might be wise to wrap the container in a cloth first. It is also reusable!

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:14:29 +0000

I was thinking quite a long time about how to “defrost” this camera. Some people say use bags etc etc. Has anyone ever used those silicon gel balls that come with certain dried foods/special equipment? I remember my uncle covering his entire camera box with these packages (because he lives in Vancouver). Perhaps letting the camera defrost on a sunny day but covering it with silicon packets?

By: Darth Duster

Darth Duster — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:25:42 +0000

Nikon and Subaru makes for a nice pair. I knew I picked my brands right.

By: f/2.8

f/2.8 — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:13:54 +0000

Most trolls rile people up with some controversial opinions.

Less creative trolls use name dropping.

But name dropping “Ken Rockwell”?

By: "k"

"k" — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:59:23 +0000

eh? no?

By: Soap

Soap — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:43:54 +0000

Obvious troll is obvious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:46:31 +0000

Huh??

By: Its Not...

Its Not... — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:19:02 +0000

…weather sealed. Its a D90 – it has no weather sealing. Weather sealing begins on the next rung up the ladder with the D300/s and increases as you climb the pro scale to the mighty D3 based bodies which make very useful anchors for small yachts and ballast for airships as well as great bookends once their photographic life is over.

Its a little known fact that if you take all the Nikon D3 bodies in the world ever made, they weigh more than all the humans on earth who have ever died. I was blown away by that stat!

By: Film or Digital?

Film or Digital? — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:08:56 +0000

I think this shows why Ken Rockwell is right and we should be using film and not digital cameras. I think we are going to see a gradual fall-off from digital back to film because of this and similar incidents. Ken’s right. He brought us simplicity for Christmas and he is totally right about it. How many shots have we all lost because we use digital and not film? More ‘shots’ with digital and yet less shots. After that you end up with problems like this – a frozen camera. There will be damage done to it – irreparable damage that may take days weeks or even months to show but that will rear its gruesome head when you most need the camera. Tragic. Film is the way to go folks – no question in my mind. I noticed that Ken Rockwell and a few other influential photographic ‘intelligentsia’ now agree with me.

By: Film or Digital?

Film or Digital? — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:03:48 +0000

By: fotograf nunta Iasi

fotograf nunta Iasi — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:25:27 +0000

I don’t want to do that with my camera. Maybe with a Canon

By: Matthew Saville

Matthew Saville — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:20:09 +0000

Everything I know about wireless flash and camera abuse, I learned from Skunkabilly. Love ya, bro!

I love shooting at night in freezing weather, it makes for such clean images! Dang hot summer nights are no good, sensor noise is through the roof past ~30 mins exposure…

By: JBL

JBL — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:24:12 +0000

I wonder why the guy blacked out his camera, it’s only a D90.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:41:27 +0000

Or Canon lenses falling off their bodies. OH SNAP! Yes i went there.

By: kevin y

kevin y — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:56:39 +0000

yea i’ve seen this story before it totally makes me feel better that my d90 can still handle a bit of water though it doesnt work as well as before the fact that it turns on and still shoots pictures is just amazing