My Dad Rocks!

- first hand review on the Nikon D800E.

I’m pleased to say that I have two wonderful parents. They have given me a fantastic start in life;- interest for nature and people. Encouraged me to be curious and see possibilities and not obstacles.

This is really my first hands on review on my new Nikon D800E. However, I’m not the first to do so. In stead, I’ll use this to tell a story. Hey, that is what cameras are made for, isn’t it? Telling storys, creating images, not counting pixels, dynamic range, dwelling over the possisioning of buttons and so on. Tech talking or tell stories… I go for the last bit.

Back to my father. He is a bit like Hagrid, for those of you that reads Harry Potter, in the best meaning. Tough as hell, soft and caring. A very rear gift, given to only the best in my eyes.

I can’t even remember not beeing in the great outdoors with my father. Fishing, hunting, bird watching, picking berries or just camping out for the hell of it. At the age of over 60, he still does. Hunting and fishing has been his whole life, but he does so in a mysterious gentle way. You would think a hunter thinks of only taking lives, filling the freezer and trophy shots. But who other than him, goes out in the woods mid winter cutting down trees for the rabits, if the ground ices and they have a tough time to find food. Or making sure, he doesn’t pick all the blueberries incase a hungry bird desides to drop by. He is a motivator and a inspirator in more than one way…

Back to my brand new camera. I took it out of the box, put in a memory card, got a 24:1,4 and a 85 PC (two of my favourites), and spent a couple of hours with dad at home… and yes. I loved the camera!

… Yes, they do.

What knife to choose.

Nothing that can’t be fixed.

Method to the madness.

Preparing for fishing.

Looking sharp.

Dad’s domain.

Cleaning.

Room with a view. 

Grand daughter making Poppy pretty. 

//Yngve

The full picture – Nikon V1

Why I love my Nikon V1

As a photographer that uses D3s and D3x/ D4 and D800e I’m the first to say that I was skeptical when I first heard the rumour about the series 1 from Nikon. It was a nice consumer camera, and great for vacations was my tought.

Let me be the first also to admit my mistakes: this is a perfect camera for me. It does not replace the full range of professional DSLR cameras I use daily. But without knowing,-  it replaced a small hole I had in my gear pool.

Let me point out why:

/Quality
The most important factor for me is that I can deliver high quality productions, with good sharpness and a good file in RAW that I can do a proper postproduction on.

/Glass
The variety of lenses that you can get for this camera is simply amazing. My two favourite lenses is by far the 10:2,8 pancake and the 10-100 video lens. The quality of the glass is amazing, and it has the fantastic Nikon sharpness you want and expect from this brand.

/Size
Size matters. Beeing able to bring a small sized camera with a big potential is at times when you are working “under the radar”, location scouting and travel a big advantage.

To avoid the command wheel turning in my pocket, I use a small piece of gaffers tape to keep it in the right spot.

Saturday evening at Palermo – Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Saturday evening at Palermo – Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Saturday evening at Palermo – Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Car security.

Good to know

Café on the market in Buenos Aires. 

South American Traffic…

House of Yasmin, – Salta, Argentina

House of Yasmin, – Salta, Argentina

Down town, – New York

Down town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

China Town, – New York

9th Street, – New York

Fifth Avenue, – New York

Iceland

I have been in Iceland a handful of times now, and it’s without a question one of my favourite places to shoot. What specially captures me alot is the landscape: it’s where fire meets ice, and the result is the extreme dramatic landscape.

Together with Nikon Norway and Stavanger Foto we had 4 days and could basically just play with the gear and the different scenery. A good buddy of mine Kristjan, that runs Mt. Taxi, a super jeep company were our tour guide, and we had two heavely modified Ford Exursions to take us the best location and the wildest landscape.

First of all I’ll start with some «photo geek talk», so now I’ve warned you! With me in the bag was two Nikon D3s Workhorses and a D3x, with a varity of high quality glass. Most used for this trip was the 24 f:1,4, 24 PC and 14-24. I shoot a lot into the sun, and I need Nikons Lenses with Nano Crystal Coating to help me to avoid reflections.

I´m also lucky enough to be on the Nik Beta Test Team and had also had the fortune to play a lot with the new HDR Efex program. Normaly I’m not a super huge HDR – guy, but I can’t say that this isn’t fun… And after this trip HDR has become a more important tool in my toolbox.

I either don’t use HDR or I go all the way. I may end up using 8-10 shots for one HDR- shot. But I also try to pick out what and when I shoot a HDR sequence, to get as mutch high- and lo-light as possible. If it’s not enough High/ Lo light,- I don’t do HDR- exposures.

There is a few thigs to notice when you shoot the pictures ready for a HDR – process. I mostly use the cameras built in bracketing system when I record. Often also at «P»(Program) but be aware that when you under, – or overexpose, the depth of field will vary when the camera is on «P». However, it’s minimal on a landspape where most is in «infinity» range anyways. If you want to make sure you keep the depth of field even on the picture, shot it in «A»(Aperture selection) and its only your shutter that will vary.

And there comes the columbi egg…. If you are really creative and want to do some crazy stuff, you can be selective and shift you focus on the different exposures that will remain on the final HDR shot… Crazy. I know it sounds super geeky, and it is. An if you didn’t understand what I meant,- don’t worry; I hardly understood it.

For the post production side, I just let Nik HDR Efex do it’s magic. I specially like the filters you can add to the finished HDRs. It is awsome…Thank you, Nik!

Hmm. I said I only was gonna start out geeky…

//Yngve

 

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We’ve thought about it many times, and have been asked about it many times: to have a blog where we – the Scanout Crew – can share some of our work with you. And who exactly are ‘we’ you might ask: well, you can read a bit more about us on the About – page. But short and brutal:- we consider ourselves to be the worlds smallest global company: six people – three different countries – two different continents. And we do photography, films, web – pages, apps, magazines + +… Ya, you get it, – we get to do the fun stuff.

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