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Rogue River Gorge (middle of October)
Continuing from yesterday’s post, after Crater Lake we headed home to Ashland but not without a stop at the Gorge, a beautiful place anytime of year. Some colors were changing, but I think it will be even better in a week or two for the fall foliage.
If you are ever heading west from Crater Lake, don’t miss this stop right along the road.
Northeast section of the Crater Lake rim
@CraterLakeNPS
I spent yesterday with a group of new SOU business students visiting Crater Lake (most for the first time). The weather wasn’t great. A few inches of snow had fallen a couple days before, but much of the snow had melted. The skies were cloudy the entire time we were there without a hint of sun or blue. Rain began to fall before noon, and the rain grew in intensity by the time we left at about 1 p.m. Our hike was cancelled so today’s photo was taken from inside the second floor of the gift shop in Rim Village.
As mentioned previously, I have purchased a Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G lens and no longer need my 14-24mm f/2.8G lens. It works perfectly, includes front and rear caps, and can be yours for $1500–$500 less than the new price. The lens has never been dropped or abused. Recent sample images taken with it can be seen here.
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G lens with lens caps
Nikon D600
As mentioned previously, I have purchased a Nikon D750 and no longer need my D600. It works perfectly, includes everything that came with it new, and can be yours for $1,100–about half the price I paid for it less than two years ago and about $400 less than refurbished D610s cost. It has a brand new D610 shutter with zero actuations and a clean bill of health from Nikon.
For image samples taken with this camera (with the prior shutter but on the same sensor) click here and here.
This camera body has been sold.
Kaela and Shantel Øien Gahr – From Hell merch girls @ Musichead
Be careful out there people. It’s October and all. You don’t want to lose your mind.
Nikon D750
I have been very happy with my Nikon D600 the past two years. However, Nikon has announced the new D750 which will begin shipping later this month. I don’t really care about the tilting, vari-angle LCD and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, but the higher fps (6.5 vs. 5.5 on the D600) and higher ISO capabilities with a slight decrease in weight look attractive. I use my D600 in the ISO 3200 – 6400 range a lot. I’m hoping I can obtain similar results to that range in the 6400-12800 range on the D750. The autofocusing system is also supposed to be much improved on the D750 compared to the D600. The D750 should be at least as good focusing as the focusing system found on the D810.
Nikkor (Nikon) 20mm f/1.8G lens
I have never been perfectly happy with my 14-24mm f/2.8G lens or my 24mm f/2.8D lens. The former is heavy and large; the latter isn’t great at f/2.8. Photos at 14mm are always at least somewhat distorted and frequently very distorted. Because of that I don’t use my 14-24mm at 14mm very often anymore.
After running some numbers I have determined that I can sell my D600, 14-24mm f/2.8G lens, and 24mm f/2.8D lens for about the same amount a new D750 and new 20mm f/1.8G lens will cost so that is the plan. The 20mm f/1.8G weighs a little more than the 24mm f/2.8D, but much less than the 14-24mm f/2.8G lens so I think I will be quite happy with that trade off despite losing some versatility in the ultra wide zoom.
I’m also hoping to pick up a Tamron 150-600mm VC Lens soon.
If you are interested in any of these three items of mine which are now for sale let me know.
Nikon D600 in excellent condition with all of the original packaging and items it came with new including a brand new D610 shutter: $1,100
Nikkor AF-S Zoom 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF Lens in excellent condition with original front and rear lens caps and pouch: $1,500
Nikon AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D Autofocus Lens in excellent condition with all of the original packaging and items it came with new: $250