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May you use your measure of God’s grace.

May you see with heavenly eyes
the pain and oppression of a world
longing for the salvation of a Redeemer.

May you know the joys of selfless companionship a blessing from God in life’s worries and trials.

And may you use your measure of God’s grace to bring healing and joy to the world around you:
Christ’s ambassador of restoration
proclaiming Good News
to those in need.

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May you enjoy and embrace the seasons of life

May you enjoy and embrace the seasons of life with grace and humility, whether they bring joy or pain.

Through laughter and grief, love and disappointment, may you trust God’s singular promise to make all things beautiful in His time.

And may you eat and drink and enjoy your labor from the Lord,
His gift to you,
a part of his holy and perfect plan,
beginning to end.

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More D90 Macroness

A bit more D90 shooting under the belt, and today I took my tripod to do some video work. It’s possible that I’ll have some videos up sometime, but frankly it takes a lot more time to do decent video work than decent photo work (at least in the processing), and while I’ve done enough video projects to know what to do, I’m much faster at processing photos. So for now these will have to do.

One other issue that I might have with the camera is that it seems to self-protect (heating) after extended live view / video work. I’m not sure if this was just an isolated incident caused by something random I was doing, or if it’s really how the camera functions.

I’ll hopefully have some video up soon – going to edit it as soon as I can.

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Additional D90 Shots.

Headed out with James yesterday for some more D90 action, followed by some D300 action today with Katie using the D90.

My first impressions with the 90 are positive, at least so far as image quality is concerned. The biggest failing to me at this point is the AF system. The D90, for those of you who care, retains the focus system of the D80/D200 – an 11 point AF sensor with one high precision point in the center, while the D300 has the same focus system found in the D3, which has 51 points and 15 high precision points. While both the D90 and D300 use a 3d tracking system between the points, the bottom line is it works considerably better on the D300, which isn’t really surprising given that there are over 4 times as many points for it to track between. In addition, the focus speed (whether on screw drive or AF-S lenses) is noticeably slower, though for most situations this isn’t going to be a dealbreaker.

My biggest issue, though, is the D90’s stubbornness when it comes to taking a picture if it is even slightly out of focus. The D300 seems to be much more forgiving in this regard, which at first glance might seem like a negative thing, but at least when taking macro shots, you often rely on being close and using a large depth of field in order to get sharpness and focus in the image. There were several shots I had lined up yesterday that the camera point blank refused to take. I think in general photographic terms this might not be the biggest issue, but certainly I have concerns about the performance of the AF system for what I do.

That said, the D90 is certainly capable of taking great pictures, and if anything my comments reflect the excellence of the D300’s focus system more than anything lacking in the D90.

Shots from yesterday:

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D90 – First Thoughts

For those of you who don’t know, I ordered a D90 this week and received it yesterday.  I took it out to play a bit today, and was fairly pleased.  The video feature is somewhat neat, though it will certainly require a tripod which I accidentally left in the other car.

Here are a few quick pictures.