Freezing until When?

40mm 1/50 f/3.3 ISO200 by AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G

Can anyone tell when these freezing days will be over? I cannot stand this cold climate any longer.

A Crumpler Camera Strap.

40mm 1/10 f/63 ISO1600 by AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G

This is my 8th Crumpler, which is THE INDUSTRY DISGRACE.

Crumpler is an Australian company, and they originally produce messenger bags. The design is very colourful or very eccentric, so someone may feel it is a very cheap joke item. But IT IS NOT.

The first backpack I bought had kept the condition for about 8 years and still be used. I like this quality and think this camera strap matches my new Nikon D7000.

Lots of Ways to Deliver One Message.

40mm 1/160 f/5.6 ISO200 by AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G

There are lots of ways to deliver one message.

They say on the board, "Now, we are dedicatedly baking new bread. Please wait for a moment." instead of just saying, "Closed." or "Not ready."

A Gift for 5 Years Old.

40mm f/3 1/60 ISO1600 by AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G 

A One-Year m43 History before Returning to Nikon.

So, I took a long note about a dark era with GX1.

My Dark Life Started with Panasonic GX1...
Two years ago, I was struggling with the weight of Nikon D40 with AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G. It was about 650g+. I had to carry my two heavy babies together with D40, so I was totally tired out. Finally I screamed, "The lighter, the better. There are two cameras in the world; one is pocketable, and the other is not." Eventually, I sold away all of the nikon lenses, and went to the m43 system.

Until selling away, I had used:
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED
Ai AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D
Ai AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED

Anyway, I sold away everything.

Panasonic GX1 was a good camera. I had to concede it. It was much lighter and had good ISO sensitivity. Yet, the image quality is honestly something different from what I expected maybe because it was the m43 system. I could not get the shallow depth of field.

A few days after I bought GX1, I went to a camera shop to purchase LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25mm/F1.4, and I barely got a good bokeh. It became my can-be-acceptable combination with GX1.

But still I had a problem; GX1 had no finder. How can I enjoy photography without looking into the finder and capture every single moment of my life. I bought LVF-2, which is an external electronic view finder, but it didn't meet me. GX1 was designed without any finder, so even though I attached it, it was not so convenient or fun.

What was worse, I was not happy with all of the result with GX1 because the image quality was not what I wanted. They boasted of the quality but I didn't like it somehow. I couldn't help feeling my photography life was very dull.

I used the following lenses but none of them made me happy.

LUMIX G 14mm/F2.5 ASPH.
LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25mm/F1.4 ASPH.
LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm/F4.5-5.6 ASPH./Power O.I.S.

One day in February 2013, I made up my mind to go back to the Nikon system and regain the happy photography life! I started to go to the market research.

Goodbye m43, Hello Nikon D7000!

My Nikon taken by iPhone 4S (for the last time hopefully)

Hello.

I bought a Nikon again! I gave up photographing with Nikon D40 two years ago, and went to m43. The reason? I cound't carry around D40 with two heavy babies. And it was a start to the dark era of my camera life. Today I bought another Nikon, which was Nikon D7000. Yes, I came back to the Nikon world.

This will be the first and the last photo taken by a non-D7000 camera on this photo blog(hopefully)!!