Achyut's Photography Blog: 2016

Achyut Banejee.....about me

I am a photography enthusiast, especially Mobile imaging. The way mobile imaging prowess has emerged in last 4/5 years is awesome to say the least.

Over the years, I did own a few phones and took a few good snapshots from those. Currently I own a Galaxy S4 (Octa Core version) and a Nokia 808 Pureview. I'll continue sharing some pics, their details and my two cents about the snap. I'll also share a few tips (with my limited knowledge,that is) as to how we can make the best use of the cell phones camera.

Now, have got a entry level bridge camera - the Nikon B500.

Saturday, 24 September 2016

B500, telephoto at test

Update about the instrument

Primarily, I have always shot with a mobile camera. Whilst I felt the need for normal point and shoot photography is well handled by my trusted devices -- A Nokia 808 Pureview, an Yotaphone and a Note 4, there was ONE place where I felt completely lacking ---- ZOOMING.

Agreed that I have the BEST possible mobile when coming to zooming, but that is not actually useful when the subject is a bird or an insect.

So, I got, the budget constrained myself, into a middle ground. Not something like a small pocketable zoom cam (c'mon, I have a f**king Nokia 808) or had adequate Vitamin M to get an SLR. Also, since am a complete noob in cameras, handling an SLR to get a good potential from it is almost a cipher chance for me. The mirrorless systems also costs an arm and a leg.

So, I got a bridge camera. A basic entry level bridge camera.

The Nikon B500. No evf is a bummer but I got it pretty cheap, so won't complain.

The prime idea is to accilmatize myself with the controls, functions and the likes of a camera before jumping guns on an SLR. Plus the zoom range of this camera (900mm telephoto in 35mm equiv.) would mean a lens costing much more than both my kidneys together. So, for now, this pesky li'l blog has a new donor for the photos - The Nikon B500.

ciao,

Achyut.