Upgrading Cameras: D80 to D7000

2021-02-12 5 min read My stuff Photography Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

First: Yeah… new year, long time no see, I get it. I’ve been working on a lot of things here, as well as, well, work, since bills need to get paid, all that fun stuff. Hopefully I can get that all sorted out soon, and I have a massive backlog of things to put up. But for now, we’re starting with this.

In my various other posts, you might have picked up on the fact that I’m a Nikon person. And until now, all product shots you’ve seen here, from item galleries, to Hackintosh shots¹, it’s all been off that camera. Until now.

Megapixels Aren't Everything

2020-06-13 5 min read Photography Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

Phone camera resolution: 64 megapixels, 2020
Current camera (Nikon D80 DSLR) resolution: 10.2 megapixels, 2006
Next camera (Nikon D7000 DSLR) resolution: 16.2 megapixels, 2010
Highest-res Nikon camera I’ve found (Z7, mirrorless): 45.7 Megapixels, 2018 (ish?)

That’s a hmmm from me. But don’t get me wrong, just because the resolution is higher, does not mean that it’s a better camera. There’s so much that actually goes into a camera that just a single number isn’t telling you. Guess that means that today, we’re taking a deep-dive into camera construction, aren’t we?

The Nikon D3500 Is Such a Toy

2020-03-04 5 min read Photography Shopping Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

A photography category post without any pictures?

If you’ve seen my recent posts, you’ll know that I’m the owner of a Nikon D80. It’s a good camera, and served me well for the short amount of time that I’ve had it. However.. quite frankly, my phone is better in some aspects, and it’s just plain a little old. So I was looking at something a little more modern and up to date, and came down to two choices: the D3500 and D7000. In the end, I’ve decided on the D7000 as my next upgrade.

The Day I Discovered Preset White Balance

2020-03-04 3 min read Photography Today I Learned Teknikal_Domain Unable to load comment count

White balance is the term used in photography to describe either the particular tint that your (intended to be) white lights are, or the camera settings to bring it back closer to pure white. And today, I have something cool… about shifting light source colors. Nice, I guess?