Monday, October 7, 2013

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Nikon Has Terrible Repair Service

Nikon has the worst repair service.

I own a D3100.  I attached a third-party, wide-angle lens to my standard 18-55MM lens and took the pictures that you see below. 









After these shots, I removed the wide-angle lens and began shooting with the regular 18-55mm lens.  And the manual and auto-focus would no longer worked.  So I took it into Nikon, located there on Wilshire Boulevard near San Vicente and Beverly Hills.  Check out how my receipt read:

 



ADJ AUTO FOCUS OPERATION
CKD EXPOSURE  (Presumably, the CKD means "Checked Exposure."  But there is no confirmation or result of that inspection.  It doesn't say "Okay" or "Fine" or "Working.")
CKD FLASH OPERATION
CKD COMMUNICATION
CLN CCD  (Can I presume that CLN means cleaned?  And if so, what does CCD mean?  With this "Material Description" I  cannot know what repairs, if any, were done to my camera for which I paid a hundred dollars.)
GENERAL CHECK & CLEAN  (And then I am not sure if "General Check & Clean" means that the items listed above are part of the "General Check & Clean" process or if the "General Check & Clean" is a separate procedure.) 

Friday, August 9, 2013

Nikon D3100

The lower the number of the aperture, the more light comes in, and the faster your shutter speed can be.

The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the image sensor and therefore the possibility to take pictures in low-light situations.
Nikon D3100

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Crystal Cove

























































See this duck under the date in the foreground?  This duck was bathing with the seagulls in that pond.  It saw me and proceeded to walk over to me, thinking that I was going to feed it.  When it realized that I was not dropping food at its feet, it paused, looked left, then up, then at me again, and proceeded to walk away.  It was funny.