by Ben
I converted my 10-22mm to be able to be used on FF over the weekend. I wouldn’t call it a full conversion as it’s NOT and EF lens, and you CAN damage your FF camera (and possibly 1.3) if you’re not careful, so proceed at your own risk… But, taking canon’s rear baffle out and […]
Categories: blog, gear, lenses, video reviews
by Ben
Went down to Hazard Ave again this morning. Decent morning but lots of fishermen… Someone decided to scale a fish right in “the spot”, and not only that they smoked about 5 cigarettes while doing it leaving all the butts behind. I guess fishermen don’t respect the sea/environment the way I do but it’d frustrating […]
Categories: blog, photography, scapes
by Ben
Busy weekend this week. Jed & Stephanie got married Friday night in MA. It was a great ceremony and the reception was a great time. Lots of family to catch up with as well. It was fun seeing everyone all cleaned up. My parents baby sat Elias at our house Friday night so we could […]
Categories: blog, people, personal, photography
by Ben
It’s been another fun week in the Jacobsen house. I didn’t realize there wasn’t sailing Monday night so we all went down to my parents house for Dinner. That was great. Elias has been working on his potty training all week with some success, but Nikki really made progress with him Saturday while I was […]
Categories: auto, blog, photography
by Ben
Just got back from Limerock shooting ALMS. Wow. WOW! Loved it. It’s a bit of a drive (3 hours each way) and a long day on your feet, but it’s soooooo worth it if you’re a car guy. Seeing these things up close is amazing, then seeing them race is just incredible. VERY loud, […]
Categories: auto, blog, photography
by Ben
I’m getting reading for ALMS this weekend at limerock. I’ve always been a fan of cars, and when it comes to racing there are 2 series I like, WRC (Rally) and ALMS (LeMans). Well ALMS races an american circuit every year and one stop is in CT (near where I grew up). I made it […]
Categories: auto, blog, photography
by Ben
So part of the switch to canon meant I could downsize my filters to 4″x6″ panels. The sigma 12-24mm and nikon 14-24mm both needed X pros in order to work. The 11-16 I have now and the 10-20 I was considering both work well with Zs which are smaller, cheaper, lighter, but more importantly available […]
Categories: accessories, blog, gear
by Ben
by Ben
Went down and shot the beach this morning. The sunrise wasn’t spectacular but it was still worth shooting. On the way home I also stopped by the nest at the bridge and got a shot of the owners. I was surprised to see three at first, then the 4th showed up!
Categories: blog, photography, scapes
by Ben
Switched back to canon. Nikon’s are great, but the Nikon tax killed me in the end. $2200 for the 24G specifically. Not that some of these lenses are inexpensive, but I bought them all used and save a ton. I’ve got a body I like and lenses I love now and so far so good. […]
by Ben
Well, back to work tomorrow. That’ll be a bummer. We had a pretty good summer vacation this year considering we didn’t do much. We went to Andy’s Bday on the 4th at their cottage which was a ton of fun (and food) as usual. Then we went to Block Island with my parents and Nikki’s […]
by Ben
Went out to Ledge Road this morning. The weather was forecast to be raining on and off and it had rained all night, but I caught a break there. Then driving over the Newport Bridge it was quite foggy which made me wonder what I’d get, but somehow there wasn’t any fog on the ocean […]
Categories: blog, photography, scapes
by Ben
There’s something a bit different with this post…. 100% of the images in it are iPhone pics. I got an iPhone last week, which means Nikki has my old iPhone (jailbroken w/o data). She’s been shooting up a STORM in the last week and has some awesome shots. I also shoot with my phone a […]
by Ben
Went to Sachuest this morning for the sunrise. The light was awesome for once, but the bugs were miserable… I forgot long pants and there was zero wind, so I go eaten for as long as I could bear it then packed up and came home early. It was still fun and I probably got […]
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