MPS Photographic

NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom was joined in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio by NHRA National Dragster Assistant Photo Editor Jerry Foss to review photographs taken at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd.

All the advantages of digital photography, without the advantages of digital photography.

On first glance I prefer the blue grotto/fisherman image.

I find it hard to believe that the 4-year-old dual HD7770s in my system are 'too new' to be GPU compatible.

You needn't eviscerate certain DPR commentators to know their screws are loose.

Darn it nunatak, I wanted to make that joke. :(
Here it is, anyway, now only half as funny:

"Did you see any Nikon prices at the show? I'd love to those cut in half."

If these are simply thin nylon bags to keep dust out I might be interested. My camera bag is packed tight as is and there's no room to add padded bags to every lens or to the body. I use a piece of...

If Nikon wanted to do something really impressive, sell an affordable fast normal zoom DX lens. Is the current 17-55mm f2.8 really worth twice the price of the equivalent Tamron or Sigma?

Leica must be using supermodels to assemble their cameras and lenses. That might explain the premium price differential.

As a low-budget Nikon shooter this news is merely interesting, but it does bring up a question:

How much does being a side-line photographer's runner pay, and how can you get a job like that? I'm...

With an iPhone and no post-processing, to boot! ;)

Are there any professional sports reporters here who could comment on 'Scruntys NutPea Funch's' post? Every week there are 1000's of them moving around the country on assignment. There must be...

"By ChrissyOne (4 hours ago) Well I guess if you don't have anything smart to say, just say something stupid. Ever think of a run for office?"

I would apply that statement to your own initial post.

I mistyped my post. I meant f/2.8. It's under their "Creator" line here:

http://www.zyoptics.net/product/mitakon-creator-135mm-f2-8/

Looking at Mitakon's website, I see that they are offering a F/2 135mm FX (202.5 DX) lens for only US$199. Fully manual, of course. It would be interesting to see a review/samples.