Tokina 12-24mm Samples

The Tokina 12-24mm lens is great for Hong Kong skyline photos

by David Chin on July 21, 2009

The Tokina 12-24mm lens is great for Hong Kong skyline photos – spectra shares a couple of examples, and said:

I have used the Tokina 12-24mm for a lot of my HK shots and it is a great lens for cityscape shots. I hardly ever use a 50mm prime in HK but the Tokina gets used all the time. Between 18-28mm is a good focal length for most shots but wider is sometimes needed.

Interesting way to protect Nikon SB-800 flashguns from getting wet

by David Chin on July 17, 2009

Interesting way to protect Nikon SB-800 flashguns from getting wet – patrickhall used foodsavers, and says:

So I brought up the use of foodsavers to vacuum seal your flashes so if you did shoots in water or around water they wouldn't get ruined. Well here is my first shoot where I actually used the flashes bagged up.

He follows up with some great sample portraits of female models.

He also revealed that for equipment, he uses the Nikon D300, D700, Tokina 12-24mm, Nikkor 80-200mm and Ewa-Marine waterproof bag.