YASHICA to NIKON D90…..

It was during my high school I actually started photography, not very serious though. But I used to enjoy clicking photographs than being clicked. I used to use an autofocus YASHICA camera which belongs to my uncle. As a kid I even used to enjoy jus firing the flash when there is no film loaded in the camera. Once I smuggled this camera in to my boarding school, and we a group of friends went (of course without the knowledge of school authority) for trekking where I had my share of fun in photography. Here is my YASHICA.. It’s still alive,


Later, I was introduced to a SLR camera by a friend from Baroda Fine Arts College in 2003; that is when I started liking photography more. I couldn’t afford to take photography as a hobby but I managed to do it once in a while as I get some money to buy films. It was around that time Digital cameras started appearing in public. I still remember in 2004, when I was doing the Design foundation in National institute of design there was only one digital camera in the entire batch of sixty students; by the time we all completed our graduation, I guess, more than half of the students have their own digital cameras. If I include mobile cameras, probably almost everyone has personal cameras now.
I bought my Fist camera in December 2008, 2 days before my graduation day. NIKON D90. Now I have been using this camera since few months, and I am loving it.
Here are some key features of Nikon D90

• 12.9 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
• 3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD (same as D3 and D300)
• Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
• Image sensor cleaning (sensor shake)
• Illuminated focus points
• Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
• IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
• 4.5 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
• Expeed image processing engine
• 3D tracking AF (11 point)
• Short startup time, viewfinder blackout and shutter lag
• Slightly improved viewfinder (96% frame coverage)
• Extensive in-camera retouching including raw development and straightening
• Improved user interface
• New optional compact GPS unit (fits on hot shoe)
• Same battery and vertical grip as D80
• Vignetting control in-camera
• 72 thumbnail and calendar view in playback