St. Joseph Lacrosse 04-29-10

A few action shots from a lacrosse game in Trumbull, Conn. on Thursday April 29, 2010. I switched between the nc2000e and my daily use body a Nikon D2h. At 200 ASA the nc2000e's colors are WAY better that the D2h using the same rating. But the D2h bangs out 8 fps versus the Kodak's paltry 2 fps! Shooting sports with it is much harder. There's a lot more trying to anticipate the action, but with lacrosse it's hard because the action is so frenetic. But, I'm having a blast toting it along on assignments just to see what I can get out of it. Maybe a photo from it will even get published from it. (If that happens, it will probably be the last nc2000e on Earth still used in a professional capacity. LOL!)

A few 'snaps' from around Silver Sands State Park and Charles Island in Milford, Conn. on Wednesday April 28, 2010. Also a photo of the Fayerweather Lighthouse from Grovers Avenue in Bridgeport on the same day. All shot with the Kodak nc2000e digital camera. (All photos: Copyright 2010)

Kodak nc2000e (Built for AP)

My Kodak nc2000e finally arrived today. It's a pretty beat up model but seems to work fine. The following are a few shots from it around my house.

Tulips in bloom

I shot some tulips in my back yard the other day, using a Canon DCS-3 with a Canon 20mm lens. The following is the camera data for the shot:

[33]
ISO: 200
Aperture: F8.0
Shutter: 250
Exposure: P
Exp Comp: 0.0
Meter area: Eval
Flash sync: None
Flash comp: 0.0
Drive mode: Cont
Focus mode: One
Lens (mm): 0020

First blog. Woo Hoo!!!

Howdy all! This is my first attempt at a blog. I wanted to create a place to post interesting, off-beat pictures from my job as a full-time staff photojournalist at a daily newspaper in CT (They still exist??).

Also, since obtaining a few obsolete digital cameras, including a soon to arrive Kodak NC2000e! I wanted to have a place to share images from them, because I know there are many folks out there who enjoy older cameras and the old digital ones are no exception.

In the photo, I'm holding a Kodak DCS-420. When it came out in 1994 it cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $14,000. I picked one up on Ebay in like-new condition for only $50.!

So enjoy and stay tuned...

P.S. A note about the name of my blog. "It's a snap" was a phrase an editor said to me when I was just starting out in news photography. Carl Romanelli Sr. was one of the great "old school" editors. He used to chomp on his cigar while on the night city desk position at the Citizen's Voice in my hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA. I owe a lot of the success of my career to him. He used to call me up at 1 AM all the time and say there was a fire here or a big wreck there that he wanted me to cover. I learned a lot from him. He was tough on me, always pushing me to go the extra mile in my work. Great guy!