London Summer season Festivals : Sunday eleventh July 2004 gave the impression to be a day of festivals in London and I spent a while at three of them, strolling between Trafalgar Sq., Denmark Road and St Paul’s Covent Backyard and taking a couple of photos on the way in which.
Again then I used to be nonetheless working with the quite primitive Nikon D100 DSLR, with most likely the dullest and smallest viewfinder of any digicam I’ve used (although I’ve used deveral with no viewfinder in any respect.)
However though it solely gave 6.1Mp information, (3012X2008 pixels) and the DX sensor was solely half the dimensions of a 35mm body these had been of exceptional high quality and may very well be extrapolated to make first rate giant prints – one taken on one other day was blown as much as 2.3m large for a public exhibition.
Nikon on the time and for some years had been saying that the DX format was all that was wanted for its cameras, and the later resolution to maneuver to ‘full-frame’ was pushed by advertising and marketing – maintaining with Canon – quite than technical issues.
After all like most different photographers followd sheep-wise to maneuver to full-frame when these new cameras got here out, although more often than not when working with telephoto lenses I switched right down to DX format for the larger equal focal size this gave.
At first the DX format with its 1.5x focal size multiplier meant I used to be working with none actual large angle lens. The 24-85mm labored as a 36-127 lens, However by July 2004 I had acquired the exceptional Sigma 12-24mm lens, “the world’s first ultra-wide-angle zoom for DSLRs with full-frame sensors” – 18-36mm equal on DX, fixing that situation. And since on DX it was not utilizing the corners of the body it was a greater performer than on full-frame.
I put the images on this publish on the net in 2004, when most of us had been nonetheless accessing the web on dial-up modems and even the quickest connections had been solely 512kbs. To get net pages to load at a wise velocity the jpg picture information needed to be drastically lower in dimension to round 50-70kb. Now I’d add the identical information the identical dimension at two or 3 times the dimensions to get visibly higher high quality.
Right here- with some corrections is the textual content I wrote in regards to the day in 2004:
Sunday I walked into Trafalgar Sq. to seek out it filled with younger Indian women carrying decorative jars and dancing with them, rehearsing for the Trafalgar Shores occasion that afternoon.
I left and went as much as Denmark St for a set by 50hz, electrifying the primary Tin Pan Alley Competition, organised with Shelter. Nice Indie Rock and supporting charity with out working. extra photos
Then on to a backyard celebration in St Pauls Covent Backyard, which was sprinkled with celebrities, actors (feminine) and others I’ve not heard of and didn’t recognise. And an image I didn’t publish in 2004
Again in Trafalgar Sq. the ladies had donned conventional garb and had been now recognisably the Saraswati Dance Academy in a vibrant South Asian present. After this we had been handled to some water puppetry from the Vietnamese Nationwide Puppetry Theatre (not very photogenic and laborious to {photograph}) so i went again to catch Billy Thompson taking part in Grapelli to Tim Robinson’s Django with rhythm help from Dukato. Lastly again within the sq. I watched the very good Irie! Caribbean Dance Fusion from Deptford/New Cross, London. Then dwelling for a barely darkish and chilly alfresco dinner with household. extra photos
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