Testing Nokia 7 Plus - Panorama Photos

I bought new Nokia 7 Plus Android smartphone about two weeks ago. Camera has different settings for taking photos and one is panorama. That's very simple to use and it works very well. Here some samples, which I took.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Camera: Nokia 7 Plus smartphone

Pikisaari.

Tornionjoki / Torne river.

Empty stage.

Last time when I tried to take panorama photos was many years ago using some pocket camera. After this test you can't even compare old pocket camera and new smartphone. It 's so easy and quick to take panorama photos using Nokia 7 Plus. Photo quality looks also good. What do you think?

Regards,
Mika

Old windmill

After long break new photo here in my photography blog. This old windmill is next to water tower in Tornio city center.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Old windmill
Date: 7th of October 2018

Camera:  Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/100 sec. f/10 27mm

Editing: Shadows, highlights, clarity, cropping.

At the moment is already fall and there are lots of colors in the nature.

Regards,
Mika

Swans are back again

Looks like same swans have returned again. River is still frozen and there are still lot of snow. There is anyway already two small areas free of ice and swans are there again. This place is only few meters from the place where swans have had a nest already many years.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Swans are back again
Date: 19th of April

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS

Who is there?

Walk to the next free water.

Interesting to see how many small ones there will be  on coming summer.

Regards,
Mika

FoodPhotography - Sushi

We had sushi day at home and we made some maki rolls.

Photo: FoodPhotography - Sushi
Date: 30th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/60 sec. f/4.5 13.828mm ISO80

Editing: Cropping.

Sushi day is always good day!

Regards,
Mika

Snow Kiting

I took this photo in Tornio Kaupunginlahti area, when I was walking.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Snow kiting
Date: 26th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/640 sec. f/5.6 24.731mm

Editing: Clarity, cropping.

That looks fun!

Regards,
Mika

Waxwing and Rowan Berries

In the last post I tested zoom in my new Canon PowerShot SX730 HS. This photo I took also using the same camera. Distance to bird was about three four meters.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Waxwing and Rowan Berries
Date: 15th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
Shot: 1/160 sec. f/5.6 61.899mm ISO160

Editing: Clarity, contrast and just a little bit cropping.

So far the camera has worked well. There are still some new features for me in the camera like using mobile phone as a remote control to camera via bluetooth, which I haven't tested yet.

Regards,
Mika

Canon PowerShot SX730 HS Superzoom - Quick Zoom Test

I have had in my mind already long time that I want some kind of superzoom pocket camera. I have Canon EOS 60D DSLR and Canon PowerShot G15 in use, but superzoom camera would combine long zoom and small size. One week ago Finnish Verkkokauppa.com had special offer of Canon SX730 HS Travel Kit, which included also case for the camera and very small Joby Gorillapod Original tripod. The price for the package was 249.90€, which was 120€ under normal price and I had to buy one.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photos: Canon SX730 HS - Quick Zoom Test
Date: 15th of March, 2018

SX730 HS has normal 20.3 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor, but the big thing is 40x optical zoom which is equivalent to 24-960mm in 35mm terms.

Here is my first zoom test, where is easy to see the zoom range. First the wide view.

Here in this second photo I zoomed to the fisherman on the right.

Zoom works well and the quality of the photos are good especially for the size of the camera. First impression of the camera is great.

I will post more photos soon, what I have taken using this SX730 HS.

Regards,
Mika

Winter Market 2018 in Tornio

I took this photo last weekend, when in Tornio had winter market.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Winter Markets in Tornio
Date: 9th of March, 2018

Camera: Canon G15
Shot: 1/640 sec. f/2.8 19.123mm ISO160

Editing: Contrast, clarity.

It was snowing, but there was quite many people.

Regards,
Mika

Tornio Old Bridge in Winter

Tornio old bridge was built more than four years. Construction was started in 4th of February 1935 and the grand opening was 9th of July 1939. Official name of the bridge is Hannulan silta, but nowadays locals call it just Tornio old bridge, because there is also newer and bigger bridge next to this old bridge.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: Tornio old bridge in winter
Date: 3rd of February 2018

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/9 85mm ISO100

Editing: Cropping, clarity, shadows

The bridge is 252m long and when it was built it was biggest highway bridge construction in Finland.

Regards,
Mika

Snowy Road to Alatornio Church

I took this wintry landscape photo about week ago near Alatornio church in Tornio.

Place: Alatornio church, Tornio, Finland
Photo: Snowy Road to Alatornio Church
Date: 18th of February, 2018

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Shot: 1/400 sec. f/10 85mm ISO 100

Now is midwinter and snowbanks are quite high.

Regards,
Mika

Austrian Motorcyclists On Winter Trip in Finland

There are few motorcyclists here in Finland, who ride also in winter. Today I saw two motorcyclists even weather was quite cold. Almost -20C and also some wind. Anyway these guys were not local. They were on winter trip from Austria!

Place: Hallituskatu, Tornio, Finland
Photos: Winter motorcycling
Date: 3rd of February, 2018

Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

Stop on Hallituskatu, Tornio.

Cheers!

Adventure continues and back to road.

Unfortunately I couldn't talk with the guys. Anyway this kind of motorcycling need some attitude.

Regards,
Mika

Snowland

It's time for the first photo of the year. This time street view from Tornio, where has been lot of snow on this winter. At the moment official depth of snow is 70cm (27.56 inches) and there is still about three months to go on this winter.

Place: Tornio, Finland

Photo: Snowland

Date: 7th of January, 2018

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15

Shot: 1/250 sec. f/2.8 6.1mm ISO 80

Editing: Only cropping.

Happy New Year 2018!!

Regards,

Mika