![]() 09/22/2015 at 14:52 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
I recently flew into Fairbanks for a brief vacation, and spent the week driving around Alaska, sleeping in the back of a Ford Transit Connect, and taking time lapses which I composed into this “car review” below that is not at all about the Ford except for a brief 3 second cameo.
Enjoy!
The Transit Connect is what I would call “perfectly adequate but not spectacular in any way,” and “a minivan, sort of.”
Alaska is what I would call “Fucking amazingly beautiful, like, way more than anyone can explain,” and “a state, sort of.”
![]() 09/22/2015 at 15:55 |
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Great looking photography
![]() 09/22/2015 at 16:00 |
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Thanks!
![]() 09/22/2015 at 17:15 |
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That video is quite purdy!
![]() 09/23/2015 at 16:47 |
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Damn, nice video. Alaska (or the Yukon) is at the top of the list for for my next holiday/vacation time after I go to Lake Placid in a couple of weeks.
What camera are you using for these shots?
![]() 09/23/2015 at 16:49 |
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Thanks! I use a Sony a6000. Night shots use a Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 lense, all the others are the cheapo lens that comes with the camera.
![]() 09/23/2015 at 17:18 |
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Ooh, that gives me hope that I might be able to achieve something similar. I’ve got an NEX-5R, a predecessor to your camera. I’m still rocking the kit 18-55 lens (likely the same as yours) though, I’ll have to pick up something more suitable like that Rokinon or some other wide angle lens.
![]() 09/23/2015 at 17:34 |
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The Rokinon is amazing for astrophotography and anything really low light like the aurora. I swear I had the cheapest camera of all the tourists in Alaska; everyone was walking around with full frame Canon with gyro stabilizing lenses and all sorts of widgets. Way overkill if you ask me.
![]() 11/30/2015 at 16:37 |
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Those time lapses are most excellent! You’ve got the mad skillz sir! Also, I was seriously considering buying a transit for an everyday commuter/cargo vehicle. It just seems so damn practical
![]() 03/04/2016 at 18:13 |
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To bring this into perspective, I would have a longer video shot of you (whom ever) standing at the roads edge.. take a picture then walk back, to the TC open the door, get in, close the door and drive off up the hill..