Gear

Fire at night

May 24, 2011

Nothing special, just amazed, again, at the quality of the files I can get from this D3. This was ISO 6400…after sunset, only a little twilight and light from the trucks to illuminate the scene.

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Gear for Sale

March 8, 2011

This time last year I was selling off all my old Canon gear, to fund my switch to Nikon. This year, I’m selling most of my personal Nikon gear, to fund other Nikon gear. I just got a new kit full of great professional bodies and lenses for work, so the gear I used as [...]

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New Gear

February 25, 2011

Got new gear at work today. Instead of using my own D700 and D300, my kit now consists of a new D3s and a D3. Once the batteries were charged, I cranked up the D3s to ISO 6400 and snapped this shot. Zero noise reduction in post processing. I think this is the beginning of [...]

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FOR SALE: Nikon 35mm f/2

June 27, 2010

When I sent my 24-70 f/2.8 into Nikon for a little clean and check, I needed something to cover the wide end while it was in the shop. I bought this beauty of a lens, the Nikon 35mm f/2. It is an autofocus prime lens, with a large maximum aperture. It’s sharp, too. But, I’ve [...]

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My Old Man’s Old Minolta

April 27, 2010
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Last night, I inherited my dad’s old 35mm Minolta SRT 102. According to some of the reviews I found online, the SRT 102 was one of the finest cameras produced by Minolta back in the day. It featured a 1/60 flash sync speed, a Mirror Lock Up function, and a tiny prism under the viewfinder [...]

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