kit laughlin
Subscriber Member
Hello all,
My thanks to Guy Mancuso for inviting me to join here. We know each other from the Alt DSLR thread at FM. Guy and I were involved at one point in testing the prototype BrightScreen for the Leica R9/DMR combo, and I tested the prototype for the Canon 5D. All water under the bridge now, of course.
I have sold all my Leica glass, and the R9/DMR. Currently I am using a D200 with all the ZFs except the 85/1.4, and hanging on to a D2Hs as a backup until the new camera arrives.
I gave a D3 on order, as well as the 14-24/2.8 and the 24–70/2.8. I have the 80–200/2.8 and, with the ZFs, that pretty much exhausts my needs, lens and focal length-wise, for my shooting assignments. I follow the Robert Capa dictum in this regard...
I am looking forward to new Zeiss ZF glass, and—frankly—I can't wait to get the D3. "Only" 12Mp, but what pixels. The high ISO performance looks incredible, and I very much like Nikon's flash system. And, personally, I feel Nikon's pro body ergonomics are better for me, for fit and layout.
My work varies from architecture to products, with occasional corporate portraiture to leaven the mix. Last assignment was for John Deere, shooting forest harvesting equipment on location and in action, and I have just returned from Vancouver (where I was running a workshop) and shooting a Pilates studio interior for the owner, and some images of stretching exercises using the students there for my next book.
As soon as the next book is finished, I will book on the next workshop GM and colleagues are running—I look forward to sharing a beer and stories with people I have never met, but nonetheless feel close to.
Thanks to all for setting this forum up.
My thanks to Guy Mancuso for inviting me to join here. We know each other from the Alt DSLR thread at FM. Guy and I were involved at one point in testing the prototype BrightScreen for the Leica R9/DMR combo, and I tested the prototype for the Canon 5D. All water under the bridge now, of course.
I have sold all my Leica glass, and the R9/DMR. Currently I am using a D200 with all the ZFs except the 85/1.4, and hanging on to a D2Hs as a backup until the new camera arrives.
I gave a D3 on order, as well as the 14-24/2.8 and the 24–70/2.8. I have the 80–200/2.8 and, with the ZFs, that pretty much exhausts my needs, lens and focal length-wise, for my shooting assignments. I follow the Robert Capa dictum in this regard...
I am looking forward to new Zeiss ZF glass, and—frankly—I can't wait to get the D3. "Only" 12Mp, but what pixels. The high ISO performance looks incredible, and I very much like Nikon's flash system. And, personally, I feel Nikon's pro body ergonomics are better for me, for fit and layout.
My work varies from architecture to products, with occasional corporate portraiture to leaven the mix. Last assignment was for John Deere, shooting forest harvesting equipment on location and in action, and I have just returned from Vancouver (where I was running a workshop) and shooting a Pilates studio interior for the owner, and some images of stretching exercises using the students there for my next book.
As soon as the next book is finished, I will book on the next workshop GM and colleagues are running—I look forward to sharing a beer and stories with people I have never met, but nonetheless feel close to.
Thanks to all for setting this forum up.