Antelope Canyon - May 19, 2000.
Film: Kodak Ektachrome Elite 100 slide film.
Dixie National Forest - Oct. 1, 2003.
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E100 GX slide film.
Multnomah Falls - July 19, 2008.
Digital: SanDisk Extreme III CF card.
Iwo Jima Memorial - April 8, 2009.
Digital: SanDisk Extreme III CF card. |
On this page you'll learn what kind of 35mm camera equipment I currently use.
The camera is nothing more than a tool used to record images onto film or a digital sensor. It's how that tool is used by the photographer that makes the differnce as to whether the photograph is a work of art or just a snapshot. It's the eye looking through the viewfinder that sees and takes a good picture. A good or expensive camera just makes it easier to accomplish that end result.
Many, many years ago in a Sunday newspaper magazine section, winning pictures of a photo contest were published. While most of the pictures shown were taken with expensive brand name cameras, it was a Kodak Instamatic camera that was used to take the grand prize photo.
It's the content and composition of elements in the picture that makes it a good photograph, not what kind of camera that was used. When people look at photos, whether they're hanging on a wall, published in a magazine or stored in a photo album, it's the impact that the image makes that draws and holds their attention.
For many years I used Pentax cameras (mostly LX camera bodies) and Pentax lenses. Their lenses were razor sharp and all the photos shown on this web site taken prior to May 2000, were taken with Pentax equipment.
In the early spring of 2000 I decided it was time to start upgrading my equipment to auto focus to make taking pictures a little easier for my aging eyes. I switched over to Nikon cameras and lenses.
Now I've taken my photography one step further. I have switched to capturing my images digitally instead of using film. I resisted the effort to change over, but now after discovering how much easier it is to obtain my final results, I wonder what took me so long. I hate to admit it, but I think shooting digital has made me a better photographer.
I use filters very sparingly. I've always used UV (ultraviolet) filters on my lenses for protection from nature's elements, but switched several years ago to using 81A warming filters to give a slightly warmer color to my transparencies. Since going digital, I have switched back to regular UV filters. I now control color balance and color nuances in post processing programs like Photoshop Elements or Paint Shop Pro.
Another filter I use quite frequently is a polarizing filter to darken the sky and reduce reflections on leaves and water.
Following is a list of equipment I currently use to take my landscape, nature, wildlife, travel and other types of photographs.
Cameras:
Nikon D200 camera body
Nikon D700 camera body (Full frame sensor)
Lenses:
AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 17-35mm F/2.8D IF-ED
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm F/2.8D IF-ED
AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm F/2.8G IF-ED
AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6G IF-ED
AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm F/2.8D
Filters:
Nikkor L37C (ultraviolet) or B+W UV
Nikkor or B+W Circular Polarizer
Accessories:
Nikon SB800 Speedlight w/ remote flash cord
Nikon MC30 electronic cable release
Hoodman HoodLoupe LCD screen magnifier
Tripods:
Bogen 3021 legs with a Kirk BH-1 ball head
Induro C214 legs with a Kirk BH-3 ball head
Camera Bags:
Lowepro Micro Trekker 200 backpack
Lowepro Nature Trekker AW backpack
Lowepro Mini Trekker AW backpack
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