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CamerasI have three 35mm bodies, all Nikons: an F5, an F80 and F801. The F5 is my favourite and I'm thinking about selling the F80. I could never bring myself to part with my F801, though, as it was a twenty-first birthday present and got me started in photography.But the big news is that at long last, I've finally gone digital. After much deliberation, I recently bought myself a D700. I have to confess I am very impressed by what I've seen and read about the D3X, but at around A$13,000, I'll have to save my pennies. In the meantime, I chose the D700 because it delivers the image quality of the D3 in a more compact package, and eventually, if I do upgrade to a higher MP body, it will provide an ideal backup. LensesIn the last few years my lens lineup has had something of a refresh. In currently consists of AFS 17-35mm f2.8, AF 60mm f2.8 Micro, AF 80-200mm f2.8, AF 200mm f4 Micro, AFS 300mm f4 and the TC14EII and TC17EII. The most recent addition is the 200mm f4 Micro. I've been experimenting with close up and macro photography and it's something I'd like to do more of, so hopefully soon I'll have some images of sufficient quality to publish on the site. I traded in my AF 24mm f2.8 on the 17-35mm and my old AF 300mm f4 on the AFS version (and replaced the tripod collar with the Kirk version). I also bought the TC14EII and TC14EII to complement the 300mm for the trip to Antarctica. My oldest lenses are the AF 60mm Micro f2.8 and AF80-200mm f2.8. The 80-200mm is still one of my favourites, but I think the 17-35mm and 200mm Micro are going to give it a run for its money.TripodI use an Arca Swiss B1 and a Gitzo 3540LS. I replaced the top plate on the Gitzo with a Kirk FP-300 and the slightly awkward Arca Swiss lever top plate with a Really Right Stuff B2PROII clamp. My camera bodies have L brackets from Kirk, which make vertical format shots a breeze.Film & filtersI use ISO 50 Fuji Velvia almost exclusively. Having recently converted to digital, I can see a time when I'll no longer be using film at all. That said, I still have a few bricks of Velvia in the freezer. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of filters for colour photography, especially given what's possible in post-processing via Photoshop or Capture NX2. I occasionally use a polariser or a grad ND and that's it. I use Lee filters.Digital DarkroomMy scanner is a Nikon Coolscan V. I run Photoshop CS2 on a Dell Latitude D820 running 2.2GHz Duo processors with 2GB of 667MHz RAM. As my PC is a laptop, I've got it hooked up to a Dell 20 inch flat panel via a DVI connection. The monitor is profiled using Pantone's OptiCAL and Spyder. I've recently acquired Capture NX2 and am getting myself up to speed. I hear very good things about Silver Efex Pro, and will probably add that to my software kitbag at some stage in the future. |
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