Gear Talk

Okay, I’m going let it out of the bag right now.  The new Nikon 70-200mm F4 is fantastic!  I have now been shooting this lens for a few weeks, shot everything from indoor basketball games in low light to stomping bison in Yellowstone, and I have been very impressed. I base my evaluation on field Read More

I love using my Elinchrom Quadras.  Compact, lightweight and powerful, they are the perfect solution between speedlights and the larger Elinchrom Rangers.  And now they just got a whole lot better! Elinchrom just released a new lithium battery for the Quadra, and it is very impressive.  Why?  How about 1 inch shorter, over two pounds Read More

I just returned from shooting images in Canada for an upcoming editorial story, and had a chance to photograph one of my favorite birds, the Atlantic Puffin.  Since I have shot about every subject with my D800, I thought it might be a nice choice for wildlife as well. Granted, a D4 would be better Read More

The rivers are running in Colorado right now, but it is going to be a short season with little snow left to melt in the mountains.  I was working with my  main kayaking ‘model’ yesterday, Patrick, as he looped in a play spot on the Poudre river.  The D800 did a great job of catching Read More

I’m in Ireland right now, I have been teaching a workshop for Strabo Tours.  We have toured the green Irish countryside, sampled pub life, and even had a day of horse racing.  I decided to make the D800 my primary travel camera and put it through the paces..slow hand held shooting, high ISO indoor shooting, Read More

I have one thing to say about the D800…incredible!  I have been shooting one  for 10 days, and I’m impressed.  Why? 36MP and very good noise performance at 1600, generally about as high as I shoot.  But what I have really enjoyed is using one lens, my 24-120mm, and cropping down images if needed to Read More

Recently I had the chance to see a new iPhone app in action, and knew I needed to get it.  Elinchrom makes an app for both the iPhone and iPad that can control Elinchrom Quadras and other RX heads from the device.  The cool part of this is you use the Elinchrom wifi transmitter to Read More

Camera technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down.  Just look at Nikon’s latest releases, one camera that can focus almost in the dark and shoot 10FPS(D4), and another camera that is 36MP (D800).  Not to mention their incredible video abilities.  I was reminded of this on a recent Read More

I have been using some new gear lately that folks might be interested in. First is the Lastolite Strobo Kit.  If you shoot speedlights, you are going to want this.  There are a lot of nice accessories for speedlights these days, but what is nice about this kit is all that it includes.  The kit Read More