I Love Gear!

Unless you've never had a conversation with me, you know that I'm a nerd and I love technology! If you say, "hey, what's that black boxy thingy you point and people that makes clicking noises?" you're about to enjoy some gear information overload. Almost as much as I love actually taking pictures, I love GEAR! You will notice that I've got a gear tab up top there and that leads you to some neat hints and helps when looking for gear. I've amassed in my head a working knowledge of Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Hasselblad, Mamiya and a few other brands' cameras and lenses. As well as some miscellaneous accessories and fun gear like that. This sort of thing is fun for me! 


So here's some facts. My current camera is the Nikon D7000:

Nikon D7000 (Body Only)

I love it! This is one amazing camera. From the moment I first read the articles announcing it I was hooked. I only recently finally got mine after borrowing a friend's for a great deal of my work. Going to this from the larger, more expensive D300 was actually quite a step up. With 16 megapixels and 25,600 iso and under the $1,500 mark there is no surprise that it was so hard to get when it came out.  


I shoot with a few different lenses: 

Nikon 16-35mm f/4G ED VR II 

This lens is perfect, tack sharp and wide. I love editing images from it because there is absolutely ZERO color aberration. No purple fringing, no blue haze, just perfect. It's the sharpest zoom lens Nikon makes. 

Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G Lens

I can't imagine a photographer not having a 50mm lens in their arsenal. Well, my sister doesn't, but that's because she has an 85mm f/1.4D. Which is brilliant. There is also a new update from Nikon for it, the Nikon 85mm f/1.4G, now with nano coating for less color aberration. 

Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR

This one I borrow from my sister, I'll likely get the new one when I can afford it. Very sharp, very good, very fun. I love it. 

I won't go into all of my miscellaneous gear in this one post. There's so much I could talk about but here are two things I can't live without: 

Nikon SB-700 Speedlight

My flash, I replaced my SB-600 with this little beauty. I've discovered that I get a lot more shots out of my Eneloop batteries with the new SB700 and it is quite a bit easier to manage settings on the fly as well with its easy off, on, remote, master switch and quick dial. 

SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro SDHC Memory Card

It doesn't matter how much equipment you have or what you've spent to get it, if your card fails it's all useless! So I went with the Sandisk Extreme Pro line of SD cards. They are the fastest SD cards on the market and reliable as the day is long! I keep two of them in my camera at all times (the D7000 has two card slots!), it lets me shoot an entire wedding without having to pull a card out of my camera. The leading cause of data loss is... losing the card itself! I never have to worry about that because my two cards are ALWAYS in my camera and I never have to switch them out. I'll hit almost 2,000 images on the pair of cards. That's a good day of shooting!

Anyhow, I hope you have enjoyed my gear thoughts. I sure enjoyed making this post! Check out my Gear page for more in-depth (and categorized) gear recommendations. And remember, any item you purchase via a link on this page or the gear page will go toward my next fantastic gear purchases! Many thanks and more to come!