Oops, I forgot to say welcome to Lauren & Atl photo. Did you guys just happen to show up at the same time or are you a packaged deal? Atl, there are more people shooting with rebels and 300's than you might think.
I need to move to a 400 but can't do that right now w/o selling the 300...And I love my 300 to death so it is a tough call...
And one more thing, I've been so busy the last few weeks I can't remember where I last left you guys on our move. We close on our house on the 31st (Chattanooga) and close on our house in Franklin (just a tick south of Nashville) on the 14th. Everything is just cruising along, just waiting for days to click by.
So, By the middle of August life should start returning to normal. I'm hopeful that I will get to shoot at Nancy's new school (her new principal said that she was a photography buff and had just bought a canon DSLR of some flavor so I can't wait to meet her) so football friday's should be here soon.
Also, and finally, next week should finally be slow enough for me to get my cameras out of their hiding place. I plan on doing a preliminary scouting trip to the zoo to see if it is worthwhile setting up an event. Maybe early fall when it starts to cool but before the colors start turning.
Anyway, that's the news that there is for now, Mark
To soften the blow - i already have a Nikon. If I wanted to shoot with Nikon - I can. I don't. No offense to anyone - as I know people get used to a certain thing about a camera and stay with it or go back to it - 'cause it feels like home to them.
If Oshkosh goes as expected and without any glitches - I'm staying put exactly where I am. With Canon.
The shakeup will be in the lens category - not the platform. Somewhere between 400 and 800... and I'll be selling a few to make room. The brand new Mark III may be on the block as well.
JB, you aren't playing nice... You weren't supposed to kill ANY speculation so that the guesses could continue... I want some more folks to jump in. Closest guess wins free pizza from Joey's pizzeria in Brentwood. I figure if I can't get you guys up here to shoot just for shootings sake, I will throw out a wanton bribe of really good pizza...
I was just teasing I knew JB wasn't a Nikon guy! And I also knew he was strictly against switching platforms...I was just stirring the pot a little...couldn't help myself!
What i dont understand about people who jump ship between the two is, if you commit to a manufacturer such as i have and then acquire a bunch of glass.... what exactly are you jumping ship for? it doesn't really add up to me. glass is glass, you can get great lenses from both manufacturers so you can technically take similarly framed photos. so again jumping between is silly unless you want a High iso performer right this very exact second so that you can use your slower lenses ? i duno i'd say wait wait wait... we ware so early in the DSLR game its not even funny. Look at the advancement since 1995, look at the prices of the old EOS DCS3, imagine paying 18,000 for a 1.3 megapixel camera! Later in 2000 only 8 years ago the D30 was out with 3 megapixelsand the 1DS came out in 2002 with 11 mega pixels.
Basically the way I seen cameras right now is, they are sort of the PC industry in the early 90's, huge bounds and gains were made up and through 2000. The same thing will happen with these sensors and Computer SLR's , because a digital slr really is just a computer. they'll get faster, more powerful, use less power, have amazing ISO performance that will make any lens a beast. just wait and see or go chase that current ISO king only to regret it in a few months.
That last shot scares me... its not the photographer - its the photgraphee!
Great shots there Jon!
I'm with you to a degree on switching platforms - though I'm not convinced anyone even at the pro level should switch. At that level they should acquire both. Buy up the lenses they want to use and then buy 1 pro Mark IIIx body for their favorite platform and then a couple of prosumer cameras like a 40D and a D300 to have handy for everything else. That way all the bases are covered.
For people who aren't being paid a living wage from photography - and the national average income of "pro photogs" is $28,000.00 in the United States (PPA 2006 survey) - then buying one platform and buying the best, fastest glass you can afford is the only thing that makes any sense at all. If someone isn't making 28 grand or above from their photography - they shouldn't be having this conversation in the first place... unless they are just shooting the breeze - in which case - go at it by all means. (do i need to put my "opinion" disclaimer here - )
OK - for Mark and his Pizza Plan - who comes closest to figuring out the move gets the pizza. We know it probably isn't (but might be - depending on Oshkosh) a platform change... So which three lenses, and which of the three camera bodies are most likely to go - and what will replace them?
Tracey and Mark - now that Chattanooga seems to be the more centrally located area than downtown ATL - a reminder - the Robben Ford free concert is Aug. 22nd at the park near the river. We are definitely going and I don't know if they allow cameras - but if they do - I'll have mine. I've been listening to Ford for a long time and he is one of the best blues guitar players I've ever heard - and i love the blues better than anyone i know.
I say the 100-400, the 300 2.8, and the 24-105 go, and he gets a 400. If he can talk himself into it, he'll sell the 1DMkIII and get a 1DsMkIII, or even a 1DsMkII. My money is on him not switching to Nikon even if the MkIII misbehaves - he'll just get a MkII - he doesn't make over $28K (that I know) on photography every year, and he knows Nikons have horrible noise at high ISOs, so he'll just back down to a DsMkII or upgrade to a DsMkIII.
There's my bet. I'll take my payment in Felini's, please. And a pitcher of 420.
I knew JB wasn't a Nikon guy! And I also knew he was strictly against switching platforms...I was just stirring the pot a little...couldn't help myself!
