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What a great couple. Matt was super nervous but hey, it’s a big day and Elaine is a great girl. It seems like they are going to be happy for a long long time. There are a lot of photos so I’m just going to post one of Elaine and Matt and link to a few more.

http://www.i2istudios.com/blog/index.php?topic=61.0

Yeah… I’m pleased with this shot.

Ok, I will never again do this shot.

This is the result after we removed the flowers!

This is the culprit!  The florist normally remove the pollen in the StarGazers but sometimes they open up during the wedding and the florist couldn’t do anything about it.

We got it cleaned off thankfully, but it wasn’t coming off for a while!

I revisited this photo from my trip to the SanDiego Zoo and cleared up the floating particles before the wedding today, expect some photos in a bit!

I have referred to Bjorn’s lens testing time and time again, he has already gotten his paws on this Nikon acclaimed fantastic lens. He gave the new 24-70mm lens a 5/5 review, which is awesome, way to go Nikon! Please follow the link below and read up on this most excellent (and expensive lens).

http://www.naturfotograf.com/lens_zoom_02.html#AFS24-70FX

Ok, so I gave in, Jackie, you’re to blame. (but I’m not too mad). I canceled the orders for the D300 and ordered the D3. Reasons why I choose to go the D3 route over the D300 (reasons why I choose the D300 still stand and apply here too) …

• Cash flow, I broke out the calculator and worked out that it’s in the budget (sort of)…
• Super low noise at super high ISO, no longer will I hesitate that the bride and groom are standing in he shadow at the alter, going up to ISO 6400 will be just fine.
• Being able to adjust front/back focusing on an individual lens is awesome, so the lens is just a bit off, no need to send it into the manufacturer to get it adjust, just do it yourself in the camera, that rocks!
• Full Frame and being able to go WIDE, I might have to become a landscape photog to utilize the big sensor.

I’ve never even held a D2x or any pro camera body with built in vertical grip so this is bit of a jump, but I’m willing to take the risk but from what the reviews have had to say, it’s amazing!

Based on the specifications I do have one concern right now, something that has really helped me in the D200 were the on demand gridlines that can be turned on and off. The D300 continues this feature. Looking at the specifications on dpreview.com, it is not a menu option, most likely I would need to replace the focusing screen to get these on demand gridlines. I’m going to give the stock screen a try and switch if need be but I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that I can take a straight photo. One thing that the D3 has is a built in level that you can see on the rear lcd and in the viewfinder so let’s cross our fingers shall we?

So now the long wait begins, let’s hope we have less than 30 days till I get it. I’ll keep you posted with any new updates from field test that I can find.

OH, what’s this, a replacement for “The Beast”? If you are unfamiliar with “The Beast”, the beast is the Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8D. It’s a pretty good lens that weights about 43 lbs, serious! Ok, not really, but this lens has been redesigned and engineered for edge to edge sharpness on the D3 full frame camera. I had “The Beast” once and I put it up against the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8. The Tamron was sharper than “The Beast” oddly enough, :bizarre:.

So what’s the significance of this lens? I ordered one to give it a go and see how it does. :)  It better be fantastic, the 28-75mm Tamron F2.8 that will work on a full frame camera is already up on ebay.