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With the D3 coming and Sandisk offering a triple rebate of $160 for 3 Extreme IV 8GB cards, I snatched them up quick. The file sizes and the writting speed that the D3 needs will work great. I plan on having two 8GB cards sitting in the D3 at all times while shooting say a wedding, I should be able to shoot all the formals, ceremony, and reception without changing cards. The 3rd 8GB card is for backup of the first 2 should anything should happen, I have backup. That is the key for a wedding isn’t it? Having backup and using the best equipment available to capture that moment.
How often I go for the best equipment, say when the D4 comes out in 3 years I don’t know, but I’m sure that it will be so good that I can’t wait to get that camera and repeat this whole process over again. 
I’m giving this software a go with their 15 day free trail. I have 331 GB worth of images to backup that I want to keep safe, the traditional 1TB backup drives available are expensive and can melt in a fire along side my PC which defeats the purpose. This company offers unlimited storage for $49.99, cheaper if yo sign up for their 2 year deal. Last night I installed it and gave it a go, it uploaded 1.3GB of data over an 8 hour period. If I left it on and if was uploading for 24 hours straight, it would take 68.958 days to upload my images! Now that’s using a very small sample size, I’ll get a better feel as the days go on about how I feel the uploading is going. I do feel better that I am backing up my very important photos. The good thing is is that it recognizes new folders for upload and sends them to Carbonite automatically, the bad thing is that it might take 2 months for it to get done.
I also did look at protectmyphotos.com which seems to be a better service, you can view folders online, upload from many computers, they have 2 locations to do mirror backups etc. the problem is that their “unlimited storage” is limited to 40GB. I don’t know how they can say it’s unlimited when it’s not but who am I to judge. I did email their customer service group and they got back to me saying that they could not service my needs unfortunately.
Carbonite it is for now, updates when I can.
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).
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) …
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.
Well I have done it, well pre-ordered 2 of them anyways.
Initially I thought that I wouldn’t order it, my D200s do a great job but as with the advancement of technology electronics get better with time.
The features that interest me most.
I shoot at higher ISO a lot during the wedding ceremony because of no flash allowed and the low light( receptions are no problem). All of my lenses are f/2.8 covering zoom ranges from 17mm-200mm so I’m shooting at as wide open as I can for the most part.
I have been extremely happy with the D200 and that is why I am confident that the D300 will absolutely ROCK. Though my first D200 I preordered and did have the banding issue but I’m sure Nikon tested the hell out of these for that problem so they won’t happen again.
The Nikon D200 focusing sensor works just fine but knowing that I could get the best focusing sensor that Nikon makes would really be excellent.
I’d love to get the Nikon D3, I really would, but at this point in my career, it’s not practical or economical.
I’ll certainly keep you all updated when the first batch arrives in November.
Well as you can see above, I melted an SB-800. Above are 2 of my SB-800s, a normal one of the left and the melted one on the right. During the reception last night the wedding party was having a hell of a good time and I was taking a lot of photos and a very short time period. Now I have a Quantum 2×2 powerpack hooked up to both flashes at the same time and as you can see, the excessive heat caused it to bubble up. Without the powerpack, a flash cannot do this, there is enough recharge time that you cannot over heat the flash head but when using the high-voltage cord, this can happen as you can see here. I have only heard of discoloration due to excessive heat but mine looks to be pretty clear still. This shouldn’t effect any shots as I bounce almost everything. I don’t know how much it will cost to replace but you can see that the was not damaged in vain.
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