Lo all,
Now that I'm back from my suspension, for which I blame Photoshop's 'save for web' for giving me a sig size of 60kb even though I set it to optimise for 20kb, I can now tell you all about my exciting weekend.
I'm leading a week long photography shoot for my uni-graduation exhibition; showcasing work produced by the 62 Graphic Design students who have just completed a BA(hons) at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
The head of the Graphics department has very kindly lent me a Nikkor 12-24mm + 2 x SB-800's to go with my existing kit and over the weekend I've been familiarising myself with it all so it at least looks like I know what I'm doing over the next week.
All I can say is WOW. I need to get a super-wide lens and at least two Nikon flashguns. I've been using a Vivitar 283 for some time but going from a full manual FG to Nikons Creative Lighting System is like entering the 21st century from the Dark Ages.
I downloaded a .pdf from Nikons website regarding creative ways of using flash and the possibilities are almost endless!
Also the field of view from 12mm is amazing, more than I thought it was going to be (having never played with a SW before). I was also pleasantly surprised by how little distortion there is considering how wide it is. I think there's more distortion in the 18-200VR at 18mm that then 12-24 at 12mm (although that could be explained by the difference in focal length.
So to go back to my original question: How much could I get for a kidney?
I would settle for a Sigma 10-20mm if I can't get enough for a Nikkor 12-24.
Panzer
Now that I'm back from my suspension, for which I blame Photoshop's 'save for web' for giving me a sig size of 60kb even though I set it to optimise for 20kb, I can now tell you all about my exciting weekend.
I'm leading a week long photography shoot for my uni-graduation exhibition; showcasing work produced by the 62 Graphic Design students who have just completed a BA(hons) at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
The head of the Graphics department has very kindly lent me a Nikkor 12-24mm + 2 x SB-800's to go with my existing kit and over the weekend I've been familiarising myself with it all so it at least looks like I know what I'm doing over the next week.
All I can say is WOW. I need to get a super-wide lens and at least two Nikon flashguns. I've been using a Vivitar 283 for some time but going from a full manual FG to Nikons Creative Lighting System is like entering the 21st century from the Dark Ages.
I downloaded a .pdf from Nikons website regarding creative ways of using flash and the possibilities are almost endless!
Also the field of view from 12mm is amazing, more than I thought it was going to be (having never played with a SW before). I was also pleasantly surprised by how little distortion there is considering how wide it is. I think there's more distortion in the 18-200VR at 18mm that then 12-24 at 12mm (although that could be explained by the difference in focal length.
So to go back to my original question: How much could I get for a kidney?
I would settle for a Sigma 10-20mm if I can't get enough for a Nikkor 12-24.
Panzer
