Presents on 4th of July?
Well, I got one, the Nikon D3… and I know this is old news for most people, but this camera is really something else. Everything that has been said about this beautiful camera is true. Shooting with both a D300 and a D2X for over a year, I have been pretty lucky to use so great equipment. But the D3 really is a step above when it comes to focus speed/accuracy, depth of field, of course incredible ISO, and also dynamic range. I just love it.
I left for Cincinnati for some family business when purchasing this bad boy, so I wasn’t going to be home for when it arrived… neither was my roommate. So I had to call friends, have them leave notes for the postal guy, get them to pick up the camera, and jump through hoops to make sure I could have it for the holiday weekend, and my upcoming trip to Park City, Utah for the softball tournament I am going to be covering for the next three weeks. I returned to Denver on the 3rd, late, but my friend who had the camera was in Breckenridge, so I had to wait till the following day to get it. I shot softball with my D2X that morning, and continued to dream of my soon to be D3.
Upon receiving it, we all went to a 4th of July BBQ, which I took pictures of pretty much everything I saw, using only my 50mm f/1.4. The steering wheel, cars on the road, chips and salsa… It was out of control. (this was at 5000 ISO btw.)
Then the festivities began, and I started to shoot real things.
After the BBQ, I was dropped off at the CO Rapids game with some friends for soccer and fireworks, taking my 17-55 f/2.8 DX lens to prepare for the show. Too bad they had technical difficulties and prolly only shot 25% of the display they had planned, but I still got something usable out of it. I cant wait to shoot some weddings and really unleash this sucker.
