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I had my first experience with emergency field repair to photography equipment while photographing the fireworks on New Years. Had to trek two miles to get to the beach from the lack of parking. Somewhere along the way, one of the bolts holding a tripod leg onto the frame fell out, and led to a panicked second or two while setting up. Luckily, my pen was the perfect diameter to take the place of the missing bolt. Phew! Lesson learned: preform periodic inspections and maintenance of your equipment! Was out last night at 2:30am trying to get shots of the Quadrantids meteor shower. Did not go well. The supposed peak of 100/hr at 3am was woefull

I have a new shiny! and it's...SHINY!!! Last week SazzyShortness (otherwise known as my girlfriend) got me a Nikon D7000. Holy crap. I have been saving up for the D90 for so long, something better came out. Literally. The D90 was announced August of 2008. I have been saving for that thing since it was a rumor floating around the Nikonians web page. Now I have it, only better! /nerdyhappydance Remember when I said the N6006 had more bells and whistles than I knew what to do with? This takes the cake. The SERVICE manual on my truck is thinner than the OWNER's manual on this D7000. The bells and whistles have bells and whistles. I now have lunc

Ok, I apparently have not updated here since June of...2009?!? Seriously??? Wow, I know I've been busy but, wow. Well, update time. I have lost the Canon, pretty sure a co-worker stole it, but I have no proof. That was a while ago. Today, I bought a Nikon N6006 body. A 35mm introduced in 1990, it has more bells and whistles than I know what to do with. This camera is a welcome upgrade to the N4004s. Major improvements like F-stop and shutter speed display screens, remote shutter release, and continuous auto-focus are awesome. Matrix-metering sounds awesome, I can't wait to figure out how that works. This camera is so minty, it comes with th