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Answer:
I am glad that the information was helpful and that you liked my pictures.
The 2 pictures that you referred to are both taken with a 24mm lens. The
ocean image is from the Turks and Cacaos Islands in the Caribbean and the
sand dunes are from the Namib Desert in Namibia, Africa.
I use Nikon Equipment and at one time or another I must have owned every lens
that they have made. What I would recommend as a basic "starting
package" (this is what I use most of the time is): Nikon F4s camera body
- this doesn't focus as fast as the F5, but since I rarely (almost never) use
the autofocus this doesn't matter to me. The 3-D metering on the F5 is really
good and you can depend on it only if you are
shooting print film. If you are shooting slides the exposure is
more crucial, with the F5's meter you are never really sure what it is seeing
or what it "thinks" it is seeing. But you can always turn the 3-D
Matrix metering off and just use the center weighted meter, which is what I
use on the F4s. You should be able to buy a used F4s (they are discontinued)
that is in excellent condition for about half of the cost of a new F5.
For lenses: 24mm F2.8 this is a great lens, but takes some time to get use to
how it sees the picture space. It is almost impossible to pre-visualize what
a scene will look like with this lens, unless you look through your
viewfinder. 28 - 70mm F3.5-4.5(?) pretty good lens, although all wide angle
zooms are prone to lens flare. I use this lens quite a bit. Don't get the
28-80 it will vignette just with a polarizing filter. The third lens I would
get, is the lens that I use most of the time, the 80-200mm F2.8 I would also
get some extension tubes, you can use these on both of the zoom lenses.
Rather than getting the 60 or the 105 macro (micro) lens. I have both of
these lenses, but more often than not I end up using the extension tubes.
All of this really depends on the type of subject matter that you shoot, if
you shoot subject that are similar to what is on my web site then the above
list is what you should go for.
The lenses that I own right now are: 16mm F2.8, 18mm F2.8, 20mm F2.8, 24mm
F2.8, 28mm F2.8, 28mm perspective control, 35mm F2, 60mm F2.8 macro, 105mm
F2.8 macro, 300mm F4, 400mm F5.6, 28-70mm F3.5-4.5, 80-200mm F2.8, 150-500mm
F5.6 (TOKINA ATX).
I also have a complete Pentax 6x7 system (45mm to 400mm) but I haven't used
it regularly in nearly 7 years. For the type of work that I do, 35mm works
just fine. (I have had images that have been on highway billboards) Besides
it is much easier to use and cheaper, and a lot cheaper on film and
processing costs. If you only want to make large prints of your material,
then the 6x7 route is the way to go.
I hope that this advice helps you in your equipment selection. If you have
any more questions that you would like me to answer, just ask!
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