I’ve been waiting for this day for seemingly FOREVER – I finally just received a new camera body in the mail, and I couldn’t be more excited!!! This newly released camera – the Canon 5D Mark III – has been rumored for a long time and is truly state of the art. I’ll spare you all of the tech-speak about the various advantages over the other camera bodies out there, but I’m totally excited to use it to give my clients the best images possible (like me, a number of you like the really large prints, and that’s where the benefits really become clear)! I’m also particularly excited about the amazing low-light performance offered by this camera – is anyone else as excited for my next railroad park shoot as I am?!
I do get a lot of questions about equipment, so you may also wonder, what else do I often bring along in my camera bag?
There are two major equipment debates among professional photographers … software (Mac v. PC) and camera/lens equipment (Nikon v. Canon). As far as camera equipment goes, Nikon also makes fine camera bodies and lenses, but I personally am a Canon girl. I only shoot with Canon equipment. When I was in high school my parents gave me a Canon SLR for Christmas (film – high school was a long time ago for me!). I loved it!! I shot so many rolls of film through that thing – oh the money that I invested in film and film processing – it makes me very grateful for digital technology!! When I started using more advanced equipment and became a professional photographer, I decided to stay with Canon because in particular it’s high-end lenses have unrivaled performance in my opinion.
In addition to the Canon 5D Mark III I just received, I also have a Canon 5D Mark I (I decided to forgo the Mark II due to some technical issues reported by others), and also the Canon 7D and Canon 50D, which both have “cropped sensors” (i.e. In cases where the extra 1.4x zoom will be helpful).
As a general matter, I recommend upgrading lenses before upgrading the camera body. The glass itself is what pulls in the light that makes up your images. Here are some of my favorite lenses to work with…
50 mm 1.2 (this lens is my baby!!)
70-200 mm 2.8
24-70 mm 2.8
24 mm 1.2
Fisheye
Of course, the best equipment in the world isn’t worth much if you don’t know how to effectively utilize it, so the single best thing you can do to improve your images (whether you have a “point and shoot” or the latest SLR) is to learn more about using your existing camera and the proper techniques to capture the best images possible!
Okay, enough preaching Renee!!! As you can probably tell, I could talk about all this for a LONG time – but that’s probably more than enough for now…
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I love these!! what a beautiful reminder of such an amazing day… I had such a great time with you all in AZ. already trying to scheme a way to come back!! thank you for coming… loved getting to know you