The Sports Photo Guy

Check out the new “All About Lenses” article in the lefthand column.  It contains a table of my subjective evaluations of a number of popular lenses for the Nikon system.

Nikon has launched its second entry in the ultra-wide, digital-only (DX) zoom race with the AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 10-24mm/f3.5-4.5G ED.  Is it worth the $900 price tag?

10mm, 1/1000 @ f8, ISO 200

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Pretec 433x 8GB

Pretec’s recently announced 433x cards are now shipping, while Hoodman has upgraded their RAW 280X cards to 300X.  See how they both fared in my real-world tests in the D300.

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The newest crop of SLC cards from most of the smaller card makers have effectively re-centered our test results, raising the bar for the elite group of cards.  Consequently, many cards have been downgraded as the truly fast cards stand out while the older MLC-based cards have dropped to the realm of the also-rans.  New card rankings can be found here.  More info after the jump…

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Camera bags are near and dear to my heart; I’m on a constant quest for the perfect bag for every situation.  Like many other working photographers, I’ve found Think Tank Photo’s bags to be exceptionally well thought-out, flexible, and durable.

Think Tank Photo

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VMI’s Chavis Holmes scores on a reverse layup against Liberty’s Seth Curry in the semi-final round of the 2009 Big South Championships on Thursday, March 5.

Nikon D300, 24-70/f2.8 AF-S, 1/400 @ F2.8, ISO 1100

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Pretec 64GB 666x CF Card

Pretec, masters of the ridiculous in CF card size and outlandish speed claims, have unveiled first 433x and most recently 666x rated CompactFlash cards.

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