I am amazed every time I tell someone that the Moose / B&H Hotline will save them money, they say, “Really?” This hotline that connects to 7 great folks at B&H who know Moose, his gear and shooting style and ready to help YOU get YOUR gear fast, safely and saving you some money! I don’t see a penny from this, it is simply a service that B&H & I established to help you with your photography. While most see B&H as just a camera store, I know as you will come to learn, they really are all about photography. Call the 800# you see here and give it a try, you won’t be disappointed!
That’s right, for a short time the iMac Retina, MacBook Airbook, and a bunch of other Mac machines are on sale with instant rebates! Now if 6 months ago you would have told me I would be bragging about a MacBook Retina saving my life and I’m posting from a iMac on my desk, I would have told you you’re nuts. But that is the case and it’s working really, really good for me. What listed below is all that is loaded on the MacBook Retina and the most of it is on the iMac. Mac makes it real easy to load them both with the same goodies. So, if you want the fun and speed, here’s an opportunity to do it on the cheap!
If you’re like me, you don’t think they make any difference. We’re wrong! My good friend Brad text not to long ago asking me is I had had any issues shooting the Lexar 1000x in the D4. I said I hadn’t. He went on the tell me he just did for a shoot. When I saw him last, I asked how it all turned out. He said he sent his card to Lexar who returned all his images recovered and a new card. I asked if they said what had happened? They said it was the old firewire reader he used. I couldn’t understand how that could be. I do remember all the USB3 firmware updates for readers but never thought much about it. Doing some research in the matter, I can to learn that the reader does make a difference. In simple layman terms, the only way I can understand it, there is a controller in the reader and a controller in the card. They have to handshake many times during the transfer process and if you’re using an old or cheap controller (reader) with a new, fast controller (card), than it is more than likely they will at some point have an issue handshaking so files get scrambled on the upload. The bottomline, if you’re running new, fast cards, best have USB3 fast readers! I’m running the Lexar USB3 & XQD readers and knock on wood, never had an issue. And that’s your reader trivia for the day.
Another XQD card…why? One of the off beat “things” about the D4 is its two form factor card slots, one being the comfortable CF and the other, brand new XQD. Why? Why mess with what we know works? The bottomline is speed, the CF has reached just about the fastest it’s going to get (1000x). And as we all know, photographers want speed! Another big issue are the pins that the CF cards connect to inside the camera body. If you’re not a company like Nikon or Lexar that sees all the problems bent pins brings, you wouldn’t undertand it’s a design that has seen its day. This among a bunch of other reasons is why XQD is here. Bigger in size of SD, smaller than CF, no pins with potential incredible speed, the new form factor was incorporated into the D4. And there must be more coming because now Lexar has introduced their 1100x XQD card. I am often asked if I use the XQD slot. You bet! On the D4, it is the video slot and for stills, it’s the overflow slot. Is the Lexar 1100x really faster than the Sony 1000x? It is by a heartbeat so why buy it? Lexar stands behind their product! I’ve had so many folks tell me their card went corrupt and they sent it back to Lexar who recovered the images and returned a new card. That’s just pretty damn impressive and why I use Lexar. The new XQD does a great job, been shooting it for a month, retiring the Sony that came with the D4.
When it comes to winners, I think I am with this contest as I was rewarded with more great images and stories than I ever thought possible! But when it comes to images, the Grand Prize Winner receiving the brand new D600 is Cipriano who’s image truly captured everything about the contest in one click and paragraph. Congratulations!!!
(c) Karen Warnberg
And the winner of the Lexar SD 400x cards is Karen with this really well done photo of frost!
I truly wish I had a hundred more prizes to hand out because I felt there were a hundred winners! I can’t thank all you enough for sharing your photographs and stories with all of us and hope to encourage you to continue to do so the whole year! Thanks again!
The video is almost a year old, amazing how times flys. Also how sometimes gear comes and go and sometimes stays the same. It’s a two hour video and it covers my thoughts about gear purtty darn well. You got the time, I think there might be something in there for you.
