Got a gear question you want/need answered? I want to help and answer it. Send your gear questions to me at Gear Questions and I’ll do my best every Wednesday (use the search to check past answers). Keep in mind the answers are just my $.02 worth and you have to take what works for you and your photography and embrace it and ignore the rest. And if you want to comment, head to my FaceBook page. So here’s this weeks questions …. Oh … and you have NO idea how I wanted to pull a April Fools joke!
Moose,
thanks for all your fascinating publications and articles, pity I can’t meet you in London on your visit but I hope you enjoy your visit.Question: Later this year I will have enough money spare to update some of my gear. At present I have one each of Nikon D2X & D2S bodies. I would love to update the one of the D2’s to a D3/D3S…which D2 would you replace and which D3 do you consider the best Value for Money (VFM). Also I have a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 WITHOUT the OS which I would like to upgrade to a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR. The question is…which would be the best upgrade for VFM …… the body or the lens. My interests are wildlife/Landscape/Macro and some Still Life. Also, if I get the D3…where can I find your basic settings for the D3, which I seem to remember was published on your website but now seems to have disappeared.
Many regards and keep up the wildlife work
Brian (Scotland)
Brian … darn good and very interesting question I can honestly say, I’ve not been asked before. I guess if it were me, I’d stick with the D2x and go with the D3s. Now when it comes to body over lens, I’ll always select the lens. Sorry you can’t join us in London this month but we’ll be back. Thanks for the kind words!
Hey Moose. It’s Ron in Nebraska…again.
With both Spring and the Sandhill Crane migration finally full-on here in Nebraska, Cindy and I headed out to the Central Platte Valley yesterday to shoot ‘em up. I came back with 542 raw files on my D810, and therein lies the problem. I thought that daylight savings time would be over by the time my inexpensive card reader got them all onto my computer! I’m thinking I need to invest in some enhanced technology and see high speed readers etc. advertised but really don’t know much about this area. With these new, higher pixel count Nikons, do you have any thoughts or recommendations for getting images shot with these new models downloaded in a reasonable period of time?
RLJ
Ron … I’m on the Platt as you read this, such a wonderful place! First, Photo Mechanic is the fastest at sucking in images. Everything else is just slow in comparison. When it comes to readers, first choice is the Lexar Thunderbolt and second is their Multi Reader. If you’re using Lightroom to bring images in, there is nothing that will speed that up except using another program!