Equipment and Tests
What's in my bag and why
When it comes to equipment, I believe that less is more. Until 2003 I carried three camera bodies loaded with different types of film, a 2.8/300mm (which alone weighed in at two and a half kilos) and a ton of other fixed focal lenses. Not anymore! I've had some fun shooting my Nikon equipment with the Canon G9 compact. I can only hope Canon won't mind! Find out what's in my bag and why it's earned its place there.
Nikons 70-300 AFS VR
Being the owner of a Nikkor 80-400 VR (non AFS, over three lbs or 1.5 kg heavy) I was looking forward to laying my hands on Nikons new 70-300 VR (AFS and only half the weight of the 80-400). A light weight 300 mm tele with fast autofocus and VR and the versatile zoom range of 70-300 all in one lens had been on my wish list for a long time. I had the opportunity to test them side by side and decided not to buy it.