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Subject: Re: [OM] Unofficial Official Wedding Photographer...
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:34:52 -0500
  That's great Ken. I wish them a long and happy marriage.

Charlie

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This weekend we went to Michigan to see my 81 year old father get married.
> It was a great time for all, and it was the first time in 16 years that all
> of us siblings were together in once place at the same time.
>
> I looked around and didn't see any photographer.  Not that I really
> expected
> one, but thought it a nice thing to ask. He said, nope. Would you like me
> too?  PLEASE!!! So, I quickly went out, grabbed my camera bag but realized
> I
> left all my flash gear at home.  Oldest brother is also a professional
> photographer and did have a couple of SB800 flashes with Omnibounces, so I
> borrowed one of them, set it on Auto, set the camera on manual and was
> instantly in business.
>
> Later, we did handful of group shots and I did borrow his Nikon for that as
> everybody knows that pixels matter--and in this case where we had over 100
> people in the group shot, the 5mp E-1 was way outclassed.
>
> End result is a nice bit of coverage--a little more sparse than normal
> paying wedding coverage of giddy teenagers, but all the critical stuff
> covered.
>
> So, the nutshell of this story is that I got to spend some quality time
> with
> some latest/greatest Nikon gear. I have two thoughts that come to mind:
> First thought is that the Nikon gear is REALLY nice and the autofocus is a
> dream. Second thought is that when it comes down to brass tacks, a camera
> is
> a camera is a camera. If I can't be successful with the lowly E-1, I'm not
> going to be successful with the Nikon. But, I was dutifully impressed and
> am
> aware of why Nikon is #1 right now.
>
> AG (Brady Bunch) Schnozz
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