new camera + lens...money no object!!

[ca7696]

well, money is somewhat of an object!!! Ive been reading a lot of threads and thinking . If someone gave you a $15,000 gift card good for camera equipment only, what camera and lens and acessories would you get???

[trashytrucker]

Thats Easy!

Canon 1d mkIII or 5d mkII
all Canon glass:
16-35mm/2.8L,
24-70mm/2.8L
70-200mm/2.8L
EF 400mm/2.8L or
100-400mm/4.5-5.6L
1.4X TC
50mm 1.8 or 1.4 (1.8 is fine)
580 EX II Speedlite

And Gary Fong LightSphere...Get the collapsible, will fit neat in your bag.
http://store.garyfonginc.com/

And ...If you have any $$ left over, get yourself a good camera bag.
http://www.tamrac.com/

I like spending other peoples money for what I want! (LOL)

TrashyTrucker

[coffee]

The 1ds mark3 and 800mm 5.6.

[RRRoger]

Nikon D3X 1st and D3s 2nd
Nikkor 200f/2 1st and 17-35f/2.8 2nd

I have the rest of the cameras and lens I need or want.

[jerryph]

Best camera on the martket today...

Nikon D3s and the Holy Trinity of lenses:
Nikkor 14-24
Nikkor 24-70
Nikkor 70-200
... and you'd have several thousand dollars left over to take a nice vacation with! :D

There is NO other camera out there on the market that can take a cleaner ISO 6400 picture. This camera goes up to ISO 102,400 (thats NO typo!), and has a reputed cleaner picture at ISO 102.400 than the current D700/D3 at 25,600!!

If that is true, this is incredible. For an example, this is an ISO 6400 and ISO 25,600 picture from my D700:

ISO 6400:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/3142794536_1f80259cb5.jpg

ISO 25,600:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3454174957_0cc87b296a.jpg


http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/23422/nikon-d3s-review/

9fps at FX, 11fps at DX. I would wait though... this camera is not going to be available for a while. With the Olympics around the corner, all the photographers are pre-ordering and paying in full to get their hands on this camera. Also I know the Canadian military has ordered 5000 of these cameras, and rumor has it that the US military is ordering 3-4 times more.

They are going to be in short supply for a while... but then again, it is the best, for now.


Little note that should be obvious, though... its not the camera that makes good pictures. I know two people who use Nikon D3 cameras, and after several months of ownership, neither could take a clear picture to save their lives (and I am being kind here too). ;)

[mrdoug]

best camera on the martket today...

Nikon d3s and the holy trinity of lenses:
Nikkor 14-24
nikkor 24-70
nikkor 70-200
... And you'd have several thousand dollars left over to take a nice vacation with! :d
Amen... In Jesus' name!