Equipment used (items in bold represent my latest setup):
- Nikon D800 - my current model (D850 coming soon)
- Nikon D7000
- Nikon D700 - first truly inspiring digital version Nikon put out
- Nikon D300
- Nikon D200
- Pentax K-1000 (film) - fun times using film (now obsolete)
Manual & Automatic Lenses:
- Voigtlander 125mm f2.5 APO Lanthar Macro 1:1 (my most favorite manual lens)
- Nikon 85mm f1.4 AF-S manual portrait lens (amazing glass from 1980s)
- Zeiss 25mm f2.8 ZF
- Nikon AF-S 70-200mm VR II
- Nikon AF-S 200mm f2G VR (my best portrait lens, although heavy and bulky)
Converters/Flash/Filters:
- Nikon TC14-E ii (1.4x magnification with aspherical elements)
- Nikon SB600 24-85mm range flash unit (recharges quickly)
- Filters - too many to list…
Legacy lenses of the past used with various Nikon systems:
- Nikon AF-S 14-24mm
- Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f2.8 DX
- Nikon AF-S 16-35mm f4G VR, super sharp
- Voigtlander 20mm f3.5 SLII (nice & super light)
- Nikon AF-S 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 DX VR I
- Zeiss ZF 25mm f2.8
- Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f2.8
- Nikon AF-D 50mm f1.8
- Nikon AFS G 50mm f1.4
- Nikon AF-D 85mm f1.8
- Nikon AF-D 85mm f1.4 (great where light is scarce)
- Nikon AF-S 85mm f1.4
- Zeiss ZF 85mm f1.4
- Zeiss ZF 100mm f2 MACRO (great glass)
- Nikon AF-D 105mm f2 DC (super for portraits & creative exposures)
- Nikon AF-D 135mm f2 DC
- Voigtlander 180mm f4 APO
- Nikon AF-S 80-200mm f2.8 (used on Disney on Ice set)
- Sigma OS 120-300mm f2.8 OS, latest effort from Sigma
- Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S nice but lack of VR is a problem on D7k
- Nikon 300mm f2.8 AF-S VR (superb)
- Nikon AF-S 70-300mm f4-5.6
- Nikon AF-S 200-400mm f4 manual focus zoom (too heavy, hard to handle)
- Sigma 500mm f4.5 AF