Gochoco

got the nikkor AF 35mm F2.0 yesterday. mounted it on the FM3a. I'm planning to have this as my walkaround setup. Can't get out for any of that because of the bloody rain. saw a few Henri Cartier Bresson photos in  newsweek today. that dude knew his shit. got a new new shoulder rig for my gear too. i went back to one after using backpacks for a little over two years. you just can't work out of a backpack on the move. i ca't carry as much gear but the setup works very well for shooting on the go. hope this fucking rain stops already.

i've always tried to go light when moving around. hauling a boatload of cameras and lenses doesn't really help the creative process. so i'm cutting down. the new load out i'm trying out is this: D200 D2H 12-24 28-70 70-200 SB-600 P-2000 (for when 3 gig isn't enough) extra AA batteries i don't carry spares for the cameras, the D2H battery gives me more juice than i'll need for a few days worth of casual shooting or a day and a half of heavy use. and with a bit of discipline the D200 has more than enough power for a day's worth of work. looking forward to getting a 17-35 soon to replace both the wide lenses to further reduce weight.

Got the D2H before the Indonesia trip. Damn, eight frames per second really rocks. One little caveat, the meter was dead out of the box. Didn't have time to have it serviced before we left but i took it with me instead of the D100 anyway. The D100's been acting up and I'm sensing its impending death. In the end it was about having a camera with a dead meter than a dead camera. Had the thing serviced when i got back, dropped it off at the store where I got it, Columbia at Glorieta. They shipped it off to the service center the next day and I was able to get the body back in the afternoon four days later. Apparently there's a documented probl