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Landrum Kelly

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Landrum Kelly last won the day on January 25 2017

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  1. Michael, you are breaking new ground with your abstracts. Great work. Lannie
  2. I'm surprised that Thom Hogan would not recommend the D800. I bought the D800E in 2012 and have never had a single problem with it.
  3. One more reason I don't wave the flag: flags can mean anything, or nothing. Fine photo, Fred. Lannie
  4. There's always eBay if you want to roll dice. $6k can go further there if you can avoid getting burned. Used equipment keeps me in the game these days.
  5. Surviving, sometimes vegetating, teaching online a bit, shooting more with my phone. . . . I hope you're doing okay, Michael.
  6. My friend, how are you doing? I recognize your writing, not your photography, but in truth it's not bad. Lannie
  7. Landrum Kelly

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    Great one, Michael! I feel like I am back in 1966 watching "Blowup."-- Lannie
  8. Thank you, Dave. Was it that empty back then? I really don't remember.
  9. I still shoot the D800E--a lot--but once in a while I want something lighter and so use my D7100 with a DX 17-55 f/2.8 or occasionally one of the 70-200 VR variants, or something else. I still have the D3s but have not shot it in a long time. I have bought a lot of used things out of curiosity and tend to use them for specific applications. I shoot on the fly with my phone a good bit (Google Pixel 2), but I also have a Sony A6000 (mirrorless) as well as an Olympus OM-D E-M5 (mirrorless), which I shoot solely when I want to hike in the mountains and use it with a Panasonic 100-300mm so that I can have up to 600mm (effectively) in a very light package. I also have an old beater Canon 6D for low light, and I tend to keep a beater EF 24-70 f/2.8 on it expressly for that purpose. With such an array, I see no particular reason to put more money into mirrorless. So, I have a lot of rigs for specialized applications, but the old D800E is pretty much what I grab before I go out the door. At seventy-four, I expect what I have will outlive me. I really am not interested in learning another system at this point. If all of the above sounds like an indulgence, well, it has been an indulgence, but I think that the D800E was about the last big thing I bought new--back in October, 2012. It's all been fun, and it still is. My Nikon stuff (except for the D3s) all runs off the same model battery and charger--I'm not totally indifferent to the virtue of simplicity, in spite of the varied collection which I have I have yet to try to sell any photos. I'm saving that for my old age. --Lannie
  10. The 28-300 blew me away when I first bought it and used it on my D800E. It is not the lightest lens around, but I have easily carried it for several hours of mountain hiking. The resolution on my copy was superb.
  11. Holy cow! Glad you're all okay, Gup.
  12. Taken November 16, 2018 on High Point Road southeast of Winston-Salem, North Carolina with my cell phone.
  13. Thank you, Pierre. It was a late Sunday afternoon--definitely a slow time in High Point, North Carolina.--Lannie
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