t._j._stiller

<p>If your setting up the whole system, may I suggest 5Dmk2, 24-70 F2.8L, Grip with extra battery, 580 flash, flash battery pack, 70-3-200 f4L, 85mm 1.8USM. This would run about 5k-6k At B&H. When I went over to Canon this is the kit I put together. Covers 90% of my imaging needs and challenges. Performs like no other in this price range.<br>

30 years fine art & event photography.</p>

<p>Really good question. I worked in medium and large format for 30 years before switching to digital. Obviusly digital does not have the finacial or frame per roll restraints that film has. So I think the disiplines have changed. Most of my other digital converts agree that there seems to be a case of digital diarrea going on in the new technology. I think of it this way. I was trained in film where part of being a good shooter was based in the enconomy of the beast. Film cost money, cameras were limited to the amount of exposures availible at the moment, and what you shot better be damn on or you were screwed. This lead to things called photo schools, internships, mentors and ect. You had to learn to see like film and you learned to make every shot count!<br>

Five years after going digital I do find myself shooting more pics but, I also use the advantage of "on the fly editing" to get rid of the junk thus increasing my first time acceptance rate. Something where digital has a real advantage. Shoot more, edit fast, give them the goods right off the card.<br>

For the last 5 years I would say that I went from 250 to 500 shots for an adverage wedding. Of which 150 to 200 onsite proofs were given the bg by the time we packed up. We make most of our profits by selling pics and cd's during the wedding ( I shoot and edit and my wife prints and sells). Everyone loves it.<br>

To some this might seem like a ridicuosly small amount of pics but, I think this is where the film mentality pans out. I understand the degree of disipline that I was trained in with film. Digital cameras are a wonderful and liberating tool. But a photgrapher in any situation decides the photograph the camera just records it.</p>