Defqon.1 2011 aftermovie
I'm not the one usually posting hardstyle videos, but the after movie for the 2011 edition of Defqon.1 is up. Watch below, and do it in HD. Pretty cheesy with the the Toneshifterz segment, it's a bit like a documentary.
Reason I've posted this is because of how this was shot (and what it was shot on). All that needs to be said is 'Epic', maybe I should reprhase, RED Epic. Yes, the after movie was shot with a Red Epic camera and from what I could see, completely solo (bar any crane shots). If you're still not sure why I'm going on about this, well it's a $50k camera and the guy shooting probably had about $80k worth of kit to shoot this.
Here's what the camera looks like...
Red Epic
If you want to know a bit more about the camera, hit up www.red.com
Twins!
Ok, I'm not talking about the type of the jayesslee girls (I did get a photo with them at boombox though), see below =P.
twins and me 
Jealous? But the twins I'm talking about are these...
:D
Yes, that's two D700's with battery grips and they're both mine =D
So that brings my gear whoring to the following:
- 2x D700 FX bodies
- 2x MB-D10 battery grips
- SB-900
- Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR
- Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8
- Nikon 24-120 f/4 VR
- Nikon 50mm f/1.8
- Zenitar 15mm f/2.8 fisheye
- Loads of other crap..
Gear whorin'
So, who wants to give me a test run to shoot a wedding ceremony? =P
Nikon AF-S 24-120 f/4G ED VR N ;)
So in light of my trip to Japan, I decided I needed a new lens for my travels as I don't have anything that you could consider to be practical or versatile for travelling purposes. I also needed a 'normal' lens and decided on this rather than the well re-knowned 24-70 f/2.8G despite it not costing much more.
Pics of the new toy:
My thoughts?
The lens is solid, it has a nice weight to it and the zoom rings feel very nice, however, it's not as nice as the 24-70 which again has a sturdier feel, most likely due to the differences in the zoom mechanism as the 24-120 uses the regular extending barrel. Image quality wise, it performs very well, very sharp beyond 35mm event at f/4 and still sharp below 35mm. Definitely very high performing and very close to the 24-70 in sharpness. Only down fall of the lens is distortion at the wider focal lengths 24mm to about 30mm and some rather significant light fall-off at 24mm. The falloff is somewhat comparable to what's seen on the 24-70 and when shooting test shots can be somewhat unnerving, real world performance should be stellar.
The bokeh (background blur) of the lens is very smooth and creamy and the vibration reduction (VR) performs quite well, easily shooting 1/4 at 24mm and 1/15 at 120mm without too much effort (on full frame). Autofocus is pretty quick, not as quick as the 24-70, but by no means slow.
Overall I think it's a great lens, it does have some draw backs, but the extra range over the 24-70 and the VR makes this lens more appealing to me as a lens to keep on the body at all times.