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After much thought and deliberation, I have switched sides: I am now a Nikon Guy.  I’ve owned Canon for a few years now but decided now was the time to switch.  To people who know me, it’s not really a surprise: just as I start getting comfortable with something, I do something to totally mess it up.  I’m lucky my wife is resilient or we would never have gotten together!  I’m not saying I had reached some kind of pinacle with my Canon shooting, but I was starting to get results that were consistent with the way I was seeing them in my head, which is a great first step.  Still, with all the learning I’ve been doing and all I want to do, I decided Nikon was the best direction to go.

Although those who have sworn their allegiance to one or the other, ultimately the truth is the equipment doesn’t much matter. It’s really getting your brain to talk to your hands to guide the equipment to get the closest representation to your vision you can get.  Light of course plays the biggest part, but your brain needs to be able to interpret that light, gauge how best to capture what is in that light, and what is NOT in that light, and create something that is worth looking at more than once.  Prime glass is nice, but I’ve seen people get amazing images using a point and shoot or a consumer level digital camera.

So I decided to go with the Nikon D90.  I liked the reviews, it’s capabilities, and it’s price.

I also got the 18-200mm Zoom lens. It’s a great lens for many purposes, is well built and produces sharp images. I like it very much.

I also wanted a fast, sharp lens for portraits and settled on the 50mm f/1.8. Wow is it sharp! I’m going to use this lens a LOT!

So now I’m back almost to square one as far as working with the technology. There’s much to learn, which really, is the whole reason I shoot. It’s become an essential part of my education as a person. I couldn’t imagine life without it.