Author: donald barnat

Fujifilm X100: The Only Digital Camera I Own

When some kind soul likes an old post of mine from back in the days when clicks around here were rare… well… if figure that’s enough of an excuse to reblog the darn thing!

Oh. I don’t own this camera any more. Oops!

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A life-long dedicated Nikon man, I bought my first Nikon digital camera back in the very late 90s. That was the very cool indeed and twisty Coolpix 950.

When the D70 hit the camera world like a cyclone in 2004, I got my first Nikon DSLR, along with a gazillion other people. From there I got a D2Hs to shoot sports. Not my favorite camera in the world, I replaced it with a pair of D80s. The D80, with its D2x-lite sensor, was and still is one of my favorite cameras ever.

But once you get used to a pro body in your hand, you can never really be happy with a consumer-grade camera again especially when you’re using your gear in pro-settings and putting it all through the wear and tear of celebrity rope lines or basketball baselines.

So when the D3 came into existence, the first full-frame digital…

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One of these things is not like the others. (Okay, maybe two.)

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Proof of Heaven

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Okay, the thing is, it’s here on Earth and it’s just for some lucky guy down in Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. But there it is. And we can all experience heaven vicariously through him, right?

Actually, I’m pretty much in heaven shooting this Leica 90mm Elmarit 2.8. Oh yes I am. This image above is actually a crop of the one below.

Now I could have cropped to the blonde in the thong. Yes, she is blonde and she is wearing a thong. Then many of you would probably be in heaven for a moment or two. But you’d hate yourselves later and I wouldn’t want that. 😉

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Gazebo: Ritz-Carlton at Laguna Niguel, CA
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Leica M-E, 35mm Summicron 2.0 ASPH

This image was shot in light very much as it appears above. But, I couldn’t resist playing a little with Snapseed so that version is below.

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iPhoning it in… OOPS!

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I repeated this post this morning… for the second time. Sorry. That wasn’t my intention!

REPOSTING!!!

Throwing a bunch of pics up that have been given the Instagram process. Even though none of them were taken with my iPhone.

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Nikon at the Playboy Mansion

Reblogging this one from June of last year.

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To mark the passing of Hugh Hefner I’m reposting this from years gone by. RIP Hef. Lord knows you’d need some rest by now. 😉

So let me tell you the story.

I get a call from a BET producer on a Friday night asking if I can go shoot an event for her at the Playboy Mansion the next night. It might come as a surprise to most people but the Playboy Mansion is the site of innumerable charity functions. I’d been up there before. Swam in the grotto pool. Blah blah blah.

But never, slow my rapidly beating heart, had I ever been there with a camera and a press credential.

So of course, I say yes! The problem, however, is that at that time in my life my health was absolutely miserable. So when the next day dawned blisteringly hot, I was both sick and apprehensive.

To…

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For Maurizio: A Few From the Perfectly Ridiculous Leica 90mm 2.8 Elmarit

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Actually, SO many of the images shown on this website this year were taken with this lens. Just click on the categories or tags under the name,

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Okay. Are you ready for the kicker? Nice elderly woman in her 70s El Dorado Cadillac. I’ve shot a lot of photo gear. Pro Nikon gear all the way. I’ve never seen anything like this. Click on either of the images below and be amazed.

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