New (to me) Nikon D2x

Last week I was fortunate enough to find an affordable used Nikon D2x camera body on the internet (http://www.keh.com/ I always get great service from them, and even their bargain grade equipment is in great condition). The D2x is the upgraded version of my previous camera, boasting 12.4 megapixel and a frame rate of up to 8 frames per second.

Steve, crooked grind. D2x, Nikkor 18-70mm @35mm, ISO 100 f4.2, 1/250th

We went back to the middle school on Friday with a new plan. We brought my Speedotron strobe set and some extension chords, and dragged an old picnic table down to the stairs. Steve and I had been talking about setting this up for a couple of weeks, and he always claimed he'd crooked grind down it. So we set it up, and after some manuals and a backside grind, he finished off the night with this. Backside crooked. It was so much fun to bring all of my lighting out to a skate spot and light it as if we were in a studio, and being able to shoot it on a current pro end camera was a great feeling.

Next week I will be spending the week with my family in Hawaii. I am bringing my cameras with me, so while I won't be able to post from there, I promise to post a double blog about my trip.