Lane Scheideman

Good Morning Everyone,

With the purchase of my new camera, I decided that I’d start a new photography blog. The new blog will contain articles about my life as a photographer. There will be instructional articles about using the D300 or photography in general (using my experience as a technical writer) or informational articles about the photography world (using my experience as a journalist).

This blog will remain as a photo gallery so those of you who just want to see my pictures can remain subscribed to this blog without being interrupted by my photography articles.

Thanks for reading,
-Lane

Today I upgraded my primary camera body from the Nikon D70, which I purchased in June of 2004, to the Nikon D300. I am very pleased with the four years of use I got out of the D70, but I am also ready for a major functionality upgrade.

For the last year or so I’ve been telling myself that I’d use the D70 until Nikon released a prosumer body that used a full-frame sensor. That plan changed last week when Nikon announced the Nikon D700 body. I figured that the D700 would be my new body because it uses a full-frame sensor, however the price tag (approx. $3000) does not place it in the prosumer category. Therefore, I decided to purchase the current top-of-the-line Nikon prosumer body, the Nikon D300.

The Nikon D300 is an amazing camera and fits all of my previous requirements for a new body, except for its lack of a full-frame sensor. I’m sure I’ll get at least another four years out of this body, as I did with the D70.

The timing for the purchase is right because I have a photo workshop coming up in early August. I can’t wait to use my new body, but I need to learn all of its ins and outs first, so these next few weeks will be full of education and experimentation.