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Curt Burgess
As an undergraduate, he was a photographer for the yearbook
and student newspaper. Shooting over 1000 exposures a week in event
and sports work.
The early years. -->
Shooting with a new Nikon F2 Photomic |
<like a couple of decades ago...ok?>
More of my photographic history will need to get in here someday!
All motivated by the delusion that anyone would care.
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| Photographic Trivia in Curt's History
He sold the second photo of students streaking
to the Associated Press in 1974 (click here
for article & photo) |
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Shooting a nature project with 4x5 format.
<click for larger image>
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The Nikon D2H is my main camera. It's a thrill to use. I'm at
a loss for words. "Unbelievably responsive" according
to American Photo (where it got 2004 Editor's Choice). "An
incredible machine" (Petersen's Photographic, March 2004).
Love it with my Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm F2.8 ED DX lens. |
I love fast glass! |
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I use the F5 when I need to shoot film. It's an amazing
camera with amazing metering. I couple it with a Nikkor ED 70-200mm
F2.8 AF-S lens (a very sweet piece of glass) or a Nikkor 28-80mm
F2.8 AF lens. |
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I also use a Mamiya RB67 with the pentaprism
viewfinder for medium format work (when there is a need for a
larger negative - see right).
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My backup 35mm is a Nikon F3 with an MD-4 motor drive. What a
workhorse this fella has been over the years. If it only had dynamic
auto-focus, spot metering, and a 1005 pixel 3D color matrix metering
system with a 30,000 image database with 5 onboard CPUs that did
pattern recognition for computing exposures. Oh, wait, then it would
be an F5! |
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I have a Koni Omega Rapid 200 (also a 6x7 cm format). This is
a fun camera. Not very useful anymore, but press people know the
history [1,
2, 3]of
this camera. And you've probably seen this camera
when press photographers rush their victims in movies from the 1950s
and 1960s! [1,
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I'm always interested in brainstorming photo
project ideas with you.
curt@photoworks.ws |
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Make the world a better place!
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