Paparazzi camera & lens

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

If I were Paparazzi, what camera and lens would I want for taking shoots?

 

[jpeyton]

Being a successful paparazzo requires good information, speed and instinct. You're basically a hunter trying to find prey that is doing their best to avoid you.

That said, my camera of choice for that situation would be a Nikon D3; arguably the best combination of speed, low-light performance and ruggedness. Pair it with a 70-200VR and 200-400VR; and have a 24-70 on hand in those situations when you're up close and personal.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

What does a setup like that cost!?

 

[jpeyton]

Nikon D3 $4350
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR $1730
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR $5900
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 $1730

 

[twistedlogic]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nikon D3 $4350
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR $1730
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR $5900
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 $1730

What about a battery grip,

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

O that's not bad, maybe i'll buy a few, lol

 

[996GT2]

How about a 1D Mark III with one of THESE bad boys?

With 1560mm equivalent focal length, you could be sniping away from a half mile off or more

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
O that's not bad, maybe i'll buy a few, lol

A good celebrity snap could net you four-figures easy; cover images could net you five-figures.

Of course, if you're not really cut out to be a paparazzo, then it's money down the drain.

 

[996GT2]

Originally posted by: twistedlogic

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nikon D3 $4350
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR $1730
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR $5900
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 $1730

What about a battery grip,

D3 has integrated battery grip

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Don't forget a suppressor, a good deal of subsonic rounds, and maybe some poison.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nikon D3 $4350
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR $1730
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR $5900
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 $1730

As a paparazzi, you want to have a second camera with the 24-70mm on. no time for a lens change while you are on the mission.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: twistedlogic

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nikon D3 $4350
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR $1730
Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR $5900
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 $1730

What about a battery grip,

You can buy that after you get a picture of an midly famous actresse's underwearless crotch or even a nip slip.

 

[imaheadcase]

As a B list celeb, my hope is to become A list and make 30million a picture, then just for fun sell pictures of crotch shots of myself to tabloids for extra cash. Just need a cell phone camera for that.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Which b lister are you ?

 

[jpeyton]

Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

that lens is a classic case of compensation: "mine is bigger than yours"

 

[996GT2]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

You'd have to be darn good at manually focusing to use such a long tele effectively

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: 996GT2

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

You'd have to be darn good at manually focusing to use such a long tele effectively

with a split-prism focusing screen in a big bright full-frame viewfinder, it's a piece of cake.
/pulls out the old FTn to reminisce

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Nikon D3 body $3,699.95 or Sony PMW EX1 $6,099.95

I wonder how the video of the Nikon compares to the EX1...

EDIT: Never Mind... just checked some D3 videos...

 

[soydios]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
Nikon D3 body $3,699.95 or Sony PMW EX1 $6,099.95

I wonder how the video of the Nikon compares to the EX1...

EDIT: Never Mind... just checked some D3 videos...

the D3 doesn't do video, IIRC...

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I don't think they do, they can do movies by continuous photos but that's not the complete package I am interested in.

 

[foghorn67]

My paparazzi setup:
Canon 1dmkIII
70-200 2.8 IS.
Perk 1: Extra smoke grenades
Perk 2: UAV Jammer
Perk 3: Dead Silence.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

rofl - my god - I wonder how much that monster costs

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text

meh... it is no Canon EF 1200. That one is $100k used.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/fi...er/Canon-EF-1200mm.jsp

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Anyone see the new Panasonic DMC GH1 GH1 - Looks like a nice Hybrid