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Paparazzi camera & lens

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.
 
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
 
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 😀
 
Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
O that's not bad, maybe i'll buy a few, lol
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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.
 
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
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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.
 
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
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What about a battery grip, 😉
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You can buy that after you get a picture of an midly famous actresse's underwearless crotch or even a nip slip.
 
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.
 
Originally posted by: 996GT2
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Hey guys, found a new paparazzi lens: Text
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You'd have to be darn good at manually focusing to use such a long tele effectively
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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
 
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...
 
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...
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the D3 doesn't do video, IIRC...
 
My paparazzi setup:
Canon 1dmkIII
70-200 2.8 IS.
Perk 1: Extra smoke grenades
Perk 2: UAV Jammer
Perk 3: Dead Silence.
 
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