1)North Dakota Badlands - Wild Horses 2)White House (would really be interesting to be the official photographer for a day and then have some type of crisis going on). 3)Any airport where troops are returning from deployment!
Many others of course.

I would have to say my experience is pretty much opposite of yours, pretty clean all the way through 6400, when exposed properly. Perhaps you could post a photo, with data so we could get a sense of the issue. I've also shot many pictures at the 12,800 that are totally usable. Is it the Mark II or III?

Sorry, posted twice. Yes, it is a great piece of equipment and extremely easy to use. It helps nail exposure all the time and is particularly helpful when you have trickier lighting situations. There are several good videos out there to help learn about how to best use the meter. You'll be surprised at how much better your exposure will be with the Sekonic.

Yes, it is a great piece of equipment and extremely easy to use. It helps nail exposure all the time and is particularly helpful when you have trickier lighting situations. There are several good videos out there to help learn about how to best use the meter. You'll be surprised at how much better your exposure will be with the Sekonic.

Tripod is critical as you likely will be using a shutter speed of 3 - 7 seconds to get the silky look you are trying for. You will want to be in Manual mode. You also will need the ND filter (likely at least 4 - 8) as mentioned above. You will need to fiddle around with the aperture a bit to get it just right. My suggestions are based on a shot where you have pretty bright sun. Good luck.

Excellent! I think this is a fantastic shot. The B&W is excellent choice, and the focus points spot on. Well done, anxious to see more in this series!

Agree. Similar tactics are used on eBay. The hackers hack someone's listings and then place their add within the legit sellers listing, usually saying something like - contact me directly at - johndoe@***mail.com - to get this deal. Again, using available tools - ratings, contacting the stellar, using support etc...can pretty much help you avoid a scam. Remember, million of transactions occur weekly on eBay, there will be some bad apples but a majority are fine, just use good common sense.

I forgot to mention that when you compare prices on eBay make sure you are using the "Completed" sales and then only the 'green' ones - they are the ones that actually sold. Remember, on eBay people can ask whatever they want that is why you see such crazy prices, but usually those item don't actually sell. Look down the left side of your eBay page and find the little word - Completed - and check that. It will refresh and give you only completed auctions - red ones didn't sell, green ones didn't. Sorry to those of you proficient with eBay but I find a high majority of people don't know you can look at just completed items.

Love it, I want to get that shot one day!

For me this is a bit tricky to respond to as I have purchased 2 items right here on the Hog and both went very smoothly, but not without that little voice going off in the back of my mind that they could have been well planned scams. If they are a legit seller you can pepper them with all sorts of requests that would require them to go through the system (eBay, Amazon etc.) to verify the listing. Scammers won't do it as they know your on to them. What does a like new D600 go for on eBay? If it is significantly higher one would have to ask yourself why isn't the seller selling it there for significantly more money? It's easy, protected and is a great place to maximize the value of the item. Now that I've written this I see that I must be in a coma because my last purchase here on the Hog pretty much violated everything I wrote above! But, I'm loving my like new Mark iii, 24-70 L 2.8 and 70-200 L 2.8 ii gear I got here on the Hog!

What store did you get your equipment at? Name and location. Do you have the receipt. Sorry for all the questions but this is alot of money without getting my hands directly on the equipment! Novots

How many shots on the camera?

Is the 24-70 the ii (new model) just released in the last few months or is it the regular 24-70? Thanks, novots.

Would you even consider 5500? Novots

I also find this image fantastic! So many things have to come together to get a natural shot, as opposed to a posed shot. 1) You need to be in the right place at the right time. 2) You need to have your camera with you. 3) You need to know how to operate it rather quickly to capture the moment. 4) When you get home and pull it up on the computer you need to have the appreciation and vision of what the photo is and can be. 5) You have the skill to make a great photo even better (maybe the hardest skill of all. 6) Lastly, the confidence to post it and let the world see it. You may want to consider contests or stock agencies with this one. Again, fantastic, I can't get over how much this photograph conveys.