I have a new member to my camera family. Please meet Charlie. (every good camera deserves a name, right?) Charlie's a Canon 1Ds Mark III. A whopping impressive addition to the gear bag. For the last two years, I've shot with a pair of Canon 5D cameras. A few things prompted me to change out. Most notably, Charlie's got wonderful weather sealing for those rainy events, 22 MP (up from the 5D's 12.1 MP), the dual-writing a single image to two cards at once (in other words, instant back-up of images), sensor cleaning, and some other more technical features which you could read up on elsewhere if you are ever interested. To say that I'm excited about the addition is an understatement! I also get a lot of questions periodically about my other gear. I use an assortment of lenses, however my favorites are 85mm 1.2, 35mm 1.4, and the 70-200mm 2.8IS. I also frequently use a 100-400mm 4.5, 24mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 macro, 50mm 1.2. I used to shoot a lot with the 24-70mm 2.8, but have switched to prime lenses (meaning a fixed focal length) over the last year because I have simply enjoyed the image quality and wide apertures a lot more than the zoom lenses offer. Thanks to the good people at George's Camera in San Diego for hooking me up with one of the first available on the market.