Kiwi Camera Service

I shoot Nikon and I'm not impressed with Nikon Professional Services. Since I've been a member, I've tried to contact a regional rep to introduce myself. Never got a call back. As an NPS member, you get expedited repairs (which aren't all that expedited) and access to loaner equipment while you wait on your repair. Since I haven't talked to a rep, I don't have access to the loaner equipment. Great camera gear, lousy customer service. Companies can take a lesson from Apple as far as repairs are concerned. I sent a laptop to Apple this past monday that needed a new screen. I received it 3 days later by Priority Fedex. They paid for the shipping both ways.

I'm lucky I have the wizard of camera repair right here in central Florida. Michael Livera of Kiwi Camera Service has saved me more than a couple of times by repairing gear, usually within a day. I had a problem with a D3 this week-Michael had the part overnighted from Nikon and had the camera repaired the next day. If I had sent it to NPS, 2-3 weeks. He's a great guy and he has my gratitude for all his help. Call Michael when you need a repair and visit his shop. It's a roadside museum of photographic parts from the last century. (321) 303-2757

Michael is shot with my newly repaired D3 and a 50mm 1.8 Nikkor in available light.

Don't Call It A Comeback...Yet.

The Impossible Project, a group that bought manufacturing equipment from the defunct Polaroid Corp and leased the production facility Polaroid used in the Netherlands is getting ready to introduce their first product. See it here- http://bit.ly/YhmL Could Type 55 be a reality in the future?

I've just recently been added to the Alltop blog listing service. If you don't know about it, you should. It's a fantastic site that allows you to input a topic of your choosing and then provides a listing of pertinent blogs. You'll be up all night... Thanks, Alltop, for deeming me worthy! Cheers!

Soaking up the Sun...

Just finished an editorial shoot for a magazine I can name once it hits the stands, of a solar powered umbrella. The top of the umbrella is lined with flexible solar panels which pump out the juice for whatever you need under the sun...Pretty cool, I guess it's time to dust off the old school boom box. Blazing hot day in central Florida and Bryan, my assistant, and I were drippin'. Luckily for us, our beautiful model, Lauren kept it cool and never needed a makeup touchup. We're shooting with the Nikon D3, 70-200mm & 24-70mm Nikon glass and cross lighting Lauren and the umbrella from either side with two Elinchrom heads with reflectors and no other modifiers. After the shoot it was off for Cuban sandwiches and mango shakes at Cindy's Tropical Cafe in Orlando. Fantastico!