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Biography
Mark P. DiLallo of Sterling VA is an avid Nature Photographer,
husband, and
father of two. His travels have taken him to Africa, Alaska, Hawaii,
Florida, Colorado, and the Desert Southwest. He shoots extensively
in Northern Virginia Parks. He leads a comprehensive series of workshops on nature photography. His images have been published in
Loudoun, Money, and Natures Best Magazines.
He was Loudoun Photography Clubs 2002/3 Photographer of the Year (LPC,
Ashburn, VA). Mark presented workshops at the
Meadowlark Nature Photography Expo
and was a guest speaker on a local Public Television Photography Program.
 
My Boys
and My Toys:
Cameras:
Pro-sumer Lenses:
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Long
Telephoto Zoom:
SIGMA 50-500 f/4-6.3 APO EX -- A great safari style lens and
my all purpose workhorse. Its huge zoom range keeps
you ready for anything. At just under $1000 bucks, I call
it my "poor man's" birding lens. Sure, I'd love
Canon L-Series glass. I just hope by the time I can afford
a 500 f/4, my back can still haul it plus a fast medium to long
zoom! Canon, Nikon, and Sigma offer 100-400 5.6 zooms with
IS/VR that are also good "safari" choices.
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Standard
Zoom: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM ($1,200)
-- A quality L series short zoom, only f/4 but lightweight, affordable,
and Image Stabilized.
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Ultra-wide
Zoom:
SIGMA 12-24 F4.5-5.6 DG ($850) -- A good and affordable ultra-wide
zoom, capable of full-sensor imaging without vignetting.
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Macro:
Canon 180mm f/3.5 Macro USM ($1,450) -- A top grade Canon
L-Series Macro Lens.
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Tilt-Shift
Lense:
TS-E 90mm
f/2.8 ($1,300)
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Tamron 2X
Tele-converter -- Not the best, but Canon's tele-converters
have protruding glass that conflicts with non L-series lenses.
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Kinko Extension Tubes
-- ($160) Used for increase close focusing for any lens.
No glass in light path means no loss in quality. Does
result in a longer exposure but auto metering still functions
normally. Usually means focusing manually
which I do anyway when shooting macro.
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Cokin P-size Filter Holder
-- 72mm and 77mm adapters.
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Singh-Ray &
Cokin Polarizer
and Neutral-Grad Filters for the cokin holder above, plus a
screw-in polarizer for my 50-500 Zoom and its 86mm odd-ball
filter size.
My Original Starter Lenses:
Flash:
Tripod & Mounts:
Back Packs:
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Digital Darkroom:
Blurb Booksmart (Blurb)
Adobe Acrobat Standard 7.0 (Adobe)
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Nikon Super
CoolScan 4000 Slide/Film Scanner (Nikon)
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Epson Stylus
Photo 2880 13 Carriage Inkjet Printer (Epson)
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Linksys Wireless
Router (Linksys)
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Sharp XV-Z2000
Projector (Sharp)
My Upgrade Dream List:
New
Cameras:
Pro Lenses:
Other:
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Astro
Auto-Tracking Mount/Telescope: tbd
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Lightning
Trigger
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Underwater Housing (tbd)
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Remote Trigger (Pocket
Wizard) or ()
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JTL Portable Light Stands
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Speedlite 580EX ($380)
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Da boys & Grandpa D!
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