The Passion?

After speaking about Mel Gibson with my co-workers today, I realized again how silly The Passion of the Christ was and that it was, essentially, a remake of the last 30 minutes of Braveheart. Basically, take the section where William Wallace is mocked by the crowd to where he is ripped apart and then actually show all the graphic violence, and you have The Passion. There isn't any plot.

Apocalypto? Looks terrible. Growling kids for your trailer? Please.

Time to Switch?

Although I like my Nikon very much, and I love the way it makes everything easy to tweak, I am considering jumping over to Canon. Why? Because I the 5d offers me a very large CMOS sensor for high quality images, considerably less noise on longer (5+ minutes) exposures, and no need to buy two sets of lenses if I want to continue shooting film (and there are some considerable incentives to continue shooting film). The image at right is one from my Nikon. Great for stuff in the 30 second rage. Not too great for large enlargements.

The reason this all matters is because I am primarily interested in night photography. Long exposures are king in that field, unless I am shooting hand held, in which case I need speed, more speed than digital affords.

For more on night photography: http://www.thenocturnes.com