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My Equipment:
Since I've been getting asked a lot lately, here is a list of my primary equipment, as far as cameras and lenses go. You'll note that it is all Canon cameras and lenses (save for a few specialty lenses.) The reason for this is very simple: I love Canon optics (as they alone work best for my trickier work like UV images) and they recently sponsored me! What does that mean exactly? Well, I get lenses and camera bodies at a discount, and often in advance of when they are being released to the public. In return, Canon gets to say "Richard Rasner uses Canon Cameras" in their advertisements.

CAMERAS:
Canon EOS 400-D (aka the Rebel XTi) -- 10.1 mp [main]
Canon Pro-1 (aka Powershot) -- 8.0 mp [back-up]

LENSES*:
Canon 7.2-50.8mm (28-200) ƒ/2.4-3.5 L USM Telephoto Zoom [Pro1 fixed lens]
Canon TC-DC58A 1.5x Tele Converter [Pro 1 lens adapter]
Canon EF 24mm ƒ/2.8 Prime [SLR]
Canon EF 35mm ƒ/2.0 Prime [SLR]
Canon EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 II Prime (For blacklight work) [SLR]
Canon EF-S 10-22mm ƒ/3.5-4.5 USM Ultra-Wide Angle Zoom [SLR]
Canon EF-S 18-55mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 II Kit Standard Zoom [SLR]
Canon EF-S 17-85mm ƒ/4.0-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom [SLR]
Canon EF 35-80mm ƒ/4-5.6 III Kit Standard Zoom [SLR]
Canon EF 55-200mm ƒ/4.5-5.6 II USM Telephoto Zoom [SLR]
Canon EF 75-300mm ƒ/4.0-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom [SLR]

SPECIALTY LENSES:
Zenitar-M 16mm ƒ/2.8 Fisheye (w/ EF adapter) [SLR]
Lensbaby 2.0 ≈50mm ƒ/2 Selective Focus (Canon EF Mount) [SLR]

_{*Canon Terminology:
L = "L" series lens (Luxury/High End)
Prime = Non-zoom fixed lens (sharper quality)
USM = Ultra-sonic Motor driven zoom
Kit = Stock lens included with a camera
IS = Image Stabilzation
EF = Standard Canon mount
EF-S = Canon 'short' mount for APS-C size sensors
II, III, etc = Generations/versions of lens types}


In addition to the above I also use the following equipment for lighting and such:
When I shoot studio work (which is rare at best) I use hot lights (continuous output lighting, not flash) as I feel it looks more natural. I like Smith-Vector for lights, and I only use Manfrotto light stands. Yeah, I'm kind of a purist. I also exclusively use Manfrotto tripods and heads. On the extremely rare occasions I do use flash, I use a Canon (duh) 550EX Speedlite to trigger Alien Bee slaves. I'm not terribly picky about which lens filters I use as long as they are A) coated and B) not square, and my case is filled with various Canon, Cokin, Quantaray, Hoya and other filters. _{(Update: My Canon rep read this and is sent me all Canon UV filters for protection of my lenses. I still use various other polarizers and FX filters though.)}


I am currently using Photoshop CS3 (Extended) ver 10.0 for all of my digital photo processing.

<sub>My Canon EOS 400-D, aka Dark Skies

Just because she is naked it doesn't automatically make it porn. Likewise, just because you shot it on film in black and white doesn't make it 'fine art' either. Let's bring artistic nude photography back to the respected art form it once was.</sub>