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It was a single event that forever changed the photography format in which TSP shoots; digital.  After years of shooting primarily film, Therp photographed an event (a very special event for personal use) and there was a problem with the film.  The event was a once-in-a-lifetime event and it was forever lost due to a technical problem.  That very weekend a decade ago, Therp went and purchased his first digital camera.  His first but certainly not his last one. 

For the work you find on the site he TSP uses mainly digital but film is still used for some clients.

Other equipment details fit in the scheme of Therp Sajik's vision of using non-traditional methods (he paints without brushes and most of the time without canvas; with vinyl on wood).  His lighting is provided by several companies and details will be provided soon here for your review. 

For most client work that falls outside the equipment I own, I use agency provided locked cameras.  These are tamper proof cameras where the final work is sitting inside the digital camera and once the shoot is finished, I give-up the cameras.

For my own outside work I use several cameras (but own three other much older cameras I will discuss later):

  • FILM  Minolta X-370 (Full manual) semi-retired 
  • FILM  Pentax P-Z-10 (28-80mm automatic) semi-retired 
  • DIGITAL  SONY FD series (adwork camera) retired 
  • DIGITAL  SONY Pro-91 (37-515mm super-zoom lens; MP) semi-retired 
  • DIGITAL  SONY F-707 (38-190mm) 5x optical; all-glass Carl Zeiss F2-2.4 zoom lens 5.24 megapixel; TTL autofocus with new hologram laser AF assist; Three shot burst mode at 2fps; Multi-pattern, Center-weighted or Spot metering; high-speed scan autofocus and a new "hologram" focusing assist device to insure properly focused pictures no matter what the light levels are. This new autofocus system uses a Class 1 laser to paint a grid pattern on the subject. 
  • DIGITAL  SONY F-828 (28-200mm; 7x optical) The SONY "Dark Angel" 8.14 megapixel; encased in a black, magnesium alloy body, and is the first to incorporate Sony's recently announced four-color filter CCD technology and Real Imaging Processor; Sony's exclusive NightShot® Infrared mode to capture infrared images in total darkness at a distance of up to 15 feet. And the Night Framing mode to capture crisp images in low or no light, this feature illuminates the subject with the Night Shot system for proper framing, focuses with Hologram AF illuminator and lights the scene with the appropriate amount of flash.  In a word; AWESOME ! 
  • DIGITAL  CANON EOS 30D. The time has come to grab the latest and greatest from Canon and run with it.  TSP recently acquired this high-speed 8 megapixel camera to use for custom shoots.  This camera has Canon's best new technology with their established base of robust photography equipment.  Our camera shoots 5 shots-per-second for 10 seconds for a total of 50 shots.  It shoots in both JPG, RAW, and both at the same time.  We have made a $3,000 investment in support equipment to ensure the highest quality from these new features.
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Most my own lights are being used but I have begun to use several other types of lighting and equipment.  Here is a reduced list of my equipment:
 

  • Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Image Stabilized Ultrasonic Motorized lens
  • Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 Ultrasonic Motorized lens
  • BGe2 Battery Grip for 12 hours of shooting
  • Canon Speedlite 580EX (1st in the Top-of-the-line in Canon flashes)
  • Albinar Thyristor 90 MDT-Z Professional Flash (multi-agle 360 degree w/ 28-135mm 50 ft flash pulse) 
  • Five digital filers (two 52mm mount wide angles, polarized, flouro.) 
  • PROphoto Tripod 
  • Two Industrial Grade QUICKSET Model Tripods (with locking wheels), 4-72011-6 
  • Manfrotto / Bogen tripod 
  • Photogenic Powerlight 1250 
  • ProMaster 1700 Monopod 
  • Sony RM-DR1 wired remote control for any Sony digicam with an ACC port on it 
  • Memory Sticks; three 128 mb, one 64mb, one 16mb 
  • 512mb Compact Flash 
  • Polarized glasses (low for photo) by Georgio Armani 
  • Two metal coat custom fit storage boxes. 
An exhaustive hardware list would be close to impossible to list but I will update this as often as I get a chance.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Updated April, 2006

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