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Who, me? Just a quiet guy, not afraid of work but enjoying partial retirement. 64 years of age. Happily married with lots of kids and grandkids. Passionate about photography, especially nature. Avid beekeeper and bee breeder. Volunteer beekeeper for the Belle Isle Nature Zoo (Detroit Zoo). Fruiticulturist and fruit explorer and breeder. Homebrewer of tasty honey beers. Administrator of the flickr group Belle Isle Camera Club and the BICC Contest Site.

What's in my Camera Bag? In May of 2011 I suffered the theft of my entire SLR camera kit from my truck. This necessitated replacing the SLR and my lenses.

The new kit is incomplete, but contains the following:

(1) The Canon Powershot G12, an excellent 10 megapixel digicam full of whistles and bells, ideal for macro, portraits, landscapes, and IR with the Hoya R72 filter, and a Canon 270 EX II Speedlite. THe Powershot G12 is a super general purpose camera but just a little puny for long telephoto or poor lighting.

(2) My new Canon Digital 60D, an 18 megapixel SLR wonder, normally paired with the awesome Canon 300mm F/4L IS, the fine Tamron 17-50mm F/2.8, (my general purpose, or walk-around lens), the razor sharp Canon 100mm F/2.8L IS (incredible for macros, candids, and short telephoto), and the Sigma 50mm F/2.8 Macro (close portraits and macro, and crisp infrared with the Hoya R72 filter). Topped off with a Canon Speedlite 430 Flash.