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Keep in mind adidas/Brute Wrestling is saying they will be available in January. We will have the shoes at the same time everyone elses get them.

Keep in mind this same company did the exact same thing last year over promising the delivery date on the Teal/Pink Combat Speeds.

Ask to speak with Jeff to place your team order...Offer valid through October 15, 2005.

• Nikon D100 Camera Body - $1,500
• Nikon ED AF Nikkor 80-200 mm 1:2.8 D (Camera Lense) - $1,500
• Nikon SB-800 Speedlight (Flash) - $325
• Lexar Compact Flash Professional 40x 1 Gig - $300

I tried to go cheap on the compact flash memory cards and it cost me. Buy the faster writing cards to make sure your images get recorded quickly and you can get ready for your next shot.

To see a sample of my photos Click Here

I thought it might make sense to add my camera equipment I started with. Keep in mind I am not saying Minolta equipment will not work. It is more the numbers that tell you about the equipment that means more. I suspect those of you who are getting blurry images inside (even though outside it works fine) may have similar equipment. Enough rambling, here is the equipment list:

• Minolta Maxxum 400 si
• Minolta camer Lense a 70-210 / 4.5 - 5.6
• Minolta Flash 3600 HS Program D

I will do some more research to see if this camera body is sufficient for wrestling. I know the lense does not cut it. I know for me I do not like the costs of developing the film so this camera does not get much use even for family photos. I use almost exclusively digital cameras, because this way I can control the film development costs.

If you would like to read a blog written by a World Champion, and current Wild Cat Wrestling Club coach. This is a must read blog. Bill is a current World Team Coach for the Women's Freestyle Team. He is currently in Prague preparing the team for the World Championships.

Click Here to Read His Blog

New Matman Gear has arrived at the store. Be sure to check out the home page by clicking here You will find the Centaur Head Gear, Mataman G2 Zipper Shoe, Matman Ultra Guard, and the Matman Aggressor in both Adult and Youth Sizes.

We have added these products because our customers have been asking for them. Be sure to check these products out and see if they are something you are interested in. As with all our products you can read and leave feed back about the products.

We have had several posts and comments and emails about the camera I use. I have gone through the same frustrations that many of you have. I had a good $800, body and lense, non-digital camera and would get a good photo every now and then. I tried buying a flash, using a mono-pod to stabilize my camera, and even a tri-pod. No such luck.

Then fortunately I went to camera store and found someone that spent some time educating me. Bascially, he said the camera body and lense I was using was not good enough to capture images indoors. The settings were not available to take a clean action shot indoors. My camera was good enough to catch out door action photos, so I assumed it would work for indoors.

Basically, I was using a "Yugo" or a "Pinto" car and expecting it to run like a race car. He gave me some options to look into. I researched the prices and found the Ritz Camera store was about the same as others. Not the cheapest, but I figured they had spent time educating me so I would shop with them.

I did stray from them, when I was looking for studio lighting set. I called a store and asked if someone would teach me how to set it up. They said something to the effect of "We don't educate our customers how to use the equipment." Keep in mind this was about a $1,000 purchase. They could have explained to me how to set it up in about 5 minutes...I went back to the Ritz Camera store.

So the point of this blog posting, get to know a local camera store where you can go and ask questions. Then research what they tell you. Also, not all Ritz camera stores are created equally. I went to a small one and got some bad advice. They sold me some slow memory cards that did not work with what I was trying to do. I now only shop at the larger super center where the staff does not change too often been going there for about 4 years now

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