The "Whoo! I just got new gear!" thread

**sonofcoco** · 30-12-2010, 1:59am

Originally Posted by sonofcoco

Just ordered a NextoDI Extreme 2700 500gb back-up drive online here in Korea. The 3M safeguard cover has arrived first, so I'm resigned to sitting here looking at that until the drive itself turns up.

Will be adding a few more things in the run-up to leaving Korea too I think. Need to take advantage of the cheap online prices!

The NextoDI 2700 arrived about 15 minutes later

Very efficient delivery here, we ordered it yesterday morning online! Everything is in English too, which was a surprise.

Am looking forward to having a play around over the next few days to see what it does.

**adilucca** · 01-01-2011, 12:02pm

Just bought a Promote Control from Adorama. It can take time lapse but I want it mainly for HDR stuff. My 7D only takes 3 brackets. With the Promote Control I can take up to 29 photos bracketted (overkill I know but nice to know). Now I just have to get out and take some shots.

Cheers
Alan

**Dust Angel** · 03-01-2011, 10:40pm

After becoming frustrated and totally loosing my focus (ooh bad pun there) i have been gifted with a second hand D90. Its in immaculate condition and i promptly went out and bought (with money i was saving for an OS holiday) a 60mm Macro and 300mm Zoom to go with it.

I now have my inspiration back and have joined project 365, so im going to be hanging round here hoping to pick up on some of the knowledge floating round!

**Wayne** · 05-01-2011, 10:04am

Finally!

**Higham** · 05-01-2011, 2:58pm

There doesn't seem to be alot of whoohooing going on people! Look at all this cool gear, I'll give yus all a WhooooHooooo!

Santa left me a BG-E2 Grip under the tree, I must of been on the nice list.

WhooHoo!!!

He forgot the second battery though hahaha.

**Scotty72** · 05-01-2011, 3:20pm

Hey, my Biggy arrive about 15mins ago. Hope to go have a play this arvo or in the morning

Originally Posted by peterb666

My Sigma 150-500mm zoom arrived today. I am quite pleased with it.

Half a moon by peterb666, on Flickr

Still needs a fair bit of cropping (I believe 1500mm is the right focal length for the moon) but it is a reasonable compromise.

**peterb666** · 05-01-2011, 10:33pm

Originally Posted by Scotty72

Hey, my Biggy arrive about 15mins ago. Hope to go have a play this arvo or in the morning

Well there should be some pics posted by now

I have a search.

**enduro** · 06-01-2011, 4:34pm

Whoo-hoo !

Just got me an Intel i7 2.9GHz chip + new Mboard + 8Gig RAM + a GTX40 = goes like a rocket!!!!

**smallfooties** · 06-01-2011, 9:34pm

just got me an nikkor 28mm and a lowepro inverse 100...
hmmm...!

**Viper** · 07-01-2011, 1:19am

Whooooo Hooooo just pulled the trigger on a Nikon 16-35mm Vr f4, now to get the D700!!!

**SerenityGate** · 07-01-2011, 3:07am

Woohoo, Satan, oops Santa brought me (late as usual) a Nikon SB-900. Love the way it zooms out to 200mm
BTW, I also don't need to drink to make sudden decisions, either

**sonofcoco** · 09-01-2011, 3:31am

Got the 24-70mm f2.8L today...went to Busan to see what they'd give me for my 17-85mm. Wasn't a heap, but sold it anyway and walked out with this. Also got a Kenko Zeta CPL for it. Looking forward to giving it a test run tomorrow, couldn't help looking at it on the way home tonight and marveling at its beauty.

Also got the Bamboo Pen & Touch on Thursday as a late Christmas present...been a busy week.

**NikonNellie** · 13-01-2011, 12:27am

Well I didn't buy anything but I did get to try out my son's new Nikon D700 with the 14 - 24mm, F2.8 and the 24 - 70mm, F2.8
and SB 900 flash. The weight of it was unbelievably heavy for my little hands and they started to cramp up after a few minutes but I think I could put up with that.
He managed to spend $6,000 dollars all up in one go - who'd have thought that music teachers make that much money? I am green with envy though.

**peterb666** · 13-01-2011, 12:59am

Originally Posted by NikonNellie

Well I didn't buy anything but I did get to try out my son's new Nikon D700 with the 14 - 24mm, F2.8 and the 24 - 70mm, F2.8
and SB 900 flash. The weight of it was unbelievably heavy for my little hands and they started to cramp up after a few minutes but I think I could put up with that.
He managed to spend $6,000 dollars all up in one go - who'd have thought that music teachers make that much money? I am green with envy though.

Use your son as a tripod. Great kit and goodies for you to borrow from time to time.

**wolffman** · 13-01-2011, 5:15pm

This is more of a Grrrrr than a woohoo, as my tripod broke over the Christmas holiday so I had to get a replacement. I cleared out my secret stash which was going to one day be a d7000 for a manfrotto 190xprob with a 3 way head.
If anyone has any ideas where I might be able to source a spare part to fix my 15 year old 055c I would be very appreciative. They stopped making them a few years ago and I have scoured the web and photoshops in Adelaide.

**tr0j** · 14-01-2011, 8:15pm

Originally Posted by adilucca

Just bought a Promote Control from Adorama. It can take time lapse but I want it mainly for HDR stuff. My 7D only takes 3 brackets. With the Promote Control I can take up to 29 photos bracketted (overkill I know but nice to know). Now I just have to get out and take some shots.

Cheers
Alan

Hi Alan, I went & looked at the youtube of this. Looks great! A newb question though, I take it this does more than the TC-80N3?
Cheers,
J

**smallfooties** · 14-01-2011, 10:44pm

Hoya Cir - PL....$95...

**PH005** · 17-01-2011, 5:51pm

Just recieved my new Lowepro Mini Trekker AW in the post. Fantastic bag for those quick trips. Very happy, and at $60 + p&h it is a bargain.

**I @ M** · 19-01-2011, 7:23pm

One of the old lights ( long since out of business English company Courtenay ) started dying so after investigating the likely cost of repairs the pin was pulled and the credit card given a severe pounding to purchase a couple of new 400 ws monoblocs.
They arrived this morning and after modifying the old softboxes to fit I asked the ~~resident~~ sometimes here colour checkers to help me see what the colour temperature looked like.

Neutral colours come up OK around the specified colour temp.

I then made an obvious mistake by asking if either of them had a red top / shirt to see how the colours worked, they both disappeared for a while and the resultant red came up ok as well.

**peterb666** · 19-01-2011, 8:46pm

I @ M, I do like your colour checking devices. Do they fit into a standard gadget bag?

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