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

[fess67]

tonight took deliver of a Wacom Intuos 5 touch. This is going to take lots and lots of practice. Amazing technology

[fishographer]

Gonko, you will love the Tokina, real sharp, excellent colour and high quality build......highly recommended as a HD video lens for Canon crop sensors too

[courty]

Called into a Brissie shop today to pick up some UV & CP filters and walked out with a 17-40L series
It pays not to go shopping on the days you can't work due to weather

[Snpsht]

iMac turned up today as my ancient MacBook laptop now operates only when the wind is blowing from the ESE at 11knots and there are black cockatoos in the maple tree. Will be nice to be able to actually see the photos I take and maybe even edit them! Wooohooo

[Gonk0]

I'm sure you'll love it.

I've had mine for at least a couple of years now & still enjoy using it.

I'm looking forward to getting out this weekend and from some of the photo's I have seen it looks to be a very good WA lens.

Gonko, you will love the Tokina, real sharp, excellent colour and high quality build......highly recommended as a HD video lens for Canon crop sensors too

Thanks for that fish, I would have never thought to use it as a HD video lens, but I will give it a go after i get out this weekend.

[Xebadir]

Got a new laptop for processing (I need to be mobile). Picked up at a bargain barely used price
A dell Alienware M14x, specced out as follows
Core i7 2670QM CPU@2.2ghz (3.3 boost)
8GB RAM
128GB SSD
GT 555m 3GB Optimuso Graphics system
Windows 7 Professional

Normally this thing would be way out of budget, but turned out only to be about $650 more than what bringing my old laptop up to spec would cost, with far better performance, better windows and a much higher performance computer in general. Has taken all afternoon to do a clean installation, install all best drivers, but holy crap is it fast. Now that I have got Photoshop CS5, Lightroom 4 loaded I can't wait to see how it handles the D800 and new files. Let the games begin

[Epoc]

Nice lappy. I'm thinking of upgrading my Toshy I5 4gb ram 1 gb graphics cause Win 7 just eats resources and Photoshop struggles a bit with RAWs when I have a few program's running. If you don't mind, what was the cost? Also whats the screen rezo as my current 1388x768 six for graphics.

[Xebadir]

I came from a dell M1530 -it did the job for the time I had it, but has really been limiting and had tested my patience. That was running 32-bit vista with 4gb ram (so not really using if effectively), and similar graphics.

Screen res is 1600x900 and I am really impressed by the quality of the colour display (though you will need to tune it) and the detail within it (as compared to my prior PC). The cost was complex as I picked it up near new, had only be used for a couple of weeks - $1300 is what I paid. Then did a full install with a complete drive wipe. At retail I would expect this would be a heck of a lot more ( a quick build on dell suggests probably closer to two grand). If I had the choice I would have put in a larger SSD, just to give a bit more scratch place. Still, it is smoking through pano stitching so pretty happy with that.

[nwhc]

Finally got back into the gear:

Arrived today:

5D MKII
24-105F4L
100 2.8 macro
600 EX flash

can't wait for the fun to start again!

[Speedway]

Had a few things arrive this week, the 17-50 Sigma F2.8 was ordered through the site link on Friday afternoon from E-Global and arrived this morning. Not bad from Hong Kong to our remote town. Had a play with the lens today but the real test will be on Saturday night shooting a pub gig for a local singer.

[WhoDo]

Great minds think alike, Keith.

My birthday haul includes:

Nikon SB-700 speed light
2 x wireless triggers from Yongnuo
1 x Umbrella and stand
1 x Tamrac Aero 50 camera bag

[Speedway]

I also got an umbrella Waz.
Keith.

[Mark L]

Jeez i need to stop reading this thread.

[Bennymiata]

Nice lens there Speedway, the 17-50 Sigma.
Can it also be used on a FF sensor?
I'm interested in what you think of it when you've given it a good workout.

[Speedway]

Sorry Benny it's a crop sensor lens and will vignette at the wider end on a full frame. The first test shots are here.
Keith.

[WhoDo]

The first test shots are here.

Looking good, Keith, especially at the 50mm mark. Stacks up well against my 50mm f/1.8D I'd say, at least on this limited evidence. I will be interested to see how it goes in low light at the pub.

[Mary Anne]

Finally ordered the Monopod I was suppose to get myself for Christmas the Manfrotto 682B.

[William]

My $45 Optics tripod finaly died after 5 yrs of duty , Now using Manfrotto 190bpro and 804rc2 head , Shots are a bit more sharper , I do have a Linhoff panhead on an old Wooden tripod , But it's to heavy (8.5kg) to carry around for a shoot

[patrickv]

Received some Cactus V5 triggers... They're awesome. I'm now waiting for Sekonic 358 light meter. Setting up manual flash power took at least 15min of trial and error to get the exposure right.

Next steps are Elinchrom BXRi 500/500 kit, Elinchrom 135cm octa, Canon 5D Mark3, Sigma 85mm f/1.4, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM (maybe not in this order), and a FF wide angle to replace my crappy Sigma 10-20, probably something like the 16-35L or 17-40L. All of this is going to take many months savings!

[fenderstrat1963]

I bought the Canon EF-S 15-85 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens the other day. I still can't get over how much smoother the manual focus is - really enjoying it so far.

I hope it's ok to mention eGlobal (they're a site sponsor). The lens was a great price and delivery was fast.