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

[Scotty72]

Got my birthday pressie... 580 ex II flash...

[MBPhoto]

Got my birthday pressie... 580 ex II flash...

Nice pressie. Have fun using that one. A great flash unit

[Krzys]

$200 for

5x Ektarchrome 100 120
5x Fujichrome 100 120
2x Vericolor III 160 120

Calculight digital light meter

Mamiya 645 super body
120 back
waist level finder
80mm 2.8 lens (with added fungus )
Lens hood
filters
lens case

[AmPhot]

Not "gear" as such but definately an aid to my amateur photography, belated birthday present from my sister : Kelby's CS4 for Digital Photographers.

[milspec]

Picked up my new Canon 50D with 18-200mm IS as well as a Velbon Sherpa 803. Been waiting three months for these ... thank you Mr Tax Man

[J.davis]

Mr Postman brought my Lowepro Mini Trekker this morning - outgrown the Micro Trekker (now on Ebay).

[Krzys]

Just got a Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f1.9 from ebay.

So happy right now

[jgtsai]

Picked up the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 AF-S yesterday, and a secondhand SB-400 a few days ago.

I'll be stalking my poor cats around the house this weekend.

[Cathi]

Got me the Canon 50mm f/1.8 II yesterday... yay!!!

[Analog6]

I have my 100-400 in my hot little hands (thank you Fabian from NG systems). I can hardly contain myself until tomorrow when I get a chance to test it out!

[Miaow]

I can actually post something in this thread now 430ex II speedlight - now to work out how to use it effectively

[Jules]

It's not exactly photographic, but my husband just upgraded my computer for me. New processor, memory, power unit, video card - the works. RAW files open in the blink of an eye and PP is a breeze. This baby flies now!

[David]

Whoop Whoot Cat : I got exactly the same thing yesterday at Teds Camera House supposedly on special.

Not so whoop whoop is that is aint working . I do have an issue with my camera though. I found rust on the pop up hinge for the onboard flash which might mean there is corosion underneath the hotshoe and (therefore) the Canon Speedlite contacts are not working on the contacts for the camera.

I have to go check it out with the camera store I brought the speedlite from tomorrow and hope its sumthin simple....otherwise I will asking QLD people where to go to get camera repairs done.

I have the speedlite, the batteries, the diffuser in my hand and have ordered an offshoe cable but no cigar, the flash does not fire and the speedlite is not reading off the camera.

Dang it all: at least I will know if the camera needs working on...

[Miaow]

Not good wont work David worst thing get something new and it wont work - especially for the price if it was same as mine - This was teds also - was cheaper than at a few other stores went to searching for a macro...

Hope you can work it out soon *fingerscrossed* - when i first tested this wouldnt work with AV but would on P and then the next time i tried worked with AV also - so im confused maybe i didnt have the connections in exactly right?

[David]

Hope mine wakes up too Cat.

According to the booklet, P and the green square AUTO mode should work automatically and it is a bit of a jungle to get your head around that booklet, almost as confusing as the 400D manual .

If you have it working in P or AUTO mode its working and its going to be trial and error and getting our heads around the connection between the Speedlite information and its so called synchronicity (reportedly seamless) with the camera model you and I both have.

Mine wont fire at all.. but I think it is the camera.. hope the guy at Teds tells me otherwise.

I got mine for 400.00 on special but the plus with the II version is the carry case, the mini stand and reportedly a better more secure connection with the hotshoe on the camera. Dont quote me on that; hey get into it and lets see a portrait or 2 on here soon Cat.

[David]

Not good wont work David worst thing get something new and it wont work - especially for the price if it was same as mine - This was teds also - was cheaper than at a few other stores went to searching for a macro...

Hope you can work it out soon *fingerscrossed* - when i first tested this wouldnt work with AV but would on P and then the next time i tried worked with AV also - so im confused maybe i didnt have the connections in exactly right?

Yes a nifty 50MM 1.8 will be next on my shopping list, a couple of hundred bucks tops according to shopbot and right here at AP people are talking about it CF other 50MM lenses from the Canon 1.4 and 1.2 / I dunno, i think they have 3 50MM ones at Canon and the price hike between the 1.8 and the next model is alot... stickin to the 'cheapy' notion here, if I can get away with no camera repairs.

[Miaow]

50mm 1.8 is $149 at ted's David - DO NOT pay more than that - seems to be the top price down here for them - Another shop that was unfornately closed today has then for 139 - I'd say others have them possibly lower also?

I actually got Teds down to 139 today on one cause I knew the other shop had them at that price but yeah was closed - I would rather actually have bought there (the one closed)

[David]

Teds looks like the place to get the nifty fifty.

Oh by the way, my Speedlite is working fine now (at least its working in A and P modes so far) and Im a very happy camper: seems I hadnt connected it properly but is fine now....now to get my head around the handbook and try out some new shots.

Canon 430 EX II Speedlite is now up and go....does that make me a 'strobist' now

[Miaow]

Great news that it's working now

I've been trying to get my head around the book also lol - was playing around last night with bounce flash using trev 1/2 asleep on the couch as a test subject lol

[charton]

just ordered lens hood and Spyder 3 Pro from qualitycamera, should arrive tomorrow. Next is the 580EXII flash...