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

[adilucca]

Just got the 70-200mm f/4 non-IS. What a sweet lens for the size and cost. Very happy. Will tide me over for a year or two until I can afford the 2.8IS. But then I'll probably go for the 1D MkIV .

Cheers
Alan

[Gregg Bell]

ELINCHROM ARRIVED NO TIME TO TAKE PHOTOS!!! I feel like a kid at Xmas all over again

[enduro]

Lowepro Flipside 400 AW arrived today and I am about to head out with it.

Fits nearly all my gear: will have to choose my lenses carefully.

Only downside is the 155 XPro-B is top heavy on the tripod carrier, hangs back and wobbles all over the place. Fortunately the 155 XPro-B snaps apart in a jiffy and can be stored and strapped into the side pouches well. I may be taking it over to the local to have some additional straps put on to support the tripod better so it can do the job nicely.

[coolie21]

Got a set of RF-602s. First impression - can't believe how cheap they were, and they look very good. Smaller than I expected, which is good. Second impression - they are loose on hotshoe mounts, with no locking mechanism. Will have to google to see how others found these.
Also picked up the Yongnuo 460II flash for about $60. Looks pretty solid, apart from the battery door being flimsy

[Debra Faulkner]

Just had a personal delivery of a D700 by David Clifford!!!!! It was great to meet him and Charmed (Simone) who came along too. Thanks David, I know for sure that we'll enjoy this very much indeed.

Tried out this fabulous new body with the Sigma 24-70 while we all took in the local scenery and was very, very happy with the results. A couple of quick pics as samples below.

Sample 1 "White and Blue": at 24mm, WB Direct Sunlight, Aperture 7.1 (no particluar reason for this), 1/200 @ ISO 200 - I wanted to see how the colour compared to real life - needless to say I was impressed .... (tweaked the colour contrast by 2 and gave USM)


Sample 2 "Face Off": at 70mm, WB Cloudy, Aperture 9 (focus on rock face - middle ground to see how the foreground and background came up), 1/400 @ ISO 200 (upped the colour contrast by 4, warmth by 5 and USM) - yep, pleased as punch

[kaiser]

Another porud owner of a D700. Ordered Friday afternoon from DWI and received at 5:30pm today from FedEx. Now thats impressive!

[selaw]

1D MKIII should be here in next few days. Huge step up from a 350D. New territory for me as I need to scratch enough together now to get a good sports/wildlife lens.

[Dave Clifford]

HI there Debra and thanks for posting these samples,

Sorry for not getting to these quicker, not much of an interweb connection at the moment.

My bus in the first one looks clean lol and I do like the second. I can see you having a great time with that camera. I hope it brings you and Andrew countless years of fun.

[nick351]

Just received my nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 lens! Ordered yesterday from cameras direct! Top service!

[Mircula]

Manfrotto 190xProB and Manfrotto 488RC2 just flew into my office!

Raally really cool!

Can finally take some night shots and waterfalls and panorama and and and


Exciting!

[MrJorge]

Not gear technically but just bought a copy of Kelby's LR2 book.

[bigdazzler]

Not gear technically but just bought a copy of Kelby's LR2 book.

best 50 bucks youll ever spend mate .. read it cover to cover

[Austin850]

I just bought a 55-250mm lens for my Canon 500D. It's only a kit lens but wow it can take some decent photos. I've just gotta practice some more.

I took it up to the historic racing at Wakefield Park yesterday:


I'll post some more in the galleries later.

[MrJorge]

best 50 bucks youll ever spend mate .. read it cover to cover

I loved his CS3 book and this book so far is pretty good. Need to get into the editing bit as I'm really looking to streamline my workflow and get all done in LR if possible.

[damnameany]

Whoo new toy new toy

First it is a robot

Then a ship

And tomorrow I am going to make a submarine for my bath

Well you know what kids are like they play with the boxes and not what is inside them

[nick351]

Just won an old nikon sb-28 flash on ebay for $147.50, will be used as my 3rd light for strobist work!

Hopefully a used SB-800 tomorrow!

[kptn82]

Received 50mm f/1.4 from DWI. 2 days after payment

[pgbphotographytas]

Was the other week.
Nikon D3000 Twin lens kit & Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro (I will be selling the 55-200mm VR lens soon I think)

[mikec]

Damn L fever, I finally cracked and bought a 16-35mm f/2.8 L II......

[kevinj]

Just finished putting my new stuff where it goes,BGE5 battery grip,Manfrotto 681B monopod teamed with a Manfrotto 486RC2 Ball head.I`m quite happy at the moment.