Camera Gear for Christmas?

**Scotty72** · 01-01-2011, 11:43pm

Wow. Photography is certainly a family affair you you guys. I can't get my wife into it at all.

**silkdiver** · 01-01-2011, 11:58pm

Originally Posted by Scotty72

Wow. Photography is certainly a family affair you you guys. I can't get my wife into it at all.

I know how you feel Scot

I got some money from my girls to buy a macro lens, should have it by next weekend

**4ravens** · 02-01-2011, 7:08pm

Santa was good this year - he did his own Christmas shopping!

I received a Kata 123-GO-20 bag, a view-finder extender and a bigger SD card. I've almost got the money for my macro lens thanks to selling stuff that I don't use on ebay!

**peterb666** · 02-01-2011, 7:37pm

I went to buy a blender for the misses in the post-xmas sales as the old one blew up a month ago. It was a small Kenwood unit.

They don't make small blenders anymore, the misses blames Masterchef for that. I guess it is an ego thing. We have such a small kitchen that we would need to build an extension on the house for some of them.

Anyway, I was shocked by the prices at Myer, ranging from $60 (fair enough) to over $300, so I went to the Bad Guys and bought the smallest I could find which was only $40 and then spent the change on a Nikkor 18-105 VR lens from Hardly Normals which turned out to be less than on eBay (including from Hong Kong et al) and was almost 60% off the (stupid) price marked on the box.

It sort of ruined my lens buying plan, but hey, I have now pretty much filled the gap between my 10-24 and 150-500.

**Dylan & Marianne** · 02-01-2011, 11:56pm

indirectly I did - we asked people for vouchers for photobooks and got a few

**sonofcoco** · 03-01-2011, 12:52am

I bought me a NextoDI Extreme 2700 back-up drive, and ended up going for the Bamboo Pen & Touch graphics tablet (should have it Tuesday). Thought it best to learn to use one before getting carried away with something like an Intuos.

**Mick B** · 03-01-2011, 11:40am

My Santa was good to me. She gave me a Canon 15 - 85 mm lens (to replace the kit 18 -55 mm) and a Canon 430 EX II flash.

**mrsgrumblebum** · 03-01-2011, 3:36pm

I received a Canon macro 100mm IS lens, a filter and a 1TB portable hard drive.

**Sammy7** · 04-01-2011, 12:53am

Originally Posted by MarkChap

Not really Christmas, but in the last 2 weeks I have acquired a new Scanner, to scan film, and a set of Elinchrom D-Lite 4's

So have pretty well all things considered

MarkChap, which scanner, how does it perform with the film?

I got a Vanguard uprise 48 backpack - very nice.

**Wayne** · 04-01-2011, 1:39am

Originally Posted by bobt

Just as well ... he might have broken it! I'd rather he put it down nice and gently.

Indeed! DOA 400/2.8 = very sad Christmas.

Originally Posted by Scotty72

I can't get my wife into it at all.

I feel your pain, mine thinks it is an expensive waste of $$ and while she is quite happy to take pics of our animals and sights when we go overseas, she is only willing to use the fast method of P&S Sony TX-7 (I think that is what it is). She has absolutely no interest at all in any photography that involves anything more than;

turn camera on > point at subject > hold shutter button 1/2 way down until it beeps and shows a green frame on screen > depress shutter button all the way down > turn off camera and return to handbag

When she passes comment on my wasting more $$ on expensive camera gear, I ask her if she would rather I buy a helicopter to go with my plane??? Another of my expensive hobbies she hates....

**Scotty72** · 04-01-2011, 9:52am

Good thinking. I did something similar: I hinted that I had a yearning for a sports-car (which I do not).

When my wife complained that this was way too expensive, I suggested I'd settle for some camera gear.

She was relieved

Scotty

**Birdman** · 04-01-2011, 6:03pm

Originally Posted by Scotty72

I've ordered a Siggy 150-500; I should have it by Wed.

I just ordered mine this arvo, hopefully it will be here this week.

**Scotty72** · 04-01-2011, 6:27pm

Originally Posted by Birdman

I just ordered mine this arvo, hopefully it will be here this week.

Gee, that's a whole heap of orders for those from AP members.

**kiwi** · 04-01-2011, 6:52pm

I got some magazines, and a book on 100 great photos from the masters of photography. No iron o glass this year

**triptych** · 04-01-2011, 7:55pm

I got a Canon 50mm 1.4...but it only arrived today

**peterb666** · 04-01-2011, 7:58pm

Originally Posted by Birdman

I just ordered mine this arvo, hopefully it will be here this week.

My god, they are breading like flies.

The Siggy 150-500 has to be the best bang for buck of any large chunk glass out - and it is a gooden to boot!!!

**Rod038** · 04-01-2011, 8:22pm

I got a Canon 50mm 1.4. Very happy with it.

**sonofcoco** · 07-01-2011, 4:25pm

Got the Bamboo Pen and Touch yesterday as a late Christmas present. Mucked around for about 30 mins last night and I like it, although it will take some getting used to before I can draw straight lines or anything well.

This month will be filled with 'Christmas presents' before leaving Korea though...the list of things to get is slowly growing by the minute.

**andylo** · 07-01-2011, 5:27pm

Sony NEX-5 Twin Lens kit. Because missus does think it's ridiculous to carry a 1D around on daily basis

And I was sooooo cloooose to get my dream lens: 70-200 f2.8L MkII.... but missus tighten the belt in the last second

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