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

[PH005]

Very nice. Post some pics real soon.

[dulvariprestige]

Nice one Daniel, I've just sold a few lenses and my 5d, and this is one of the lenses on my list of things to buy, I love using my sigma 50 on my 7d, but it was really great on the 5d, so I thought if I get a 30mm I'll again have that similar FOV that I had with 5d.
Looking forward to seeing how you like it and seeing some images.

[daniel5600]

yeah, i was thinking of buying the Sigma 50mm 1.4 as well for a portrait kinda lens (kinda matching a full frame 85mm).

so far from messing around today, the 30mm is great, ill try and take some good photos over the next few days and post them up

[dulvariprestige]

Yeah that was my thinking, I was thinking about getting the sigma 85, but when I decided to sell the 5d I thought, well my 50 acts like a 85 on the 7d, so I'll look at the 30, and it's also half the price of an 85 too.

[smallfooties]

got myself some old nikon extension tubes... next on the list - a microscope! yayy!

[Kym]

Pentax K-5 !

[farmer_rob]

D7000 in my hot little hands
Can't post pics for a few days, but love it!

[BLWNHR]

Ebay softbox arrived this morning, ordered it last Thursday, so quick postage. This thing is [/very/] well made. I wasn't expecting much, and the photos looked satisfactory, but all the brackets, mounts, threads, everything are surprisingly good quality.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[Robdenham]

Woohoo! I just brought myself a Hoya ND 8 filter of ebay, now I can take beutiful landscape photos without the sky being blown out.
I hope Santa brings me Photoshop Elements 9, so I can woohoo about that.

[dulvariprestige]

After a couple of weeks of doing my head in on what new lens to buy first, I just ordered a canon 17-55.
It was a tough decision to spend $1,100 on a EF-S lens, but after hours, days really, of researching this lens, and sigma's 18-50 and 17-50, the canon just seemed to have more pros than the others, while the 18-50 seemed good for the money, after you add on for new filters it works out pretty much the same for the more expensive 17-50 OS, and while this has a 77mm filter thread, the lack of full time manual focus and the focus speed not looking that much faster than a non HSM, made the $300 odd dollar difference easier to swallow, plus the canon does look more impressive lol.
Now I have to decide what to spend the rest of my money on, hitting the buy button on a sigma 30 1.4 is still very tempting though.

[fabian628]

Woohoo! I just brought myself a Hoya ND 8 filter of ebay, now I can take beutiful landscape photos without the sky being blown out.
I hope Santa brings me Photoshop Elements 9, so I can woohoo about that.

is it a gradient ND filter?
If it is just a normal ND filter it will be cutting light from all parts of the scene, and from what I understand, wouldnt help much with increasing dynamic range of pictures

[macmich]

just recieved my hoodman 3.0 loupe and a eye piece for the 50d
ordered it from the store in america and got it for 40 dollars less delivered to my door than what the australian hoodman supplier was asking
took 4 days from order to delivery very happy
cheers macca

[Kerro]

After buying the canon 400mm F2.8L IS 3 weeks ago, I just bought the Sigma 120-300 F2.8 APO DG lens today.

NICE...........

[PH005]

Just recieved my new Sigma 10-20 4-5.6 from DWI. Excellent and speedy service. And a GREAT price.

Now where are those Sunrise/Sunsets ?

[Arg]

Hi Arg, did you buy them all in one hit???? Whoaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over a period of a few weeks, and from several suppliers, but essentially....... yes!

[Arg]

Very reasonably priced K7 arriving Monday,got to love people rushing in to buy the very latest offerings .

100+ to that, Garry. I was pushing the preorder buttons for a 60D (all I needed) until it seeped into my brain that the 7D could be got for slightly less!

Not to mention the inevitable couple of firmware updates for introductory issues shipped free with new models and that can take a few months to sort out.

[sonofcoco]

Bought a Think Tank Bazooka tripod bag. Mainly to transport it between Korea and Australia and when on trips, but carried it around yesterday and it was great. It helped me to remember to pick up my tripod this time around

[DAdeGroot]

Bit late (2 days) but I picked up my new Canon EOS 1D Mark IV on Friday. It replaces the 30D as my second body.

[stoogest]

Just took delivery of a new 10-20mm Sigma!! I bought it through eGlobal for those that are interested. They are a new-ish grey market retailer with brilliant pricing and I can't fault their service. It took about a week from placement of order to delivery. Very happy!

Andrew.

[dulvariprestige]

Yey, my 17-55 turned up today, missed the courier this morning, so I had to wait until 5.30 to pick it up from the depot, didn't that seem to take for ever, only taken a few shots so far, but I think I made the right decision going for this and not the 17-50 sigma.
Ordered it from DWI Wednesday night, courier was here 11am today (Monday), also ordered a 10-22 from elsewhere Saturday night, lets see how they perform.