Wow. Photography is certainly a family affair you you guys. I can't get my wife into it at all.
Wow. Photography is certainly a family affair you you guys. I can't get my wife into it at all.
Canon 7D : Canon EF 70-200mm f:2.8 L IS II USM - Canon EF 24-105 f:4 L IS USM - Canon EF 50mm f:1.8 - Canon EF-s 18-55mm f:3.5-5.6
Sigma APO 150-500mm f:5-6.3 DG OS HSM - Sigma 10-20mm f:3.5 EX DC HSM
Speedlite 580 EX II - Nissin Di866 II - Yongnuo 460-II x2 - Kenko extension tube set - Canon Extender EF 1.4x II
Manfroto monopod - SILK 700DX Pro tripod - Remote release - Cokin Z-Pro filter box + Various filters
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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!
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.
Cheers
PeterB666
Olympus Pen F with Metabones Speed Booster and Laowa 12mm f/2.8 or Voigtlander 10.5mm f/0.95 or Nikon D800 with the Laowa 12mm f/2.8. The need to keep in touch with the past is a Nikon Photomic FTn or Nikon F2A and a Nikkor 25-50mm f/4 AI
indirectly I did - we asked people for vouchers for photobooks and got a few
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Canon EOS R5, : 16-35mm F4 L, 70-200F4 canon L, 24-70mm 2.8IIcanon L, Sirui tripod + K20D ballhead + RRS ballhead. |Sony A7r2 + Laowa 12mm F2.8, Nisi 15mm F4
Various NiSi systems : Currently using switch filter and predominantly 6 stop ND, 10 stop ND, 3 stop medium GND
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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.
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.
I received a Canon macro 100mm IS lens, a filter and a 1TB portable hard drive.
Cheers Debra
Canon 50D l G11 l Sigma 17-70 l Sigma 70-200 l Sigma 10-20 l Canon 50mm 1.8 ll l
Canon 60mm macro l Canon 100mm Macro lS l Canon 17- 85 l Canon 24-105mm l Speedlight 580 EX ll + other bits n pieces ||Tamron 18-270mm
Indeed! DOA 400/2.8 = very sad Christmas.
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....
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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
I got some magazines, and a book on 100 great photos from the masters of photography. No iron o glass this year
Darren
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I got a Canon 50mm 1.4...but it only arrived today
I got a Canon 50mm 1.4. Very happy with it.
Canon 500D.....EFS 18-55 - EFS 55-250
Hoya Filters
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.
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