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12/23/2004 06:18:59 AM · #51 |
I ordered to BH...
Canon EOS 300D kit
70-200mm f/4
50mm f/1.4
backpack, filters, etc... the whole kit
But BH didn't wanted to deliver because my card's address isn't the same that the address I wanted the goods delivered to. After two weeks arguing I gave up!
So no Christmas gift for me this time! A big thank-you go to BH Photo :grrr, I saved a lot of money :(
Message edited by author 2004-12-23 06:21:13. |
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12/23/2004 06:22:58 AM · #52 |
| A happy coincidence that my new Minolta 7D has come just in time for Christmas! |
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12/23/2004 06:47:53 AM · #53 |
My Christmas gift to myself came in October. I had been shopping for a D-Rebel and lenses and ended up going WAY overboard, buying:
20D w/kit lens
24-70/f2.8
300/f4
and about $400 worth of "incidentals" (1 gig CF, Tamrac bag, filters, etc).
Now I'm exhibit "A" for the fact that the camera doesn't make the photographer! First challenge entry came in at the 4th percentile (ouch), and I've been up-and-down since, although pleased with my BROKEN results, reaching a personal high (88th percentile). Mrs. Truelove agrees with me that I've covered my Christmas, birthday and anniversary for the upcoming year at least.
With all that said, may I add that Christmas and the holiday season is really all about family, faith, peace and goodwill. Here's wishing these to each and every DPC'er and to those you love.
Ray Truelove
(nova)
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12/23/2004 07:57:51 AM · #54 |
My dearest wife bought me a Canon 50mm f1.8 and a Sigma EF 500 ST DG Flash unit, so I am more than happy. Bless her
:-)
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12/23/2004 11:12:09 AM · #55 |
Very nice lens Jacko, I think you'll enjoy it. I love mine :)
I have quite a bit comming to me for X-Mas.
20D Body + Grip
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8
Canon 1.4x TC
Bogen 322RC2 Ballhead
2GB CF Card (all the cards I have now are really slow!)
Lensbaby!
Couple of Onmibounces for the 550
DryZone 200
Domke F-3X Shoulder Bag
Couple UV filters and step down rings
LoL, I really only planned on keeping the 10D and getting a 70-200 f/2.8 but I got a little Christmas bonus. :) |
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12/23/2004 11:19:18 AM · #56 |
| I can't make decision. Not sure whether to get 1.4X teleconverter to go on the EF 70-200mm f/4 L, or if I might be better served by getting another lens. I only have the 300D kit lens and the aforementioned so far. |
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12/23/2004 12:03:23 PM · #57 |
| well so far i got myself a flash, and my parents got me a 17-35 Tamron di. I would also count my upcoming trip to china, where i'll be all of january, and i'll be turning 21 there as well, so maybe it's really a birthday present. If I can sell off a few bikes and my bass amp and things like that i'm looking at the 85mm 1.8 or the 100mm 2.0 :-) |
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12/23/2004 12:49:46 PM · #58 |
I bought a Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone Backpack, it will help me get to places like this that require a 20 plus mile hike to get there. 
Backpacking my second addiction :)
Happy Holidays to all!
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12/23/2004 01:16:42 PM · #59 |
i win. :D
Originally posted by Jacko:
I got a Canon 17-40mm F4 L in the mail today.
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12/23/2004 01:42:11 PM · #60 |
| Just got myself a new SB-800. Merry Christmas! |
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12/23/2004 02:43:25 PM · #61 |
| Well I just bought myself the Nikkor 80-400 ED VR lens and one of my gifts from my girlfriend is the SB800 flash :) |
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12/23/2004 02:47:47 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:
Well I just bought myself the Nikkor 80-400 ED VR lens and one of my gifts from my girlfriend is the SB800 flash :) |
You lucky b******!! :D |
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12/23/2004 07:19:02 PM · #63 |
| yeah but now I have my eye on the 70-200 2.8 VR :) |
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12/23/2004 08:15:36 PM · #64 |
Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:
Well I just bought myself the Nikkor 80-400 ED VR lens and one of my gifts from my girlfriend is the SB800 flash :) |
You're gonna LOVE that lens!!! I love it to bits!!
I went way out this year and got the SB-800 and 2 Aurora Genessis 400 strobes with softboxes and tripods and a cordless trigger!!! WOOHOO!!! Merry X-mas to me!! :-D
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12/23/2004 08:37:39 PM · #65 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I won an e-bay auction for a Zeiss 75mm f/1.5 Biotar. It's in M42 screw mount so I should be able to use it with the adapter I already have for my Peleng fisheye. The price was right if it's in the condition it looks. It's an uncommon lens, even more so in M42 mount (most were made in Exakta mount) and it is very well thought of, even for Zeiss glass. Oh, and did I mention fast? |
That's purdy! :-)
I have an M42 adapter also, with a few SMC Takumars. It is just so dang hard to manual focus a Rebel, which has no focusing aids in the viewfinder. I was thinking of getting a Canon Angle Finder C, which has a 2.5x view. Any manual focusing tips?
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12/23/2004 08:47:46 PM · #66 |
Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:
Well I just bought myself the Nikkor 80-400 ED VR lens and one of my gifts from my girlfriend is the SB800 flash :) |
So did i, but i'm probably going to sell it, don't really need that much zoom, and it's a pain to keep in the bag. I like the lens, though. |
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