Camera Gear for Christmas?

[Scotty72]

So,

Who got lucky with new camera gear this Christmas?

Me? A lean day but, hoping to treat myself in the post Xmas sales :)

Scotty

[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

[Wayne]

I'm waiting for my 400/2.8 to arrive, but it didn't get here in time for Santa to drop it under the tree

[sonofcoco]

I'm probably getting a Wacom graphics tablet...just have to decide which one: Intuos 4 small, Bamboo Pen & Touch small, or Bamboo Fun medium.

[stevemack]

Santa was good to me this year.I got a full portable studio lighting kit and i think my daughter is sick of me taking pictures now lol.

steve.

[Scotty72]

Santa was good to me this year.I got a full portable studio lighting kit and i think my daughter is sick of me taking pictures now lol.

steve.

Ahh! This, I am familiar with: family members regretting my acquisition of new photography gear. :th3:

Scotty

[DAdeGroot]

Mine came early - Canon 1D MkIV body.

[etherial]

A heap of small cheap things to play with, grey cards, reflectors, cheap filters, extension tubes, and the best bit is a Wacom tablet....now time to learn how to use it!

[ollie]

Mrs Clause delivered a MBD10 for the D300 :xmas::xmas::xmas::xmas:

[rowdy23]

manfotto tripod and a 24inch led monitor...

[Xebadir]

Got a 16Gb CF card from my sister, but shouted myself to an SB900, batteries, charger and a reflector...wasn't getting much else for Christmas (besides tools) so decided to get something fun.

[Cage]

I treated myself to a Velbon 4-way Super Mag Macro Rail Slider and a Benro plate to mount onto my Markins head.

Cant wait for them to arrive.

[WhoDo]

Mrs Claus and lil' missy Claus bought Santa a Sigma APO 70-300mm DG 1:4-5.6 Telephoto/Macro switchable lens! Woohoo! Came via courier on Christmas Eve, just in time to go under the tree! Should provide some added versatility to the Blue 52/2011 challenge! :christmasparty: :efelant::party6::xmas::beer_mug:

[salnel]

Well, Santa was unbelievably good to me..an external hard drive, a nikon macro lens and a nifty fifty!!!! :xmas31::santa::christmasparty: Can't wait to play:xmas: Merry Xmas everyone!!

[Birdman]

I am still deciding on my pressie, either the Sigma 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 APO DG OS or 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM there is about a 1k price difference so not sure which yet.

[rigby]

I am still deciding on my pressie, either the Sigma 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 APO DG OS or 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM there is about a 1k price difference so not sure which yet.

I got the sigma 150-500mm for chrissy and I'm no expert on the ins and outs of lenses but I love it! :D

[Scotty72]

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

[bobt]

I'm waiting for my 400/2.8 to arrive, but it didn't get here in time for Santa to drop it under the tree

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


Santa was good to me this year.I got a full portable studio lighting kit and i think my daughter is sick of me taking pictures now lol.
steve.

I got a studio backdrop setup ....... my wife hates it - she'd have been happier if I'd bought a new lens that would have just gone into a bag somewhere rather than taking up half the room!.

[tmd77]

Santa was kind. Got a new tripod and also a tamron 17-50mm 2.8 lens which should arrive on Tuesday!:)

[geck]

Santa was good to all of us wrt cameras this year... A 2 reel 35mm developing tank and a second hand D70 for me, a micro 4/3 9-18mm lens for my girlfriend, a 1000D single lens kit for her sister and a 2x teleconverter for their mum.... Now I just need a flash for the F5 and a wide lens...

[Scotty72]

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

[silkdiver]

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 :rolleyes:

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

[4ravens]

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

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]

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

[sonofcoco]

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]

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]

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

[Sammy7]

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]

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.


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]

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 :D

Scotty

[Birdman]

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

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

[Scotty72]

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. :D

[kiwi]

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

[triptych]

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

[peterb666]

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]

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

[sonofcoco]

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]

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 :(