Did you get photo gear for Christmas?

[Axle]

I bought myself a Christmas present, a 85mm-205mm vivtar lens for my minolta. And found out about a place in Toronto that sells used equipment...so I'm going to check it out for a 28mm wide angle lens

[Lionheart]

For a digital photographer, I guess I did get photographic equipment of sorts for Christmas
My wife gave me a new laptop for Christmas/birthday, a Panasonic CF-W2 ToughBook with 1.1 GHz Centrino, and 768 Mb of memory, and a DVD rom/CDR burner. I was surprised how much faster and efficient it was compared to my old P4 2.8 GHz Compaq with 1 Gb of RAM. It's really small too, and weighs 2.6 lbs with battery. And the battery life is incredible. I went almost 8 hours running a GPS on this laptop while driving down to southern California for Christmas, and still had 35% battery left when we got there. The 12 inch screen is small, but twice as bright as my old laptop, and much more color accurate, so I will definitely be doing my photo editing on this machine. Big drawback is the 40 Gb drive, and the biggest laptop drive out there is only 100 Gb, so I'll have to add an external HD to my equipment. On the plus side, this laptop and an external drive is still lighter than my old laptop
Can you tell I just love my new laptop

[paulnj]

( SANTA )gave me a CANON Extender EF 1.4 II , It was the most selfless, thoughtful gift I have recieved since the REAL SANTA bought me a bike when I was 7 ;)

Thanks (SANTA) , I will try to find good light to use it under SOON....I promise

[Mig]

Actually I've spent the past few months buying my own goodies in anticipation of the cash I would get at Christmas. The goodies included:

1) Crumpler Shrinkle backpack - I love my Crumpler Harry Palmer Device, but it was getting crowded and heavy and since I have a bad neck I decided to go with a backpack.

2) Lensbaby! - I love this little thing so much, and some day when I have time I'll actually take some pictures to post.

3) Intuos2 6x8 tablet


Danielle

[natatbeach]

My accounting department (hubby) approved me for photo purchases and since we didn't get gifts for each other...he let me get a back up 1 gig Cf card, a back up battery for the D70 and rechargeables for the flash.... good thing we decided not to get gifts for each other cuz it could have been really expensive.

[adina]

I got an mp3 player from the hubby, and a crock pot, which is something I've been wanting. My parents got us a hammock, his parents got us a new toilet and sink to replace the gross ones that were in the basement bathroom (and I use the term loosely) when we moved in.

New jammies, lone ranger cookie jar, you know, the usual.

Nobody buys me photo stuff anymore, because I am very particular about what I'd want. And I hate putting a list together. I'd rather be suprised.

adina

[Lava Lamp]

I got an mp3 player from the hubby, and a crock pot, which is something I've been wanting. My parents got us a hammock, his parents got us a new toilet and sink to replace the gross ones that were in the basement bathroom (and I use the term loosely) when we moved in.

New jammies, lone ranger cookie jar, you know, the usual.

Nobody buys me photo stuff anymore, because I am very particular about what I'd want. And I hate putting a list together. I'd rather be suprised.

adina

I think we're alike, Adina. I don't get stuff for the same reason, but my wife bought me an iPod, which is just wonderful.

[davidpweis]

HI all, new here.
Santa got me a lot of stuff, including an epson R800 printer.
:-D

[Liz]

Welcome to PR! I'm glad Santa was good to you! We're glad to have you here - and look forward to seeing more of your work........nice printer!

Liz

HI all, new here.
Santa got me a lot of stuff, including an epson R800 printer.
:-D

[SmartWombat]

Mrs Wombat said "go on and buy it then" because she bought tickets for F1 Testing in Spain.
I take the photographs and she gets them signed, so it's not totally selfless

So it's a 20D, BG, spare batteries, 10-22, 28-70 L, 70-200 L, 2x extender II, Speedlite 580.
Plus a Crumpler "Brian's Hot Tub" (!) and a Phototainer.

Happy face


Photos to come soon, of course.

[Liz]

WOW! Mrs. Wombat and Santa treated you very well. Good reason for the Happy Face!

Now, we'll all be looking for the photos! Lots of nice gear here.

Liz

Mrs Wombat said "go on and buy it then" because she bought tickets for F1 Testing in Spain.
I take the photographs and she gets them signed, so it's not totally selfless

So it's a 20D, BG, spare batteries, 10-22, 28-70 L, 70-200 L, 2x extender II, Speedlite 580.
Plus a Crumpler "Brian's Hot Tub" (!) and a Phototainer.

Happy face


Photos to come soon, of course.

[Lionheart]

Mrs Wombat said "go on and buy it then" because she bought tickets for F1 Testing in Spain.
I take the photographs and she gets them signed, so it's not totally selfless

So it's a 20D, BG, spare batteries, 10-22, 28-70 L, 70-200 L, 2x extender II, Speedlite 580.
Plus a Crumpler "Brian's Hot Tub" (!) and a Phototainer.

Happy face


Photos to come soon, of course.

Man-O-Man, that is a serious Christmas package. You are gonna love those two "L" lenses. Post some pics and give us a review of that 580EX when you get a chance too. I've been thinking about getting one in hopes it will solve the flash inconsistencies I've experienced with the 550EX on my D60, 10D's, and 1DmkII.
Congratulations on the new weapons of imageconstruction.

[technicolor]

My dad found his old Canon A1, so I get to use that for a bit. He dug up all his old lense cleaning and camera repair stuff gave that to me, found his old slide projector. A whole bunch of hand me downs from the 70s-80s . That, and some money to go towards a new camera of my own. Quite happy.

[Lionheart]

My dad found his old Canon A1, so I get to use that for a bit. He dug up all his old lense cleaning and camera repair stuff gave that to me, found his old slide projector. A whole bunch of hand me downs from the 70s-80s . That, and some money to go towards a new camera of my own. Quite happy.

Nothing wrong with that camera. I still have one. I had three once upon a time (two got stolen-one of which had my prize 50mm f1.4 on it, and a high speed power winder (5 fps)).

[readingr]

Ha Ha!

Still got my Canon 50mm F1.4 lens and I still use it on my Canon AE1 which was bought in 1980 (september) What a great lens and camera - both indestructable! I still use the 50mm more than the other lenses.

Santa has now added a Canon Powershot Pro 1 to the collection with a lowpro bag for the Fuji Finepix 4700 and the Canon - No room for the AE1 and all the lenses. Is he trying to tell me something??

Now how do I get the boss to buy me a Vebon Luxi F tripod for my birthday in February?

[Old Timer]

It wouldn't be Christmas with out some kind of photo gear. This year I got a new Bogen Monopod that I have been wanting since getting the Nikon 80-200 f2.8. It will make a big difference when baseball season rolles around again. And Santa in his all knowning wisdom left a Nikon ML-L3 remote in my stocking. That is going to make those flower macros even sharper this summer. And of course the kids came through with some very nice photo books.

[mtbbrian]

It wouldn't be Christmas with out some kind of photo gear. This year I got a new Bogen Monopod that I have been wanting since getting the Nikon 80-200 f2.8. It will make a big difference when baseball season rolles around again. And Santa in his all knowning wisdom left a Nikon ML-L3 remote in my stocking. That is going to make those flower macros even sharper this summer. And of course the kids came through with some very nice photo books.

With all that great Nikon gear, we should make you Nikon Samuari #10.
All in favor?

Brian
Nikon Samurai #2!

[another view]

With all that great Nikon gear, we should make you Nikon Samuari #10.
All in favor?

Aye! From #7...

I got a couple of things I already replied about, but the best gift I got was from my wife. She made a contribution to IAMRA for me, the Illinois Alaskan Malamute Rescue Assocation. This has been a gift for the last few years, and they need it more than I do. They save Mals from shelters and abusive situations, and can use all the help they can get! Website if you're interested... www.iamra.org

[paulnj]

a DONATION to rescue is a GREAT gift! I am going to give one to Doggue de
> Bordauex rescue this month($$ was too tight in december) ... and might even get one this weekend too

[madcow67]

Hi guys/gals, I'm a newbie here, but not new to photography - otherwise I'd never be able to figure this thing out! Seriously though, since digital started coming out I'd lost my creative desire since I wanted to get results immediately (that's my generation for ya) and the digital cameras I'd been playing around with didn't do it for me. No digital SLRs in the Minolta family to go with all my Minolta stuff, and I didn't see me starting over with another complete system, so I waited... and now!

My dad & fiance went in together and got me the Maxxum 7D I've been drooling over ever since I heard they were coming out with it. Add to that a 17-35 Maxxum zoom, two 1-gig Lexar cards, two extra NP-400 batteries, a new camera case to hold that & the "now old" 35mm bodies, new straps, a couple filters for the new lens, and did I have a FABULOUS CHRISTMAS or what?!?!

I can't wait to start posting the shots I'm taking with it. Hope you guys leave my neck (take the head though). ;-)

Nice being here, glad to have found this forum.

[Lionheart]

Welcom to PR. I think you'll find this a very friendly and safe environment for newbies and seasoned pros alike. There are other sites for the hardened and brutal, but I like this site the best. Congrats on the new gear. Definitely post some pics here, and don't forget to post a review in the review section for this camera. I'm sure all the Minolta-Konica fans are dying to see some shots from the new dslr from Minolta.
Again welcome aboard ;)