Christmas presents [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

IanD

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 07:35

Sigma 100-300 f4 EX bought Christmas Eve. Reasonning? Wanted to get pictures of the kids coming up the driveway. (wife actually bought that line)
LowePro Mini Trekker Classic
Manfrotto Naturalist 190 + ball head.
Ever try finding 82mm filtres the day aftre Christmas??
Finally found a couple of Tiffens at a Frisbee store :)
Ian

defordphoto

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 08:25

550EX purchased right before Christmas. We don't have kids so we don't indulge in the gift giving. We just buy cool stuff about this timeof year. We also got an Audi TT in October, so I guess that qualifies too.

morenoar

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 08:59

Delkin I-Pad (20Gb). Works GREAT

JABACo

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 08:59

Well, my wife who detests my photography hobby, went all out.

In my stocking she gave me, are you ready, two (2) 64mg cf cards. She said the nice lady at Wal-Mart said I could take a "Whole bunch of pictures". Well I didn't have the heart to tell her about the two 512mb's I have.

She said she also thought of getting me smaller camera so I could carry it in my pocket instead of that big ole clumsy 10D in the camera bag. But backed off because the "cute little camera" cost almost $150.00 and she didn't want to spend too much money of camera equipment.

If she only knew.

Happy New Year Everyone.

Belmondo

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 09:54

canonshooter wrote:
Alright everyone...someone had to ask, so it may as well be me. What kind of photo equipment did santa bring ya?

Nothing....at least my wife and I didn't exchange presents in the traditional sense. Don't worry, though; we were both very good to ourselves over the last couple months---jewelry for her and camera equipment for me. Besides, we have an anniversary coming up in less than a month, and that's when we really like to do something special for each other.

Actually, I ordered a 70-200 f/2.8L IS from Dell back in September. Supposedly, I'm still on the list and should have it in January sometime. But my wife agreed that because of the uncertainty of the status of the order, I should go ahead and buy one at the going price, and then sell the Dell lens when (and if) it arrives. Needless to say, I didn't give her a chance to change her mind, so I have that lens now. I still haven't decided for sure whether or not I'm going to sell the second one when it arrives. It's been such an 'educational experience,' I might just keep it as a trophy for perseverance.

Let's call that my Christmas present, although I have my eye on a used 50mm f/1.0 that’s been sitting on the shelf at the local camera store for the last couple months. I have no use for it, but that’s one cool looking lens. :)

johneo

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 09:56

My wife and my kids would have no idea of what I wanted or need for my photography hobby so gift certificates to various stores will let me get a few things to help out.

However ... not a gift to me but in a way even better than something to me.

Back on Thanksgiving day my sister in law asked for a photo to use in a frame she wanted to give to her daughter. Having many photos printed up, she couldn't decide so I told her to take them home and make up her mind.

With all my wifes family over on Christmas day and gifts being exchanged my sister in law had taken most of the photos, matted and framed them (2, 3 or 4 to a frame) and given them out as gifts to different relatives. (mostly 4x6 and a few 5x7 prints)

As I said, these were not for me but I was very pleasently surprised to see how nice they looked in the frames.

But, the biggest kick was a 20x30 shot I had printed just to see how it would come out. Being pretty pleased with it I had framed it in a cheap plastic frame and was hanging it on the living room wall as a joke (my wife said it didn't go with the wallpaper)

http://members.cox.net/johnori/g263427n.jpg

As I was hanging the photo a few days before Christmas my mother in law came in and 'confiscated' the photo, frame and all. She said it would look nice on my sister in laws wall. My sister in law was flabbergasted to say the least and loved the photo ... her room is set up with an ocean theme.

Gotta say, I get more enjoyment out of getting compliments on something I've done than getting some toys that I probably didn't want or would have gotten for myself ... it was a very nice Christmas!

new girl on the bloc

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 13:21

santa baby brought me a digital rebel! (i bought it for myself, in other words)

defordphoto

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 14:37

new girl on the bloc wrote:
santa baby brought me a digital rebel! (i bought it for myself, in other words)

Congrats! Seem we always buy ourselves the very best presents eh? :)

new girl on the bloc

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 14:58

RFMSports wrote:
new girl on the bloc wrote:
santa baby brought me a digital rebel! (i bought it for myself, in other words)

Congrats! Seem we always buy ourselves the very best presents eh? :)

hey, thanks. Tis true, i think we should buy our own gifts, or at least pick them out ;) the element of surprise with gifts vanished long ago!

tikkeltokkel

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 15:01

Well i just received my EF 24-70 (3 hrs ago!!) to go with 10D and big ED and 70-200/2.8 and 17-40 and 550 EX and Sekonic L-508 !!! Hell i love my equipment .... i jumped in the deep end August 2002 and am trying (and slowly succeeding ) to make a living off it. I did a job in December that "handles" the cost of everything i have. Photography is good therapy !

mikelambphotography.com

PacAce

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 15:29

I got myself a 550EX, a 50mm 2.8 macro lens and a light box to be used with the macro lens for digitizing slides and negatives. Also got myself a 19" lcd monitor to supplement my 19" CRT to make working with Photoshop a little more convenient.

And, oh yeah, I also bought a Digitial Rebel from B&H Photo which arrived a week before Christmas. Nice "little" camera...I was so excited opening the box and holding it in my hand and taking a couple of test shots. But, alas, it was but a momentary bliss as I had actually bought the DRebel for my brother as a birthday present (his bday was a week before Xmas). I drove nearly 600 miles from Pennsylvania to Florida to hand-deliver it to him at a surprise birthday party I also threw for him.

JABACo

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 15:50

PacAce,

I finally found you. I'm your long lost brother who has a birthday coming up next year and would loved to be surprised with a party and a camera.

I tell your long lost sister-in-law to contact you.

PacAce

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 16:04

JABACo wrote:
PacAce,

I finally found you. I'm your long lost brother who has a birthday coming up next year and would loved to be surprised with a party and a camera.

I tell your long lost sister-in-law to contact you.

JABACo, it's great to hear from a long lost brother. This is really great!

Ummm, how about doing your brother a favor and letting me borrow your 70-200L lens and the Epson 2200 printer. I promise to return it as soon as I'm done. Honest! :)

JABACo

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 16:39

PacAce wrote:
JABACo wrote:
PacAce,

I finally found you. I'm your long lost brother who has a birthday coming up next year and would loved to be surprised with a party and a camera.

I tell your long lost sister-in-law to contact you.

JABACo, it's great to hear from a long lost brother. This is really great!

Ummm, how about doing your brother a favor and letting me borrow your 70-200L lens and the Epson 2200 printer. I promise to return it as soon as I'm done. Honest! :)

I'm packing it up now for you. I'm really going to enjoy the 1Ds you'll be surprising me with. My wife wants to know if you like spam or balogna with your grits?

SWPhotoImaging

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 20:52

My lovely wife very wisely ordered one of the items on my Christmas list, and gave me a 70-200-f2.8L zoom. Of course I thanked her profusely, then explained that the addition of this lens exceeds the capacity of my camera bag, and is a bit wobbly on my old digital cam Slik tripod.

Soooo, I ordered a new Tamrac 759 photo backpack, and a Manfrotto 3021PRO tripod, and while I was loading my cart at B&H, a 1.4xII TC kinda fell in there too . . . .

Christmas just keeps on going and going, and . . . of course now I'm hooked on "L" glass, so the future looks risky . . . might have to sell the motorcycles . . . maybe the pontoon boat and fly-fishing gear too . . .

morenoar

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 20:57

Hey Steve, Let me know how much you want for the pontoon boat and fly-fishing gear too. I would LUV to take it out and take shots of my catching that (imaginary) BIG FISH

He He He

Tom W

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 20:57

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
Mr. Dell is bringing me a 70-200mm F/2.8 tomorrow morning :)

Mr. Dell brought me a laptop earlier in the month, but it wasn't exactly a Christmas present. :)

Anyway, congratulations. You were apparently persistant since I'm sure that Michael Dell wasn't quite prepared to make the deal that his company had agreed to make.

Tom W

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 21:01

belmondo wrote:

Actually, I ordered a 70-200 f/2.8L IS from Dell back in September. Supposedly, I'm still on the list and should have it in January sometime. But my wife agreed that because of the uncertainty of the status of the order, I should go ahead and buy one at the going price, and then sell the Dell lens when (and if) it arrives. Needless to say, I didn't give her a chance to change her mind, so I have that lens now. I still haven't decided for sure whether or not I'm going to sell the second one when it arrives. It's been such an 'educational experience,' I might just keep it as a trophy for perseverance.

$850 and I'll pay the shipping. If you're anywhere near Tennessee, I'll pick it up!

I'm open for modest negotiation. :)

CyberDyneSystems

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 21:23

This too was not really a Christmas gift,. but if it happens at Christmas,. why not?

I found a used 28-70mm f/2.8 at a steal.. it is on route from Canonda,. I HOPE to get it by Friday :D

PacAce

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 22:33

Tom W wrote:
belmondo wrote:

Actually, I ordered a 70-200 f/2.8L IS from Dell back in September. Supposedly, I'm still on the list and should have it in January sometime. But my wife agreed that because of the uncertainty of the status of the order, I should go ahead and buy one at the going price, and then sell the Dell lens when (and if) it arrives. Needless to say, I didn't give her a chance to change her mind, so I have that lens now. I still haven't decided for sure whether or not I'm going to sell the second one when it arrives. It's been such an 'educational experience,' I might just keep it as a trophy for perseverance.

$850 and I'll pay the shipping. If you're anywhere near Tennessee, I'll pick it up!

I'm open for modest negotiation. :)

$875, I'll pay the shipping and I'll even buy you a REAL trophy you can put up on your mantel! :D

PacAce

29th of December 2003 (Mon), 22:37

Oh! I almost forgot. I got another gift from my sister in Japan. She sent me 4 rolls of Kodak color film because she knows I'm really into photography.

That was so funny when I opened up the package. It just occurred to me that she doesn't know that I'm shooting digital now-a-days.

Oh, well, I'll just have to keep the four rolls of Kodak film in the fridge along with the left over rolls from my Fuji film packs. :)

CyberDyneSystems

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 00:02

er,..

...what is this "film" you speak of???

Belmondo

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 00:06

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
er,..

...what is this "film" you speak of???

'Film' is what you find on the teeth of people with poor personal hygene. It is not a photographic term.

A 'roll of film' is simply a very bad case.

Ewwwwww.

defordphoto

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 00:06

Film? That's what you get on your TV screen after about a month or so. All that crappy dust and dirt and stuff. Film.

LOL

Actually, my wife just got 50 rolls of film and 25 disposable cameras from work. They were cleaning house and offered this to all employees.

I have no idea what to do with all this...

GenEOS

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 07:03

Wife bought me a new Wacom tablet. That's going to take some time getting used to, after years of tracing things with the mouse....

Her parents got me a nice National Geographic "Digital Photographers Handbook" It's the thought that counts, right?? Or are they trying to tell me something?

GenEOS

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 07:06

GenEOS

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 07:10

RFMSports wrote:
Film? That's what you get on your TV screen after about a month or so. All that crappy dust and dirt and stuff. Film.

LOL

Actually, my wife just got 50 rolls of film and 25 disposable cameras from work. They were cleaning house and offered this to all employees.

I have no idea what to do with all this...

Send film to me, I have a friend who still shoots film because he is hanging on to the dream that Minolta is going to come out with a digital SLR for under a 1000 that will save all his lenses and be better than a 10D... I will give it to him, to last until hell freezes over....

PacAce

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 09:04

GenEOS wrote:
Send film to me, I have a friend who still shoots film because he is hanging on to the dream that Minolta is going to come out with a digital SLR for under a 1000 that will save all his lenses and be better than a 10D... I will give it to him, to last until hell freezes over....

:D LOL :D That is SOOOOOO funny! ROFLMAF :D

Here, I'll send you my stash as well! LOL :D

JABACo

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 14:05

GenEOS wrote:
JABACo wrote:
PacAce,

I finally found you. I'm your long lost brother who has a birthday coming up next year and would loved to be surprised with a party and a camera.

I tell your long lost sister-in-law to contact you.

I think he is going to find a lot of "long lost" brothers and sisters in this forum.

You mean to tell me I have a "long lost" sister also!!! I hope she married well.

CyberDyneSystems

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 16:25

Minolta allready had a DSLR waaaay back when cameras were 2.0 megapixles for like $6,000.00

Actually Minolta used to make 2 DSLR's, the RD175 that had 3 sensors based on one of their 35mm SLR's, and one based upon their APS SLR, the RD3000 and it was
derived from Vectis 1.

They (Minolta), Fuji, and Kodak were the only ones making DSLR's back then, but no one was buying them really so they stopped making them.

Pentax just came out with one.. so Minolta could too I suppose.

CyberDyneSystems

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 16:32

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/R3K/R3KA.HTM

Tom W

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 20:10

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
Minolta allready had a DSLR waaaay back when cameras were 2.0 megapixles for like $6,000.00

Actually Minolta used to make 2 DSLR's, the RD175 that had 3 sensors based on one of their 35mm SLR's, and one based upon their APS SLR, the RD3000 and it was
derived from Vectis 1.

They (Minolta), Fuji, and Kodak were the only ones making DSLR's back then, but no one was buying them really so they stopped making them.

Pentax just came out with one.. so Minolta could too I suppose.

Actually, the Pentax *ist D (I call it "splat-ist - Dee" ) is probably pretty competitive with the DigiReb, but costs 1.5 times as much. I'm not going to knock it, as its probably decent (and got good reviews in at least one publication). Pentax is reputable. But it is priced above its value, though I'm glad to see them competing if for no other reason than to provide incentive for Canon to stay at the front of the innovation curve.

Tom W

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 20:12

PacAce wrote:
Tom W wrote:

$850 and I'll pay the shipping. If you're anywhere near Tennessee, I'll pick it up!

I'm open for modest negotiation. :)

$875, I'll pay the shipping and I'll even buy you a REAL trophy you can put up on your mantel! :D

ha!!! $880, I pay shipping, and I'll leave your mantel alone!! :D :D

pradeep1

30th of December 2003 (Tue), 21:52

JABACo, you secrets are safe with us.

where1

31st of December 2003 (Wed), 03:32

I received a DRebel for Christmas with the 18-55 kit lens. I got it early, but still, I am enjoying it, and plan to beyond the holidays. I have been out of the photo hobby for many years, but things are coming back to me. My first digital camera was a P&S and took nice pix, but was pretty boring. The SLR factor is back in my life, with digital now, and I'm using F stops and shutter speed to be creative and the excitment of photography is returning. I thank my lovely wife for this gift, and she needs to know, I'm not ignoring her, I'm enjoying her gift.

Thanks Babe.

Alexis427

31st of December 2003 (Wed), 04:19

My D300 got a Canon 28mm F1.8 to take some pics indoors and a Sigma 12-24.

The 12-24 arrived from japan yesterday, i don't have any nice samples to post, but for the few pics i could take from my window it's a really really nice lens

here's a quick shot from my window
http://underwaterpics.org/misc/12-24test.jpg
i'm just a newbie, but since there are not many pics with this lens on the internet, i'll try to post some in the next few days