Got My 1DMK2. Adorama Came Through :-)

[robekert]

Got my camera on Wednesday. What a beautiful piece of technology. The thing is a brick. Hooked on some L. Took some shots :D Nothing to post yet, no time. It's 4 AM and I am off to work with four hours of sleep.
Rob

[cmM]

Congrats. I'm pretty excited about picking up my Rebel today, I can imagine how exceited you were/are/will be.

Totally understandable why you only got 4 hours of sleep 8)

1DMK2.... :shock:
Sucks to be poor. I'm going to buy a 1D when.... never mind, you guys are probably gonna be retired by that time :evil:

[Belmondo]

Congratulations to both of you.

A blessed event is always a happy thing.

Good luck

Tom

[slejhamer]

Congrats Rob! Good to know that your fire-sale paid off. :)

[bdavies926]

Rob,

I'm chomping at the bit--I ordered my 1DMII from Adorama on March 5th, and you're the first one I've come across that got one from them.

Sooo my big question is, when did you order it? I'm wondering when I might expect mine and they're not telling me squat.

Thanks,

[bdavies926]

OK, now I feel much better. I just checked and Adorama charged my credit card today. Yahoo! Man, I haven't been this impatient to get something since I was a six year old kid at Christmas time!

[robekert]

Rob,

I'm chomping at the bit--I ordered my 1DMII from Adorama on March 5th, and you're the first one I've come across that got one from them.

Sooo my big question is, when did you order it? I'm wondering when I might expect mine and they're not telling me squat.

Thanks,

Hey you're from Scranton. My dad was from the Wyoming Valley. I pre-ordered on Feb 18th. They hedged with me right to the end. I called them on Tuesday of this week and they told me they would receive thier first shippment today (Friday) Go figure. They were mailing it out the day I called and were telling me something different :roll:

Rob

[robekert]

Congrats Rob! Good to know that your fire-sale paid off. :)

Thanks Guys. We have a company golf outing this weekend.......I don't golf. I guess I will have to just take my camera.......8.5 burst frames per second of those hackers I work with :lol:

Rob

[CoolToolGuy]

Rob,

Just make sure you wait until the club touches the little white ball before you press the shutter - of course, unless you have the EF 1200mm and you're far enough away that they can't hear it. :wink:

Have fun. Are there any ponds on the course? A few duck or swan shots may be in order... :roll:

[bdavies926]

>>Hey you're from Scranton. My dad was from the Wyoming Valley<<

He was a lot smarter than me--he left the area :P !! No, it's really not all that bad a place to live, but it seems that not many kids with an education stay because employment opportunities are limited. The population of the entire area is shrinking.

Man, I'll tell ya, I've dealt with Adorama for 15 years and probably gave them $25,000. worth of business last year alone. Contrary to what some on this forum say, they've always really taken care of me. That's why I'm surprised & kinda irked that they won't tell me anything abut this Mark II order. Now that my card has been charged though, I bet it's on it's way--that will make me a happy camper. Sure wish I had it for tomorrows wedding though.

Enjoy that camera! I was using a couple of 10D's. Do ya think the learning curve will be steep going from the 10D to the D1M2?

[Belmondo]

OT, I know, but my wife is from Scranton. I used to visit there almost every weekend when her grandmother was still alive and we were living in King Of Prussia. Now we only get there about once a year to do the cemetary visits on Memorial Day. That's a long trip from California.

Scranton is old, but not without charm and a lot of natural beauty. I firmly believe you've seen the worst of your decline. Every visit shows new signs of vitality. There are parts of town I no longer recognize with all the change, and even downtown Scranton is looking a lot better than it did twenty or so years ago.

An annual part of the visit is a stop at Steam Town. Being a railroad lover, that's almost Nirvana for me.

BTW, my own mother was born in Dalton in 1909, but left the area as a very little girl and never really claimed it as home.

We're supposed to stay in a place called 'Settler's Inn' this year. Ever hear of it? Should I bring mosquito netting and a gun? :wink:

Anyway, I just thought I'd chime in as long as you guys were chatting about the 'old sod'.

Tom

[NILOLIGIST]

CONGRATS!! Adorama is not as big as B&H but they do the job. They should it is the same family. LOL

NiL,

[bdavies926]

Tom,

>>That's a long trip from California.<<

I'll say it's a long trip!

As I'm typing this, Sen. Hillary Clinton is on the Dave Letterman show. She's got family in Scranton, too. Her father was buried here back in the early 90's, & then her and Bill showed up again a few years later for a baptism where President Bill actually became a godfather. The church was only a block away from my studio location at the time--the whole place was a real circus that day.

I really think we've seen the worst of the decline, too. My market area throughout the entire valley covers about a million people, but the population of Scranton is actually down to about 68,000 (hard to believe it was once 150,000). Downtown Scranton looked almost like a ghost town back in the '80's, but it's really looking pretty good once again. We desperately need to get some more of the manufacturing jobs back again though. It's pretty much a service & retail economy--we all deliver each other pizzas all week, then go spend our money at the new Steamtown Mall!

I just drove by Settlers Inn about 3 days ago! You can leave your mosquito netting and your gun at home--it's a very nice place. I'm probably the only person I know that's never actually been in there, but everyone says that it's a really pretty, upscale place. I think people even have wedding ceremonies there. You're safe :D ! Look me up when you're in town!

[bdavies926]

Thanks, NiL!

Well I guess I learned that B&H has a bit more clout than Adorama when it comes to getting high-demand Canon products. I'm sure gonna keep that in mind in the future!

I can't wait to get my grubby little grabbers on this camera. I'll probably get arrested for stalking the UPS guy on Monday...

[NILOLIGIST]

Monday might be a bit early when you charge that darn battery it might be more like Fall. LOL

NiL,

[bdavies926]

Man, Adorama's REALLY making me suffer in anticapation on this one! They actually charged my credit card on April 27th. However, NO 1DM2 YET!

I called them today, was told it shipped today, and actually got a UPS tracking number. I guess now I can officially say, "yahoo"! I'll have it this week.

So when I do get it, what's this I'm reading about "conditioning" the batteries? Is there something special I need to do, or do I just charge them and go, but not expect them to last too long until the 3rd time I use them?

I'm off to pump some iron to "condition" myself for lugging this beast around with 24-70 2.8 lens attached!

[robekert]

So when I do get it, what's this I'm reading about "conditioning" the batteries? Is there something special I need to do, or do I just charge them and go, but not expect them to last too long until the 3rd time I use them?

From what I have read, the battery should be fully charged and discharged 3Xs before the first use in camera in order to "condition" it for optimal charge life. I did not do that with my battery. I charged it fully and put it into the camera. When the battery is low I will hook it to the charger and push the "refresh" button on the charger. The "refresh" button pulls down the battery to a "dead" state then initiates a recharge. I figured it is six of one, a half dozen of the other.

Rob

[bdavies926]

Well, I just couldn't wait!!

Mine FINALLY arrived from Adorama today. I bought an extra battery with it, so I charged 'em both, got one "refreshing" right now but slapped the other one right in and started shooting! I guess 1 out of 2 aint bad!

SWEET camera! It's a bit different to navigate & set up than the 10D, so I'm still figuring out how to navigate the darned thing. Sure does weigh a ton with the 24-70L attached! Feels pretty sturdy though, & very responsive. Haven't had much of a chance to really shoot with it yet, still kinda playing with all of the settings.

What I did not know is that the new ETTLII won't work correctly on the Metz 54MZ-3 flashes that I've been using (bummer), so I'll have to wait a few days for my 550EX to arrive to check out the new exposure system.

So I guess I'm off to happily click through some menus...& charge and recharge batteries!

[robekert]

Mine FINALLY arrived from Adorama today.

Enjoy, it is a fun camera.

Rob

[NILOLIGIST]

Next time pre-order from B&H. I was last on the list and I got mine in the first shipment.

The got a huge order from Canon.

NiL,

[NILOLIGIST]

Next time pre-order from B&H. I was last on the list and I got mine in the first shipment.

The got a huge order from Canon.

NiL,

[Belmondo]

Enjoy, it is a fun camera.

Rob

It will be a fun camera just as soon as I figure out how to turn it on. I put myself to sleep reading the manual last night and I'm almost ready.