This was killing me, i'm happy now ... (updated again)

[sGu]

sold my camera on saturday, can't pick the new one up until thursday!!! whole 5 days with nothing to play with is killing me, and i've got brand new 50mm f1.4 lens sitting in a box can't be tested, also with a 1.4x which i'm dying to try out on 70-200mm ... :cry:

has anyone had same experience before? how did you cope? daily job doesn't count ... you know just your body there, mind is somewhere else ...

[Belmondo]

Patience is a virtue.
I guess that's why there aren't many virtuous photographers----they're always waiting for the new gear to arrive.

Try knitting.

:wink: :roll:

[sGu]

well, i guess you are right, but i just wanna get the camera early so i can get used to the control, gonna do a portrait shoot for a friend/actress for her CV/Resume photo, it's important to her, so i don't wanna screw it up in any way.

knitting? nah, i'll pass, i'd rather spend more time at this place :D

i'll see if i can get it one day early ...

[CyberDyneSystems]

When My 10D's shutter died.. I was without a Camera for nearly two weeks.. (thank GOD Canon service was FAST)

But I have to say.. the experience was devastating!

[Conk]

Perfect time for photoshop work.

[Persian-Rice]

Perfect time for photoshop work.

Or jumping off a bridge............

[stopbath]

Perhaps it's time to think about a back up camera. Need not be an SLR, could be a point and shoot that is waterproof so that you can still take photos in the heavy rain, and on the beach. Places you would not dare take your SLR and lenses for fear of huge repair/replacement costs...

Hope you make it through your dry spell with your sanity intact.

[John_T]

Polish your glass?

Clean the crud out of the corners of your camera bag?

Blow the sand out of your tripod joints?

Spend the lonely hours cruising B&H?

Weed out all those images you've been meaning to for eons?

Do some serious nose mining while watching TV?

Cold turkey bro', cold turkey...

[sGu]

shockingly, i've done all that!!! :shock:

not so long left, i'm going to pick it up tomorrow, and i'm bring all my lenses along, i wanna see how wide 17-40mm really is on a 1.3x sensor

[John_T]

...don't leave your lenses in your car or you might have a new waiting game.

Imagine, body and no lenses... :shock:

[sGu]

never, even though my insurance policy covers all risks including leave equipment in a car boot with no one attended, i would even think about doing it. Always, always take all my gear with me.

[geisha]

i bake things to pass time.... :shock: ...cakes... cookies.... yum!

[sGu]

well, i've got my camera, however, battery/charger refuse to work with each other, so i can't really take my camera out for a walk around shoot. good news is the seller has a another set, hopefully i'll receive them on monday, fingers crossed.

[neil_r]

sGu

I owe you a favour, drive down to Nuneaton, and I will charge it for you :D

N

[sGu]

lol, i'm sure i'll have time to pay a visit to midlands, I'll hit you up if i plan a photo trip down there :D

[c0ntr0lz]

"Do some serious nose mining while watching TV?"

hahahahha
ROFFL
LMFAO
that's funny as hell
i've never heard that

[sGu]

i bought a spare battery while waiting for mine to come, good thing is it's working now, even though i had to sit through 2 days without really usingn the camera.