It's Already 2AM: 19th Edition... Time to ask the SHBC out, don't ya think Nick?

i obsses about camera bodies when i should look more at lenses & basic - intermeddiate skills first

jetta-the-hut wrote in post #13274653
i obsses about camera bodies when i should look more at lenses & basic - intermeddiate skills first

Heh! I don't let myself get caught up in gear -- the new bodies look great, the new lenses look great, but I'm happy with my older gear and in my current financial state, to go for buying new gear would be insane! So I just settle with a nice evening cocktail or two and forget about gear-hounding!

Everybody ready for some baseball??

vipergts831 wrote in post #13273571
Whats up Tom!

Hey Omar (severely delayed response)!

AngryCorgi wrote in post #13274825
Everybody ready for some baseball??

AngryCorgi wrote in post #13274830
Hey Omar (severely delayed response)!

Whats up Tom! Go Cardinals

AngryCorgi wrote in post #13274825
Everybody ready for some baseball??

ummm no!

vipergts831 wrote in post #13274835
Whats up Tom! Go Cardinals

Yeah......right......

Beware the "rally squirrel"...

tonylong wrote in post #13274631
I think about selling a bunch of my stuff occasionally. In fact I had three lenses for sale three years ago, but only had one that got sold -- my 300mm f/2.8 IS. It was a sweet lens, I get misty-eyed thinking about it, but at least it paid my expenses for a bit.

I am happy for Julian and etal who willing and able to spend $6999 on a canon body, then the iDx is their camera, but for some the price is simply too high when there are other models at much lower prices...if it was at $4999, maybe I will move to a iD model. I am not willing to part with the added $2000. I do not shoot sports , and mostly only use ingle focus point.

as an analogy, I still drive my 2009 MB, great features on newer models were announced in 2010/2011, but will I change my car to get the new features, not now, but yes maybe by next year, but will I look at the higher models, no...the same way the 1Dx looks good but at $6999, I will wait for the 5DIII and stay with the 5D2 and 7D until another camera in the below $3000 price range is announced.

Good luck to those hoping to be the one of the first to get this new Canon.

AngryCorgi wrote in post #13274851
Yeah......right......

Beware the "rally squirrel"...

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I wouldnt mind the rangers winning. Ron Washington is a good guy. He deserves a title. No so sure about some of the coke heads on the team though

tonyniev wrote in post #13274861
I am happy for Julian and etal who willing and able to spend $6999 on a canon body, then the iDx is their camera, but for some the price is simply too high when there are other models at much lower prices...if it was at $4999, maybe I will move to a iD model. I am not willing to part with the added $2000. I do not shoot sports , and mostly only use ingle focus point.

as an analogy, I still drive my 2009 MB, great features on newer models were announced in 2010/2011, but will I change my car to get the new features, not now, but yes maybe by next year, but will I look at the higher models, no...the same way the 1Dx looks good but at $6999, I will wait for the 5DIII and stay with the 5D2 and 7D until another camera in the below $3000 price range is announced.

Good luck to those hoping to be the one of the first to get this new Canon.

Yeah, it's fun seeing all the commotion over the 1DX, and I do apprectiate the idea that it will likely be an IQ Masterpiece, but I just don't let myself get caught up in the frenzy. It's been entertaining having fun with the discussions, though!

tonylong wrote in post #13274883
Yeah, it's fun seeing all the commotion over the 1DX, and I do apprectiate the idea that it will likely be an IQ Masterpiece, but I just don't let myself get caught up in the frenzy. It's been entertaining having fun with the discussions, though!

Not many people seem disappointed compared to other announcements. Lets see if that changes when real world tests are done

tonylong wrote in post #13274805
Heh! I don't let myself get caught up in gear -- the new bodies look great, the new lenses look great, but I'm happy with my older gear and in my current financial state, to go for buying new gear would be insane! So I just settle with a nice evening cocktail or two and forget about gear-hounding!

i just wish i had the money to get some nicer glass, instead i get the bacon and porkchop lens while never saving for the whole pig.

one day, i'll have my first L and then the obbession will really hit me, until then i'll work on lighting and technique

jetta-the-hut wrote in post #13274895
i just wish i had the money to get some nicer glass, instead i get the bacon and porkchop lens while never saving for the whole pig.

one day, i'll have my first L and then the obbession will really hit me, until then i'll work on lighting and technique

Heh, a new camera would be nice - but gotta wait for the hospital bills first, then we'll see what I can afford

Harm wrote in post #13274922
Heh, a new camera would be nice - but gotta wait for the hospital bills first, then we'll see what I can afford

naw just do like the south of the borderians, change your name and dont pay it, i'll pay for it over the next 40 years through taxes:p

jetta-the-hut wrote in post #13274895
i just wish i had the money to get some nicer glass, instead i get the bacon and porkchop lens while never saving for the whole pig.

one day, i'll have my first L and then the obbession will really hit me, until then i'll work on lighting and technique

Well, I admit that I did collect some very nice gear back when I had the disposable finances, although I didn't go crazy with things. But now, I don't even bat an eye!