What are you getting for Xmas?

My wife has just ordered for me a TS-E 24mm for xmas. It will arrive here from Warehouse Express on Tuesday. I'm going through its use in my mind. I think I have perfected all of its uses before I have laid my hands on it. The most interesting concept (second to control of divergence/convergence​) is as follows: shift 11mm left and right to get an effective sensor size of 58mm by 24mm, or in portrait mode of 46mm by 36mm. Also shift with the lens at 30 and 60 degrees to get a huge circular image.

What are you getting for Xmas?

tubes, a lens and a new computer!!!!

I got mine early - a 580EX

That will be it for a few months at least, but the next purchase will probably be a 100mm macro lens.

This year we are having a 'kids only' christmas, with an agreement among the adults in the family that we will exchange good will and fellowship, not gifts.

From work, we are contributing to a charity that buys sustainable productive gifts for people in the third world. we have collected enough to buy a goat and hive of bees and what is left over goes towards buying a cow. Every year we choose a charity, and do this instead of buying gifts and sending cards to co-workers.

Macbook

I bought myself a 1DMkIIN for xmas. 8) I won't be "getting" any photo gear for xmas from family or anything, because everything I want is far too expensive. I'm getting a PSP with a few games and a 1gig card. Fair enough.

I "accidentaly stumbled" across my moms email account and saw she is getting me a 50mm 1.4!

KROHN27 wrote in post #2377271
I "accidentaly stumbled" across my moms email account and saw she is getting me a 50mm 1.4!

Naughty, naughty!



(how do you know it is for you? )

A large credit card bill and I think a tie

umm... a camera bag. gifts for the grown ups aren't plentiful in my family... But, I may buy myself something fun and silly for christmas.... maybe a lensbaby if I want to go crazy.. or a short prime that i've been thinking about for months...

sari

Talent?

New PC with Core 2 Duo 6600, Geforce 8800GTX etc, good food, company, movies and vacation.
No camera stuff this year, I'll wait for Mark II replacement (I am very tempted to get 5D but I know I will long for some 1D features).

haha because i am the only one in the family with a DSLR!

Pekka wrote in post #2377523
New PC with Core 2 Duo 6600, Geforce 8800GTX etc, good food, company, movies and vacation.
No camera stuff this year, I'll wait for Mark II replacement (I am very tempted to get 5D but I know I will long for some 1D features).

Niiiiice PC! The rest of your Christmas season sounds idyllic, too.

I, too, am waiting to see what Canon do with the Mark II replacement but, in the meantime, I am very happy with the 5D.

For Christmas gifts, my wife and I agreed on a new computerised overlocker for her and a replacement 24-70 for me. She has already received the overlocker - but my 24-70 won't be coming anytime soon. With a change in our work habits, we found we needed another vehicle and that need was more important than another lens - so I bought an old 4WD for work use - and it has the additional benefit of being able to take me to some pretty out-of-the-way spots for photography.

Pekka wrote in post #2377523
New PC with Core 2 Duo 6600, Geforce 8800GTX etc, good food, company, movies and vacation.
No camera stuff this year, I'll wait for Mark II replacement (I am very tempted to get 5D but I know I will long for some 1D features).

that's it.. If Pekka is tempted by the 5D that's good enough for me... too bad life costs soo much. I'll have to wait for spring for a new camera...

I think my mother is going to get me a Kohl's gift certificate. Other than that I probably won't get anything. No gear this Xmas.