Brisbane POTN: General Ramblings Thread

Meaty0 wrote in post #3621380
As an interesting aside; Hoya make excellent spectacle lenses and just average camera filters,

Glad to hear that, my new glasses have Hoya lenses in them

I need help people.....I'm going to be spending my money on something other than photography....you see, I have this other obsession and it's jewellery, and working in a jewellery store is not helping the cause. In the past I just ignored them all, out of sight out of mind.

But it's my birthday coming up shortly and with my birthday money I was going to get some more batteries and memory and a couple of other bits and pieces....but.... now I've started working at te jewellery store I'm finding all this stuff I want.

In the past the way I used to measure how badly I wanted something is ask myself the question do I want this more than a CPL, or a 5D or whatever the flavour of the moment was and the answer has always been a firm no with me not spending my money. But now.....it's like do I want this new ring or a tripod and it's becoming a tough decision!

Work has a VIP night coming up at work and the discounts are going to be 50% off everything, people, I need help to be strong and stay focused......

what's jewellery ?

mmmm tripod

mmmm brands such as manfrotto... slik... velbon... gitzo... feisol... mmmm tripoddy goodness

I have Canon jewellery. Some hangs around my neck other bits on my wrist. Bl@@dy heavy stuff though.

My wife is NOT a jewellery person. Kinda makes it hard when it comes around to birthdays etc.

Greg_C wrote in post #3623852
My wife is NOT a jewellery person. Kinda makes it hard when it comes around to birthdays etc.

Ha, I wish Aaron would even consider getting me jewellery for an occasion! He thinks it's a waste of money (says he who has just spent nearly a grand on deep sea and heavy duty fishing gear and he doesn't even go deep sea fishing or fish for anything big, his reason "just incase I need it one day....." pfft at least I'd wear my jewellery everyday). I was lucky to get an engagement ring out of him!

Continuing the cute nephew theme.

No.1 Uncle Greg with a big scary camera!!

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nice photos greg

-Pleiades- wrote in post #3623773
I need help people.....

(1) .... now I've started working at te jewellery store I'm finding all this stuff I want...

(2) But now.....it's like do I want this new ring or a tripod and it's becoming a tough decision!

Work has a VIP night coming up at work and the discounts are going to be 50% off everything, people, I need help to be strong and stay focused......

I don't know whether this is what you want to hear but I'm going to say get the jewellery. (I'm sure things will start flying at me now for such a response )

I don't like the sound of #1 above because it comes across as more of an impulse buy. No doubt it'll please you for a while but just consider whether you'll be wishing you had the forgone photo items in the near future. I don't think you will.

#2 suggests that your priorities have shifted slightly and that, I think, is understandable given the lack of time you have to shoot and therefore the perceived value/usefulness in the photo equipment, such as a tripod, has decreased. It also suggests that the tripod, etc are not needed this instant.

Noting the little time you have available for photography at the moment, and into at least the short-term future, I personally think that you'll get more enjoyment out of the jewellery. It may be short-lived to a degree but a tripod sitting in the corner is going to bring you less satisfaction and you're still going to be looking at the jewellery each day (or whenever you work).

So once again I say get the shiny stuff. Just don't go crazy and you'll save up enough again in no time for the photo equipment you want.

Of course if you pop the monies into savings, be strong and skip the b'day gifts for a year that could mean one or two weeks less you have to spend working 13 hour days . . . decisions, decisions

Greg_C wrote in post #3623869
Continuing the cute nephew theme.

Nice shots, Greg. I like the order of the photos.

Feng,

You asked once about bigger drives in the Epson P-series

Here is a thread and, in it, is a video link of the process:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=354751

Ok, i think ive decided on lenses for the near future. A tamron 17-50 f2.8 as a walk around and a sigma 10-20. Or do i go the sigma 24-70 f2.8 as a walk around?

As far as long stuff goes, my dad has a 70-200 f4 that i can borrow if need be and a tamron 100-400 (pretty crappy) there if i need it.

::John:: wrote in post #3624255
Feng,

You asked once about bigger drives in the Epson P-series

Here is a thread and, in it, is a video link of the process:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=354751

Thanks for that John mmmm toys

-spam- wrote in post #3624273
Ok, i think ive decided on lenses for the near future. A tamron 17-50 f2.8 as a walk around and a sigma 10-20. Or do i go the sigma 24-70 f2.8 as a walk around?

As far as long stuff goes, my dad has a 70-200 f4 that i can borrow if need be and a tamron 100-400 (pretty crappy) there if i need it.

mmm toys... you know you want them all can a 24-70 be classed as a walkabout ?

on the note of baby shots (sorta)... here's a fresh one of Jessica.

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oh... we also took passport photos yesterday :P heheh

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wakko wrote in post #3624392
mmm toys... you know you want them all can a 24-70 be classed as a walkabout ?

I think it can. Yours worked fine as one the day i used it.

Also, i want a 100-400 L know as well. No idea why

wakko wrote in post #3624402
oh... we also took passport photos yesterday :P heheh

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HEHEHEHE looks much cuter printed out small

Cute, Feng.

um - the World Wide Photography thread theme for this week is 'Man Made". You could post that pic in there, too

-spam- wrote in post #3624466
I think it can. Yours worked fine as one the day i used it.

Also, i want a 100-400 L know as well. No idea why

Heh yeah the 100-400 grows on you... but I'm still getting used to the push/pull of it...

::John:: wrote in post #3624477
Cute, Feng.

um - the World Wide Photography thread theme for this week is 'Man Made". You could post that pic in there, too

hahah I just did... classic