Tupperware Photography & Red Ring Tinfoil (14)

I was lucky in that sense: I paid a fraction of that cost for it locally

No way would I pay $30 for it either, not when duct tape and foam padding from boxes that used to contain computer hardware works just as good.

neil_r wrote in post #7403082
Remember the key rule of the "mans game"

He who dies with the most toys ...... wins

If I die in the next half hour, I should still get at least an honorable mention.

Oh yeah speaking of a good value for money find, I FINALLY, after 3 years, solved the lens pouch problem.

The problem with the Lowepro LC's is that they are all fixed size. My lenses are most certainly NOT a fixed size. On a mission I may carry 17-40, 24-105, 70-200 (/4 ISL).

Thus I need different LC's and cannot just carry one LC on a belt to serve as a convenient stash for the lens. Plus the LC's are expensive, in the $30 range. I bought a few, regretted all of them.

Then I came across the Lowepro.....bottle bag.

Never intended to hold lenses, it is a PERFECT fit for my application. I have to remove the hoods, but all the lenses fit. And at the end of the day I will just shoot without the damned hoods if it means the ability to change lenses faster to get the shot when at events. I know my lenses well enough to know their flare suppression characteristics and while I USUALLY use the hoods whenever possible, I care not what people think of me for shooting without them. They are not the end users ('customers' if you will, despite the fact I am a volunteer and not paid) of the images.

I can stuff the 724ISL into the pouch, pull the drawstring and secure it while letting the lens stick out like a bottle, and the other lenses such as 24-105, 135L all fit perfectly.

The best part? It cost me $8.

belmondo wrote in post #7403185
If I die in the next half hour, I should still get at least an honorable mention.

You still win. Not many of us have the fabled supertele's - you do!

The 600/4 ISL already puts you way above our level!

Lightstream wrote in post #7403203
The 600/4 ISL already puts you way above our level!

Must be nice to have cash to splash....oh that and the 324923423 houses you own.

Harm wrote in post #7403319


Must be nice to have cash to splash....oh that and the 324923423 houses you own.

Or the 324923422 I expect to lose in the next few months.........

Exactly who is that 600 willed to, Tom? You can adopt me.

And I do have a ton more toys than anyone I know besides Jon & Jim here. I just wish I knew how to use most of them. I'm amazingly using great gear at about 10% of what they can do.

SuzyView wrote in post #7403566
Exactly who is that 600 willed to, Tom? You can adopt me.

And I do have a ton more toys than anyone I know besides Jon & Jim here. I just wish I knew how to use most of them. I'm amazingly using great gear at about 10% of what they can do.

I ain't tellin'.

I don't want to be worth more dead to anyone.

I got it. LOL

I'm not that jealous. I probably couldn't lift the thing for long anyway. It's definitely a monopod or tripod item. But when I come out to CA, I want to visit you and see your electronic toys.

SuzyView wrote in post #7403738
I got it. LOL

I'm not that jealous. I probably couldn't lift the thing for long anyway. It's definitely a monopod or tripod item. But when I come out to CA, I want to visit you and see your electronic toys.

Anytime, Suzy. I'd love the company.

Understand, Mo lives maybe 3 hours from here, but she's coming to see you instead. She also drive right past here when she visits her mom, but will she and Skip so much as wave (much less stop by).....oh, noooooooo.

Now, I find out she's going a vacation to Yellowstone with Kevin. Does she invite me and my wife to go along?.....on, nooooooooo

You can come and visit me anytime you'd like. Bring the family.

Lightstream wrote in post #7403203
You still win. Not many of us have the fabled supertele's - you do!

The 600/4 ISL already puts you way above our level!

ahhem...

neil_r wrote in post #7403829
ahhem...

Your gear list says "access to"...

thomascanty wrote in post #7403900
Your gear list says "access to"...

.....

but still, better than having no access too such goods

Unless you stop off to visit Belmondo

jedi1354 wrote in post #7398199
limo caught on fire on the way back from phoenix in palm springs. limo s

Umm... really disappointed to not see any photos of a burning limo!

SuzyView wrote in post #7403022
I don't know. I just found out Permie went to the dark side

whoever told you that was mistaken....I'm solely holga now...with an occasional lensbaby moment...