GKPE 7 - And Still Going! Still Friendly and Still The BEST!

Yeah, been very up and down the last few months.... less and less photo related conversation too!

Roll on October, man I need this holiday!

Off out tonight for hopefully a landscape shot or two. somewhere Banks peninsula I think.

Crap - working tonight or I would have joined you...

I just picked up my second D700, 70-200 F2.8 VR, and second SB900 from Dave, after parting with enough money to buy a small car even after the rather substantial discount Dave gave me. Everything seems to work well, it seems to focus where I tell it, when I tell it to, and I can hand hold to about 1/15th though at that speed I need to take a few photos just to cover myself.

It came with a 4GB 200X Lexar CF card, which I won't use. If anyone here wants it let me know before I list it on trademe. Retail is $78 from Photo Warehouse, I think it's worth maybe $50.

tim wrote in post #10790103
I just picked up my second D700, 70-200 F2.8 VR, and second SB900 from Dave, after parting with enough money to buy a small car even after the rather substantial discount Dave gave me. Everything seems to work well, it seems to focus where I tell it, when I tell it to, and I can hand hold to about 1/15th though at that speed I need to take a few photos just to cover myself.

It came with a 4GB 200X Lexar CF card, which I won't use. If anyone here wants it let me know before I list it on trademe. Retail is $78 from Photo Warehouse, I think it's worth maybe $50.

Congrats on the new toys! If I wasn't jobless I would take you up on the $50 for the card...

tim wrote in post #10790103
I just picked up my second D700, 70-200 F2.8 VR, and second SB900 from Dave, after parting with enough money to buy a small car even after the rather substantial discount Dave gave me. Everything seems to work well, it seems to focus where I tell it, when I tell it to, and I can hand hold to about 1/15th though at that speed I need to take a few photos just to cover myself.

It came with a 4GB 200X Lexar CF card, which I won't use. If anyone here wants it let me know before I list it on trademe. Retail is $78 from Photo Warehouse, I think it's worth maybe $50.

wow! good kit there. Wish I was rolling in the green dosh.

Tony! text me next time you go out. Would have been keen.

Mediation wrote in post #10790655
Tony! text me next time you go out. Would have been keen.

Dont have your cell, anyway I posted 24hrs before hand

Not one comment on all the new Canon stuff yet... You lot are slacking!

manipula wrote in post #10798191
Not one comment on all the new Canon stuff yet... You lot are slacking!

You mean some consumer fluff, proper implementation of a flip out screen on a DSLR, a re-furb of some classic lenses and a really cool lens that doesn't know if it is an ultra wide or a fish eye?

manipula wrote in post #10798191
Not one comment on all the new Canon stuff yet... You lot are slacking!

Fine - I'll bite. Still no 24-70 IS..... (yawn)

manipula wrote in post #10798191
Not one comment on all the new Canon stuff yet... You lot are slacking!

ok - I'm sure the new white paint on the 1.4x TC III will make all the difference in the world...

(or maybe we're just not gearheads!)

Moppie wrote in post #10798224
You mean some consumer fluff, proper implementation of a flip out screen on a DSLR, a re-furb of some classic lenses and a really cool lens that doesn't know if it is an ultra wide or a fish eye?

And a 120 GAJIGGAPICKSEL SENSOR!!!

momentz wrote in post #10798553
And a 120 GAJIGGAPICKSEL SENSOR!!!

That would do 9.5 fps if you could find a buffer big enough and fast enough to clear it.

I can't imagine what nearly 6 times my current max resolution would be like.
I suspect I would be shooting everything with a 24mm lens and doing lots of cropping.
I also suspect I would be renting server farm space from Weta just to process the RAW's.

It's interesting eh, I suspect most of those lenses will be of little or no use to most of us, but I think it's positive they've been brought out, even if it only means it's aligning stuff to allow further developments in bodies.

The W/A zoom isn't the 14-24 I'd hoped, but is, for what it is a clever idea and I guess a very useful lens. I also thought the 60D was a total 'meh' item when I first looked at it, but I then spent a good few hours this morning reading through the small print and going over it with a 50D and 7D in hand figuring out how the changes work, and I suspect it's going to be a lot more useful to the market that will buy it than innitially seems the case. I suspect actually, Canon might have a sleeper there which will prove to be a very shrewd idea...

Proof in the point that reading press releases at work is useful as by this afternoon I'd had a very well read and knowledgable 'nerd' in asking questions who's ordered one already...

Still nothing though which floats my boat... Frankly, unless it's FF or has bugger all depth of field, I'm not interested.

The 60D has no PC sync socket, they're trying to get enthusiasts and professionals to buy more expensive cameras.

Narrow DOF doesn't make a good photo. That's one reason I liked crop bodies, more DOF. I might get a crop body some time, for the 70-200 at receptions.