Great Kiwi POTN Shooting expidition! (expressions of interest)

The PSNZ (Photography Society of NZ) central region convention is on from 2-4th September in Wanganui, i'll most likely be going to that. If the meet is a date that i'm not previously booked there's about a 70% chance i'll come up for it

If we're going for landscape type photos the best times are sunrise and sunset, I don't shoot so much during the middle of the day, and it's very rare that i'm up for sunrise! We should have a plan for good subjects for the middle of the day.

I can't remember the name of the guy in upper hutt, can anyone remember?

Cool stuff guys.

I've made several new friends just recently, just by having a camera at the airport.

People often talk to you, when you have a funny looking 400mm lens.

Im keen! give me a bit of time to get that next bit of glass!

I dont really get out much further than the garden, so this has to be a good excuse to get some photos of more than my backyard.

Timing is pretty diff, i work strange hours at short notice and all sorts of weird stuff.

Could we each list a weekend we would prefer?
then ill pick the one that suits me best :P

Matt

Welomce along!


Well it looks like anytime in September is out, so Im free anytime in August, is there a date there that dosn't suit anybody?

Any weekend in Aug is fine for me (at the moment!) which is more than we can say for todays precipitation...

I just wish I could go..

CyberDyneSystems wrote:
I just wish I could go..

For the cost of nice really nice "L" Glass you could be on plane and here in about 18hours
The rest is easy to work out, worry about it when you get here

I should add, if anyone does come from overseas , or is thinking of taking a holiday in this part of the world speak up, and we will make room for you

Gah! I was hoping for a nice sunny day today! no such luck tho, its all overcast and wet

Ill try and keep my august weekends responsibility free.

If we are away for the weekend im gonna need more than one 512 card.
Wheres cheapest in NZ for CF cards?

Just make say the last weekend of August free. Both Saturday and Sunday available, I can do that. And depending on weather, or peoples requirements, we can do that. Even if it involves 2 vehicles. We don't have to be limited to just one van. The more the merrier. I'll give my dad a 350D, and he can take some in his SS Commodore.

www.flashcards.co.nz

I bought two 1Gb Lexar 80x pro cards for $418 together.

Ill have to stop eating lunch for a while :S.

Sorry for the OT post, but I was just discussing the quality of some prints i did the other day. where do you fellow kiwis get yours done, and how much do you pay?

Last weekend of August should suit me. I usually rent a car when i'm in Auckland, I could rent something bigger than normal to put a few people in.

I buy my CF cards from B&H in New York, it's cheaper even if that's all you buy, and if you buy other stuff the shipping cost per item's pretty low It might not be worthwhile for small memory cards, I tend to buy 2Gb cards at the moment.

I print at digitalmax.co.nz

But I hardly print images.
Out of 32,000 shots with 20D, I've only had 30 prints done.

I print my photos at home. I have found that most people can't see the difference including me. I have got the canon iP4000, which also prints on dvds/cd etc. The good thing about this printer is the colour cartridges are all separate

I just today got a paper catalog from B&H, which is good because I wonted to order a couple of a filters that the local shops couldn't/didn't wont to order for me.

You better watch out, they might start saying the photos look to professional and stop printing them