Getting some new equipment!

I ordered some new equipment. I'm excited to get it and it should be here Monday. I am getting:

Sigma 500 DG Super flash
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens
3 GB Microdrive (I started shooting RAW and my 256Mb card just doesn't cut it!)
Stroboframe folding flip flash bracket
Canon off camera shoe cord
An extra BP-511 battery (generic brand)

I can't wait to get these things. Thanks to all of the posts here, I was able to make an educated decision on what I should get based on the kind of photography that I do. So I'd like to thank all of you that contribute to such a wonderful source of information!

Sorry... just wanted to share!

Thanks!
- Tom

Congratulations

You will love working with the EF 50 f/1.8 MKII. Infact you may love it so much you will end up buyin the EF 50 f/1.4 or even the famous EF 50 f/1.0 L
This lens is so sharp stopped down to 2.

Welcome to the world of MD! Moving up from a 256MB to a 3GB will make you wonder how you ever shot without several gigs (in one) worth of memory. Thats about 1300 pictures in one shooting (non-RAW).

I've had my eye on that flash for a while, contemplating between it and the 580EX. I dont know my own flash needs yet.

You can never have too much memory or too many batteries!!

Whats the Stroboframe folding flip bracketr for? I did a search on it but was not very useful.

Saif,

Here is a link to the folding flip flash bracket. Brackets are used to get the flash higher above the camera.

- Tom

Congratulations on on all of your new toys!

Does the flash bracket you ordered allow you to shoot portrait with the flash on top of the camera? I was thinking of getting myself one, but I want to be able to switch from landscape to portrait and still have my flash up top so I don't get side shadows.

thanks Tom