~*Shell*~

Horrible.

This is my pack - none of them together because I have a food chain of animals Zero: Mow: Lucius: Remy:

Yeah - for goal for the next year is for my kit to look like this: 5d mark II (+ battery grip) 7D (+ battery grip) 70-200mm 2.8L 50mm 1.4 100mm Macro 24-70mm 2.8L 580EX II speedlite x2 I just need to get the battery grip for the 7D, the 100mm macro, the 24-70 and the 2nd speedlite. I don't know what I would do without my speedlite anymore! I also want some new filters and some reflectors :D

Nope - hasn't arrived yet but it's on it's way. I just thought I'd update it in the meantime because I'm so excited :D Had to add my x2 extender onto the list too!

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A850, KZ F2.4 24-70, F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D; Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Nikon D80, 50mm 1.8, kit lense 18 - 135, speedlight. Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, Sigma 18-250mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Panasonic Lumix FT3 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 580EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS, Canon IXUS210IS, Canon x2 III extender. Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog -Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 50mm 1.8, kit lens (that rarely get used) Smisch: Nikon D3000 18-55mm 55-200mm & limited use of a D50 (I seem to be the only one who actually likes the D3000 camera..) Lic_82 - Sony A200, 50mm 1.8, 75 - 300mm, 18 - 70mm... Canon 40D, 55 - 250mm, 18-55mm ( i think lol I havent got it yet) plus hopefully will have a 50mm 1.8 for the 40D soon smile.gif Misha&MIlo - Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D 18-70mm, 75-300mm with a few uv lenses. Fuji finepix S2000 point and shoot Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 waterproof camera tdierikx - Canon 450D, 18-55mm IS, 55-250mm IS - and backup is a Canon Powershot S5 P&S (12x zoom equivalent to around 400mm apparently) kja - Canon 40D & 1DIII bodies w/ Canon 17-55 2.8 IS, Canon 50 1.4, Canon 85 1.8, Canon 70-200 2.8 IS, Canon 60 & 100 macros, Canon 135L 2.0, Canon 10-22, Canon 100-400L IS, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 11-16 2.8, Tokina 10-17... Underwater housing & ports & strobes for the Canon 40D. And my happy baby Canon SD1200 IS for go anywhere; except in the water which is my baby (crappy) Olympus 720SW Complete list coz there's just so much freakin stuff LOL wagsalot - Canon 350D, Canon 7D, Canon 50mm 1.8, Tamron 17-50 2.8 IF, Canon 70-300 4-5.6 IS Cairo1: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.8, 18-105mmL, 70 - 200mmL, 10 - 22mm wide angle Sigma ange - Canon 7D and 450D, 24-70 2.8, Sigma 35mm 1.4, Canon 50mm 1.5 & 1.8, Canon 85mm 1.8, Canon 430ex II, kenko tubes, kit lenses and a few other bits and pieces. MalteseLuna - Nikon D7000, Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3, Nikon 50 mm f1.8 (should be arriving any day), Tamron 90 mm Macro (really it is my mom's) - next on my list is a tripod or a flash. Eventingpony - Nikon D7000, 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6, Panasonic Lumix TZ10.

Depends on what it is - I think the maximum is 10% so I always factor that in. That being said, it wasn't 10% for the 5D

I bought the 5D from digital rev - i had to pay duty on it which i was expecting but apparently digital rev has been pulled up a few times for incorrectly marking their packages and trying to get them to slip through customs so they're pulling aside 50% of all the packages that come into the country from digital rev no matter what price it has recorded on the declaration. Not sure if it's the same as DWI but I'm expecting to pay the duty on it so I factored that into the cost. That being said, I also bought a battery grip, extra battery and 2 SD cards when i bought the 5D so it was a pretty big haul in the end! I'm just buying the 7D this time. I might look into a battery grip for it later for my all day video shoots (another plus of having a 7D - slow mo video - 50fps WHOOT!!) but I think i'm pretty much set Now I just need to save up for the couple of lenses I want

I just spoke to them - apparently they need me to authorise the payment and give them a land line number for customs when it comes through. Nothing wrong with the payment itself Now I just need to wait for customs to call. I'm very excited to see how it performs as opposed to my 5D - can't wait for high speed continuous shooting!

Gah - somehow my payment got stuffed up and so I'm trying to get hold of them. They're not answering the phone or replying to email. *sigh*

Yep! Do it all the time for shoots. Fantastic way to test drive a lens. Make sure you hire it for a time when you have plenty of time to truely test it out though!

In the end i didn't enter - I'm too busy at work at the moment. I might enter open brief but in truth, I'm feeling a little uninspired this year!

Thanks for the advice Shell. What do you mean about all of your stuff being converted?? I think I need to do a whole lot more researching!! Oh sorry! I edit in final cut pro - which doesn't handle h.264 particularly well because it's compressed. I convert it to apple prores 422 which is an uncompressed file type and then edit with that, then export it out of final cut, usually back into an h.264 so i can upload to the net I only do it like that because I'm a producer/editor so everything i shoot is made to be edited. My work flow is overly complicated for someone who just wants to shoot some video

5D mark ii & 7D - it's what all the cool kids have kirislin.... or a 1D.... either way you're part of team canon and we rock

OMG!!! Buy! Buy! Buy! Did ya? And the 5D is $1977 I may have looked at the price and decided I had to.... :D I paid like $2250 for my 5D about 18 months ago. Bargain shopping!

That kja said

Hahahaha - Z does that too!

$1213 today!!! Whoot.

Um, I work in TV and I use it to produce videos for broadcast. There is an entire episode of house filmed on a 5D mark II. They are industry standard now and do fantastically well. Every DOP I know owns a 5D or a 7D and loves it. They've revolutionised shooting on a budget. Here's a couple of things I've shot on it for lifestyle you - they are both nationally broadcast spots. Australians Exposed: Plastic Fantastic http://www.vimeo.com/21639319 Australians Exposed: Girl Fight http://www.vimeo.com/21640995

You can burn to viewable DVD in something like i-movie (on mac) or nero. I'm not sure what settings to use though - I've never just taken a raw movie and done it. All of my stuff is converted, then edited and then converted again.

I know what I want to do but without a macro, i don't think it's going to happen. I'll try the taping of the lens to the camera and see what happens!

Try downloading quicktime. Both Nikon and Canon shoot in H.264 which is a compressed quicktime movie.

If you can afford it, get the IS version over the non-IS but I have the non-IS and haven't met anything yet that I can't get with it.

I can't tell with most poodle crosses - too much variation between dogs of the same cross. Even litter mates can look completely different. I would just call it a poodle cross and be done with it.

I was considering the 70-200mm f/2.8 or f/4, you'd say the 2.8 is definitely worth the extra money? I've only ever used the f/2.8, though I think poocow has the f/4 and likes it. I use mine mostly around the f/3.5 mark so the f/4 isn't really suitable for me I would like to upgrade mine eventually but it's a GORGEOUS lens and I love it. I'm not in a huge rush. I have a bunch of other stuff I want first. I bought it to photograph dog sports but I've used it for a lot of portraits too and it's beautful

70-200mm 2.8L - second hand it's not that expensive, less than $1000.