What Photography Gear Did You Get For The Holidays?

[IPT]

I've owned the 80-200, 70-200 VR1 and now the MkII. The VRII is amazing- I can get crisp shots at 200mm, ISO 200 at 1/5. One-FIFTH of a second handheld. :eek2:

Nice, that's cool. I was reading about the MKII version of the Canon 70-200 F2.8. People were commenting mostly on the improved quality as it is made specifically with digital resolution in mind. I also saw posts about the improved abilty to focus with the outter focus points vs the original version. I wonder if the actual ability of the stabilization feature is noticed too? All of that is here-say anyway because the new one is way out of my budget. I am happy with the quality I get now so no matter how hard I try I can't justify the expense....yet.

 

[90sShooter]

Nice Joseph! Long time no see! Nice gift, I wasn't as generous to myself but I did pick up a much needed 50mm 1.4 for xmas. Looks like we need to get together and have a battle of the 70-200's Nikon vs Canon. You and your Nikons...

 

[IPT]

90s - do you have the original or the MK11 version of the 70-200?

 

[90sShooter]

The Original, so it may not be a fair fight but I sure do love that thing! The AF is so fast and silent when I got my 50mm 1.4 with USM I thought there was something wrong with it... lol Guess I got a little spoiled

 

[xtm]

Nice Joseph! Long time no see! Nice gift, I wasn't as generous to myself but I did pick up a much needed 50mm 1.4 for xmas. Looks like we need to get together and have a battle of the 70-200's Nikon vs Canon. You and your Nikons...

Anytime Austin.. but I guess we have to meetup around noon so there's plenty of light for your CANON? :lmao: :lol:

btw, how's your new baby? must be getting big now huh..

 

[Norberg]

Santa came to me with a Nikon D90 and av Sigma 70 mm 1:1 macro!
Nice toy to play with during the holidays!

 

[Brett9917]

Santa came to me with a Nikon D90 and av Sigma 70 mm 1:1 macro!
Nice toy to play with during the holidays!

Very nice!! Can't wait to see some results of the new toy!

 

[Norberg]

This is my first camera that isnt a compact so both the pothographing and the work in the picture program is kind of new to me.
I am trying to get the colours as close to the real ones as possible.

 

[sefrayser]

Mine was a little late but I got a Nikon D3100 and a extra 55-200 lens. Now I just need to learn how to use it.

 

[imisky]

santa left me a canon 580 EX II flash, though i wished for a tilt shift im not complaining.

 

[90sShooter]

Anytime Austin.. but I guess we have to meetup around noon so there's plenty of light for your CANON? :lmao: :lol:

btw, how's your new baby? must be getting big now huh..

:lmao: That might not be a bad idea... :hmm2:

Baby is good, thanks for asking! She is 1 now and running around causing trouble and being a pest! Love her to death though. We should definitely get together, I am getting more into this photography thing and you could probably show me a thing or two. Not to mention I want to check out that lens! :bigeyes:

 

[xtm]

Good to hear Austin. What do you shoot now?

In all seriousness, I can shoot with anything -whatever fits my current situation. I am still entertaining the thought of switching to Canon, maybe a 5D2 body and some L primes (or a 5D3 someday) My reasoning is that if I dump all my Nikon gear today, I will be able to get everything I want on the Canon side and still have a huge change left!

btw, one of the Socal reefers came over my house to see my tank. He brought his 50D.. then for the next 30 minutes, both him and I tried to figure out how to change the ISO.. lol :lol: :lol:

 

[90sShooter]

:lol2: I still get a little confused when I go to change AF point selector... But I don't really use it much anyway..

Anyway, I picked up a 7D a while back and lovin it! Working on my lens collection now. I am likin the 50mm 1.4, now I see what all the prime fuss is all about. Just getting used to zooming with my feet... Got the 10-22mm, 70-200 2.8L (IS of course ) and tamron 28-75 2.8 (cause I am too cheap to spring for the 24-70 2.8L). Believe it or not I traded off the 100mm macro. I have just been sort of neglecting my tank and took my share of polyp extension macro shots, lol. I loved the lens but felt the 10-22mm would be more useful.

But yeah let's get together and shoot. You ever head down south my way?

 

[d0ughb0y]

I got a fuji xp10 underwater camera from costco.
the pictures I get taken with the camera in the DT does not have the usual blue tint that I get if the camera is outside the DT.
I got the olympus tough 6000 at first but returned it since it does not take video.

I think the underwater point and shoot camera is a better option compared to getting a $500 canon 100mm macro lens. I've always needed a backup point and shoot camera anyways.

 

[DustinB]

How can you compare a point and shoot camera to a macro lens? No way you could get the same magnification and detail.

 

[d0ughb0y]

I can put the point and shoot in macro mode and position it right in front of the coral.
expensive equipment does not equate to nice pictures.

 

[BlueCorn]

I can put the point and shoot in macro mode and position it right in front of the coral.
expensive equipment does not equate to nice pictures.

True, but I'm also not aware of a P&S that can do 1:1 magnification.

 

[Brett9917]

Just purchased a refurbished D90!! My holidays are complete!!