The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

[nightrider1470]

cool

 

[gary996]

Bought myself a Nikon AF-S 24-70 F2.8G IF-ED to regain my standard zoom range. Lovely piece of kit.

You have to put a picture up

 

[James J]

You have to put a picture up

I'll try get one sorted later as I've got to pack up my things as I'm moving to a different city :O

 

[Lunawolfy]

I got this one.

http://www.kingston.com/us/flash/readers#fcr-hs3

I too have this one Waay better than pullying images straight from the Camera!

 

[jonneymendoza]

If only canons app was so good...

kd

how does that connect to your phone? wireless connection or something?

 

[Schizo]

 

[James J]

Nikon AF-S 24-70 F2.8G IF-ED by jjohnson2012, on Flickr

 

[SAM81]

Tamron 17-50 non vc f2.8

Nice upgrade from the kit lens, so far very pleased. Hopefully when the weather brightens up I can take it for a walk and post some example shots in the pictures thread.


IMG_4215 by moran.simon, on Flickr

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Expensive month for me, mainly just replacing some older gear.
Manfrotto 190 XPROB More Tripod
Manfrotto 324RC Head
Giga T Pro II Wireless Remote Control
Canon 24-70 2.8 L

 

[James J]

I'm interested in hearing how good that head is and how stable it is when you get round to using it as the pistol grip idea for a ball head seems great to me personally.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Iv used it in the studio a few times previously and it definitely made me invest in one personally. It is really stable , zero wobble at all and its great to move around as all your doing is pushing the handle in to move it, then you have a friction twister if you need to fine tune the positioning.

id say definitely look at getting one, saves so much time!

 

[James J]

Sounds good to me, might have to save the pennies and pick one up!

 

[hillbilly2]

Want to get a wide angle very soon,then a zoom at a later date.

 

[Columbo]

Want to get a wide angle very soon,then a zoom at a later date.

Lovely combo. The 16-50mm f2.8 SSM is the best lens I've ever owned and ergonomically the A77 is the best camera I've used, until it all got nicked .

 

[King Damager]

how does that connect to your phone? wireless connection or something?

Yeah, 6D has built in WiFi

kd

 

[hillbilly2]

Lovely combo. The 16-50mm f2.8 SSM is the best lens I've ever owned and ergonomically the A77 is the best camera I've used, until it all got nicked .

Any "Must have" for the A77 that i should be looking at? What lenses did you have?

 

[9designs2]

If it comes with a 16-50 F2.8... why the two primes at 35 and 50mm immediately ?

 

[Columbo]

Any "Must have" for the A77 that i should be looking at? What lenses did you have?

Firstly check that the camera is on at least firmware 1.05, there is 1.06 out but it doesn't really add much apart from being able to disable the video button.

I invested on the Sony battery grip because the battery life isn't the best but you could have course just carry extra batteries and make sure to only buy the official Sony batteries.

In terms of lenses I had lots but the 16-50mm and Sigma 50mm f1.4 were the ones that had most use and you won't far wrong with what you have bought.

If it comes with a 16-50 F2.8... why the two primes at 35 and 50mm immediately ?

When I bought mine I had an option to purchase the same lenses at a discount. I didn't take it but it was there.

 

[hillbilly2]

If it comes with a 16-50 F2.8... why the two primes at 35 and 50mm immediately ?

Just because the primes are suppost to be sharper. Any i wanted the play with prime lenses a bit(never had a prime before).
They are not expensive.

 

[Ksanti]

Than the 16-50 2.8? Are you sure they didn't mean an 18-55? I have very little experience with Sony but given it's a first party 17-55 2.8 sort of lens, judging by the Canikon equivalents that lens should be brilliant, at least sharper than a nifty fifty.