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What new photo gear did Santa Bring???
Mike Dunphy, Photographer
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Brampton | ON | Canada | Posted: 8:28 PM on 12.25.03 |
| ->> So now that the big day is almost over, what did you get related to our profession? I got a new monopod with head and a couple of Lexar cards. The socks and ties were great too. |
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Douglass Coy, Photographer
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Oxford | CT | USA | Posted: 8:39 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> From family i got a gift certificate to the local camera shop.From Me to Myself a set of Alien Bee strobes,pocket wizard plus's and light stands
Doug |
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Jeff Frings, Photographer
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Milwaukee | WI | USA | Posted: 8:45 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> My WONDERFUL girlfriend, after over a year of teasing hints, (I never really thought she would get it for me), got me a new D100. I know it's not as good as a d1h, d1x or d2h, but it's the coolest gift I've ever gotten, and I think, a great first digital SLR. At least for now it seems to be good enough for what I'm doing. I've been shooting film forever. So far so good, but I will have a lot of questions soon I'm sure.
Jeff |
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Jay Gonzalez, Photographer
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Manchester | CT | USA | Posted: 9:05 PM on 12.25.03 |
| ->> I got my hands on a G5! It's seems to be great during the day. At night or in low light..... not so good. I'm wondering if it's just my camera or is that the same with all G5's? It just doesn't want to focus...??? |
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Chris Jennings, Photographer
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Tim Williams, Photographer
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Evansville | IN | USA | Posted: 9:28 PM on 12.25.03 |
| ->> 2 softboxes, a sigma 24-80, used pocketwizards (thanks Jay Laprete), 550ex and a new backdrop... Santa was good to me :-) |
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Rick Burnham, Photographer
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Enfield | CT | USA | Posted: 9:44 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> Doug
I will be looking to borrow that gift :) |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 9:55 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> Nada
I spent all the Channukah cash on my daughter (well some on my dog :0) ). I'm hoping to get my 70-200f2.8 fixed as a gift to myself. |
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Paul W Gillespie, Photographer
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Annapolis | MD | USA | Posted: 10:11 PM on 12.25.03 |
| ->> Santa bought a new Nikon 400 2.8 to our office on the 24th. I can't wait to use it. Too bad most of the outdoor sports are done for the year. Any suggestions on indoor use for this baby? |
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Douglass Coy, Photographer
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Oxford | CT | USA | Posted: 10:45 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> Rick
Anytime..I have it all packed up in a rolling suitcase/duffel bag.including extension cords spare batteries and 2 different sized reflectors.I'll have them at the Hocket tourny this weekend |
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Mike Dunphy, Photographer
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Brampton | ON | Canada | Posted: 10:56 PM on 12.25.03 |
| ->> Hey Paul, using that 400mm f/2.8 is great for hockey from the higher levels. Canon was kind enough to lend me theirs for a bit and I'm loving it. Just have to get used to the larger lens, but I'm having fun doing it. Good Luck. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 11:07 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> Paul:
I use the 400f2.8 all the time for hockey and basketball, both from floor/ice level, and higher up in the stands looking down. Also great for Arena Football
I love the lens for indoor sports. |
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Aaron Johnson, Photographer
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Loves Park | IL | U.S.A. | Posted: 11:21 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> Santa brought me the James Nachtwey dvd "War Photographer".
Along with the dvd "This is Spinal Tap"....ROCK AND ROLL!!! |
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Jr Shedd, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Grayslake | IL | United States | Posted: 11:55 PM on 12.25.03 |
->> I got 2 lexar cards an sb-50 flash (better than nothing) an awesome camera bag, and uh, a 4lb lobster @ red lobster (highly noteworthy)
-Jr-
Oh- and my grandmother got me soap on a rope! |
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Noah Bryant, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Golden | CO | usa | Posted: 12:21 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I got some money that will make my D2H a little cheaper whenever it comes... Samy's is my santa claus this year and I've been real good!!!! :) |
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Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 12:33 AM on 12.26.03 |
->> I got a rock.
Hahaha...oops, wrong Holiday
Hanukamas in our house is nice-we got "Through The Lens, The national Geographic Photographs," a 512 card, 70-200 lens, camera bag (another one! I have about 20..forever in search of "the perfect bag") a VCR/DVD player |
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Michael Coons, Photographer
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Agoura Hills | CA | USA | Posted: 12:57 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I bought myself super clamps! I've been clamping my lights to everything, it's great! It's the little things... |
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Jon Ramirez, Photographer
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Red Bank | NJ | usa | Posted: 12:57 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Me Santa to me was the ibook and the CS Upgrade for PS |
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Robert Caplin, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Athens | OH | USA | Posted: 12:58 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> A new domke bag to replace the old one and a new little lexar firewire card reader...i bought myself an early gift this year and got the D2H...now i just need some more memory! |
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Ernie Rice, Photographer
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Paragould | AR | USA | Posted: 1:42 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I got a grid reflector for my Elinchrom lights and a nice little quick release head for my monopod that I asked Santa for from the parents and a Elinchrom style 600s for myself. Socks and boxers too :) |
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Neal Vaughan, Photographer
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St. Joseph | MI | USA | Posted: 1:54 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I asked santa for a pair of pocketwizard plus's, but instead santa brought one multimax. So I'm saving for the other half. :) |
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John Encinas, Photographer
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Michael Ciu, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Lorain | OH | USA | Posted: 9:08 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Santa was good to me too, I got a 70-200 2.8, cash for a new bag, a padded seat, and a Sports Shooter Polo!! |
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Jason Ivester, Photographer
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Rocky Mount | NC | USA | Posted: 10:51 AM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Santa got me a pair of PocketWizard Plus's. And I got myself an early Christmas (around mid Nov) of a D2H and SB-800. Didn't bring the lights back to my parents house, so I can't wait to get home and try out the wizards. No more hard-wiring for me! |
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Milwaukie (Portland) | OR | USA | Posted: 12:53 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Funny story...Told my wife I wanted a new backdrop for the studio....She played it off like she did not have the time to get down to the photo store to pick one up, so she was going to get me something else, well, Wednesday I went to the photo store for something unrelated and as I was walking in, she was walking out with the backdrop she was going to surprise me with...ooooppps. She was pretty mad at me, she had gone down on her lunch break trying to surprise me, but I ruined it for her. So I got the backdrop I was wanting a couple days early. Yea! |
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David Bitton, Photographer
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Colorado Springs | CO | | Posted: 12:57 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Sports Shooter Polo |
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Scott Bush, Photographer
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Clifton | NJ | USA | Posted: 1:08 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> B&H gift card and Mountainsmith Tour waist pack
A few shirt and ties that will be worn at weddings when working. |
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Nick Adams, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Freindswood | TX | usa | Posted: 1:33 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I got a D2h, 50mm lens, CF, lexar firewire CR, and money to get a flash and a lens. :-) |
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Robert Hanashiro, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 1:51 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> I received a BEAUTIFUL Tommy Bahama Hawaiian print shirt from Emma and Deanna!
(I am ready for the Workshop & Luau 2004.)
The Kahuna. |
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Dan Dalstra, Photographer
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Hannibal | MO | USA | Posted: 1:56 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> I got a new D100!!! Also my first Digital SLR. Plus a 512 CF Card. Merry Christmas to me!!! |
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David A. Cantor, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Toledo | OH | USA | Posted: 2:50 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Nine hours of Holiday pay. Santa's in the Guild, who knew? |
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Jim Owens, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | usa | Posted: 3:26 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> No gear, but a nice Nat. Geographic book "Through The Lens"
"National Geographics Best Photographs". Good stuff. |
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Jim Comeau, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 3:36 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> bought myself a 70-200 2.8 IS in november, figured thats a heluva gift for myself esp on my wage. |
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Wally Nell, Photographer
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SAN DIEGO (La Mesa) | CA | USA | Posted: 3:44 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Nat Geographic "Through the lens", and a very cool muslin backdrop. I have a few backdrops, and this is one I have been lusting after for a while, but never got round to getting it. I have muslins for high key pictures, medium key pictures(is there such a thing?); and now a really large one for low key pictures. A wopping 14' by 22'! Takes care of all the times I had to remove the poles with PS!! |
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Matt Strasen, Photographer
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McKinney | TX | USA | Posted: 3:54 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Bought myself a 300 2.8 and a teleconverter, and Santa brought me a power inverter, cards, books and a new Kenwood CD receiver (for those long trips around Texas). Still trying to figure out why cars built in this decade don't come standard w/ CD.
Happy Holidays |
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Dave Amorde, Photographer
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Lake Forest | CA | USA | Posted: 4:54 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> A Lee Oskar harmonica, and volume 3 of the Jame Bond DVD collection. No photo gear, but I got clearance from my better half to do a complete digital upgrade next year, so two D2H's, three SB-800's, and some Lexar cards will be on their way soon! |
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Ken Smith, Photographer
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Mcsherrystown | PA | USA | Posted: 5:26 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> A Domke J1 Bag, and loads of CD-R's. Most importantly she (Santa looks alot like my wife) gave the okay to order some Alien Bees lights, a Back Drop Stand and at least one Muslin. |
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Matthew FitzGerald, Student/Intern
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 7:07 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> canon 50mm f/1.4, vertical grip for my 10d, and two great books: The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby and Talking Photography - viewpoints on the art, craft and business by Frank Van Riper
Plus the first two Futurama DVDs, and a champagne bottle full of Heineken...good times...
fitz |
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Joe Brown, Photographer
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Woburn | MA | USA | Posted: 7:15 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Well, it wasn't exactly on Christmas, but my wife and I had a baby girl on 12-01.
She was my early present, and a tax-write off too!
joe brown |
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Mike Davidson, Photographer
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Sullivan (St.Louis) | MO | USA | Posted: 8:23 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> From my wife I got a 10D (Also my first Digital SLR). Plus a 512 CF Card. It was an early Birthday and Christmas, got it on Thanksgiving. What a BIG SURPRISE. |
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Kent Conklin, Student/Intern
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Boulder | CO | USA | Posted: 8:45 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Santa/Birthday brought me a nice shiny new copy of photoshop cs and a about half of a new lens, It's easier to save up for a new lens when you are already halfway there! |
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Paul W Gillespie, Photographer
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Annapolis | MD | USA | Posted: 8:56 PM on 12.26.03 |
| ->> Congratulations Joe Brown on your new baby. |
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Hassel Weems, Photographer
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Locust Grove (Atanta) | GA | USA | Posted: 9:47 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Santa Snyder delivered my Nikon 12-24 a couple of days before Christmas.
"I'm dreaming of a wide Christmas, just like the ones I used to know." |
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Dirk Dewachter, Photographer, Assistant
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Playa Del Rey | CA | USA | Posted: 10:15 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Nothing, absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!!!! But I can invite all of you to cover my first annual foosball tournament and I have a nice supply of belgian beers. Unfortunately, there is no room on the wooden sidelines for the photographers and/or the point and shoot sideliners.
The explanation for the absence of photographic equipment under the christmas tree was that everything is so specialized and you know so much more about it and I don't want to buy the wrong thing. B&H Photo Video print outs of wanted gear didn't seem to help. |
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Thad Parsons, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:58 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> I hear you, Dirk!
No photo related stuff under my tree ... or my mom's ... or my dad's ... but I did snag an extra Nalgene from my mom's family gift exchange. |
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Zack Podell, Photographer, Assistant
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 10:59 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Hey Dirk,
I feel for ya man! I can definately relate. I gave up long ago on dropping hints to my family, (or even printing spec sheets). I am convinced that my entire family would screw it all up, and not even give a rats @ss. So I just make the most of it, and buy my own gear, (Yeah!!!! everyday is my birthday!! J/K). Happy holidays, and Happy New Year to all. |
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Chris Jennings, Photographer
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Sherman | TX | USA | Posted: 11:00 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Joe,
Congratulations on your baby. My daughter was born 12-01 5 years ago.
Dirk,
I used the wish list on B&H and then e-mailed it to my wife. It let her pick what she wanted to get and she was sure it was the right thing. |
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Daniel Bersak, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Medford | MA | USA | Posted: 11:44 PM on 12.26.03 |
->> Joe-
Congrats!!! You wouldn't happen to have a photo...?
As for me I got a PDA that has a CF slot and WiFi. I'm planning on using it as a backup for transmitting in case my laptop goes down. It also plays a mean game of Solitaire. Happy Holidays!
--Dan |
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