Samys mis-marked their labor day sale...so I got the carbon fiber model for $249 with no tax. Reg price for the carbon model is $399. Took full advantage of that one.

CF Roadtrip is $349.

lol good reason. I'm ordering the roadtrip in aluminum. I can't justify the carbon cost.

Yeah, if I had gone with the roadtrip I would have gone aluminum as well. The deal was too good to pass up, especially when one Samy's tried to claim it was typo and not honor the deal, but another one of their stores did!

Fuji X-T2
Panasonic GF-1
Mamiya RB67 w/ Prism finder
Nikon N90s

Lenses:
Fuji 16-55 2.8
Fuji 50-140 2.8
Nikon 50 1.4D
Nikkor 105 Micro AIS MF 4
Mamiya 127
Panasonic Lumix 20mm 1.7

AKS:
VPB-XT2 Vertical Power Booster Grip​ - Ordered
Peak Design Everyday Messenger 13
Peak Design Clutch
MeFoto Globetrotter Carbon Fiber


Picked up the XT2 today. Trying out the PD clutch as well.

Trying to find the vertical booster grip, but no one seems to have really gotten them yet. BH says they are in stock. Went ahead and ordered.

And I'm going to return the PD Clutch. This camera is too small for the design, ergonomics suck because of it.

congrats on the XT-2

Update:

Current:
Sony A7II
Sony Zeiss FE 55mm Sonnar f/1.8
Sony FE 28mm f/2
Zeiss Batis 85/1.8

Accesories:
MeFoto Roadtrip Aluminum, Green
Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L
Peak Design SlideLite Strap
Tenba DNA 11 Messenger Bag
Manfrotto Tripod (forget the model number), tilt/pan head (it sucks, I need a new one)
KATA 3N1-22 Slingshot Bag
Sigma EF500 DG Super Flash
Tiffen 0.3 ND Filter
Tiffen 0.6 ND Filter
Tiffen 0.9 ND Filter
Bunch of memory cards, probably should get more soon.

Past:
sold Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
sold Canon Battery Grip BG-E3
sold Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
sold Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
sold Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM
sold Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 SP
sold EF 24-105mm f/4 L USM
sold EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
sold EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
donated Canon EOS-40D
donated Canon BG-E2N Grip

Love that the camera strap plate is Arca mount and is permanently mounted so I always have a tripod plate installed.

an update to my list. Pretty much moved away from canon and moved on to Fuji.

Body
Canon 20D sold
Canon 40D Gripped Sold
Canon 7D Gripped sold
Minolta SRT200(Film)
Canon 5D Classic Gripped Sold
Canon 5d Mk3 Gripped Sold
Fuji XT-1


Lenses
Canon 18-55mm sold
Canon 50mm 1.8 sold twice
Canon 10-22mm sold
Canon 135mm F/2L sold
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 sold
Canon 24-105 F/4L Sold
Canon 50mm 1.4
Canon 24-70 F/2.8L MK1
Sigma 85mm F1.4
Sigma 70-200 F2.8
Rokkor 50mm F/2
Fuji XF 18-55mm F/2.8-4
Fuji XF 35mm f/1.4
Fuji XF 56 f/1.2
Fuji XF 23mm F/1.4
Fuji XF 50-140 F/2.8
Fuji XF 10-24 F/4

Flash
Canon 430ex
Yongnuo YN-560 Speedlite
Minolta Auto 28
Cowboy Studios Wireless Triggers
CheetahStands CL-360
Cheetahstands CL-TX transmitter
Cheetahstands Battery Pack
CheetahStands 30" grid
5x Pocketwizard Plus X triggers.
2 LED light fillers.
Bags
Kata 3n1-20 sold
Kata DR 467 sold
Lowepro Classifed 200
Lowepro X100 Rolling case

Filters
B+W 77mm C-POL
Tiffen 77mm Variable ND Filter

Memory
Lexar 8gb sold
Lexar 16gb Sold
Lexar 32gb 400x(60mb/sec)
Eye-Fi 32Gb Card
4x Lexar 32gb SDXC
64Gb Sony SDXC

Tripod
RocketFish CF tripod. 65" (sold)
MeFoto Roadtrip
Manfrotto Swivel Lite-Tite Umbrella Adapter
Phottix 36" shootthru umbrella
56" Chinese made softbox
Manfrotto 10" lightstand.
Impact heavy duty air-cushion 13'' lightstand.
2 Fstoppers Flash disc

Batteries
Bunch of Sanyo/Panasonic Rechargeable

I can't wait to get a working 10-24.

Paypal decided in my favor and I'm just waiting for the package to return to that fucktard for my refund before I pull the trigger on another one, new this time.

Glad that PP decided to favor for you. I guess lesson learned.

Fuji X-T2
Panasonic GF-1
Mamiya RB67 w/ Prism finder
Nikon N90s

Lenses:
Fuji 10-24 4 OIS
Fuji 16-55 2.8 WR
Fuji 50-140 2.8 WR OIS
Nikon 50 1.4D
Nikkor 105 Micro AIS MF 4
Mamiya 127
Panasonic Lumix 20mm 1.7

AKS:
VPB-XT2 Vertical Power Booster Grip​
Peak Design Everyday Messenger 13
MeFoto Globetrotter Carbon Fiber

Finally got the damned dispute resolved with that used 10-24 I had purchased. Fedex finally delivered it back to him today. So, paypal is closing the claim and reimbursing me the money. And that seller for all his asshattery actually made good and sent me the shipping costs.

Went to Samys and bought one because the rebate is still happening and Samys is having a no tax anniversary sale this week. Otherwise, I should have probably saved my pennies.

:cheers:

added some much needed flash equipment to the arsenal....

Godox AD600BM flash (2)
36" Octagon Parabolic Softbox (2)

Flash has lithium battery good for 500 full-power flashes and can be used outdoors as well. I will likely not need to use these at full-power much. Bowens mount, good bang for the buck. First 2 shoots coming up on Tuesday, I think these guys will do well.

:cheers:

is that the model that has TTL and HSS?

I believe it does have TTL, but I will mostly be using it manual.

Also has HSS, it will do 1/8000th

Dude...I LOVE the Godox stuff! I've bought the models branded by Adorama with the X1 trigger. Totally impressed and loving the ease of use.

Nice srika. I have the cheetahstands cl360. It's nice workhorse.

oh good to hear!!! Any quirks or tips for using them? What modifiers do you have??? :wish:
nice nice, so many options these days. Truth is I had been looking for a portable light forever, I just kept putting it off because there was always something I wasn't content with - this flash meets most (all?) of my major expectations. I tested them out last night and was super impressed.

oh yeah, I have 1 Godox AD360 that I bought a couple years ago, the battery (Quantum 3) died several months ago and I have not been using it. That was fun while it lasted. Supposedly I have to send the battery in for service to get the cells replaced or something, I just haven't done it. :annoyed:

Got some followup on this.

Seeing how I don't have any kids, earlier this year I started loaning out my older stuff to kids I know on Instagram. It's been rewarding, it feels good to help the community, especially people who would not be able to use that gear themselves. It's only been the 5DC and 7D and some lenses so far, but both of those cameras can take fine pictures and are good learning platforms.

I love the 5DC I got, happy with it.

in low light thou, not so much. :shrug:

I don't have the 600's I have 3 360's and a couple of the speed lights with the trans matters built in. control everything with an X1 trigger....No issues whatsoever. I have various modifiers, all bowens mount no problems there either. I'm really impressed with everything.

If you get the 600's i know you won't need these, but I use these to mount the lights on the modifiers:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...A2L21YHN8Q3B6W

Everyday Backpack shipped! Should have it this weekend, super excited!

congrats.

Got the bag, it's awesome and will definitely by my go to for everyday use in addition to photography. I'll post a review in the review section soon.

Damn... waiting for my 30L.!!! At first I ordered the 20L but then at survey time decided to upgrade to the 30L because i plan on using it more than as more than just a camera bag..


more like an everyday bag... :toocool:

My only concern is that my lappy won't fit in the 20L but I also didn't want a gigantic backpack as it would look ridiculous on me. I'll bring my work one home and see how it goes. Quality and attention to detail with the little things is out of this world though. You can definitely tell it was designed by engineers and not fashion designers. Everything just works and makes sense for why it's there.

Now I just need to get a capture clip...

update - added an old friend back into the mix, so happy to have it back in the arsenal! Got an awesome deal on Ebay, winning a last second auction.

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L (MK1)

Couple guys on the Fuji pages got theirs. Im jealous. I seriously think I want to swap out from the messenger to the backpack...I'll have to wait til they are more readily available next year.

the MkI is worthy, I take it? I'm curious how the AF would perform on my a7RII using Metabones adapter

My opinion...no. It was a horrible design and IQ is not that great. The tamron is probably an optically superior lens.

It meets my needs - sharp as hell even wide open - I like the IQ quite much.

I got a good deal on it and it's just a void I always knew I would re-fill.

a big negative is it's weight.

here's a shot wide open with the 1Ds3 if you want to take a look at the detail.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/delobb...11766/sizes/o/

it's about that time -

5D Mark IV + BG-E20
5D Mark III + BG-E11
1Ds Mark III
7D + BG-E7
5D + BG-E4

17-40 4.0L
24-70 2.8L
50 1.4 (Sigma)
85 1.8
100 2.8L
200 2.8L II
70-300 DO
Rokinon 6.5mm fisheye
Canon EF 1.4x II Extender
Canon EF 12 II Extension Tube

Panasonic GF-1
Panasonic GX-1
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7

Godox AD600BM (2)
36" Octagon Parabolic Softbox (2)
30” x 48” Godox Softbox (2)
600EX-RT
580EXII

:cheers:

so, this picture of me was taken back in Oct 2015... I loved this Think Tank bag... but as mentioned in other discussions, I got a bunch of my gear stolen back in Jan (of this year, including this bag) :mad:
Anyways, thank God for insurance... pretty much all the things that were stolen got replaced... They couldn't replace this bag because it's been discontinued so the gave me a Lowepro ProTactic 450 instead... which I love too... But I still miss that Think Tank sling/bag... anyways I found one at Amazon.ca, new one for $77 CAD, that's like $57 USD! I couldn't help it, just had to order it... Now, EVEY stolen piece of camera gear has been replaced :)

Glad to hear you got your stuff restored! Similar feeling with me and the 24-70.

Well there is another Nikon D3s back in the household, but it's for my son. His 16th birthday is about three weeks away. Found a great condition used one at the local store, only 16k on the shutter.

a few new things added..
Canon EF 40mm 1:2.8 STM
Vanguard VEO 265AB Aluminum Travel Tripod
Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack (My friend gave it to me since he didnt like it :shrug: )

The new backpack came in handy since the old Canon 200EG backpack I brought to Hawaii ended up falling apart on me during the trip. :spit:
Brought the Canon backpack instead of my Flipside 300 since the Canon backpack can hold more gear.


Current:
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EF 70-200mm 1:2.8 L USM
Canon EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 L USM
Canon EF 17-40mm 1:4 L USM
Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 STM
Canon EF 40mm 1:2.8 STM

Sony Alpha NEX-6
Sony SELP1650 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens
Sony SEL16F28 16mm f/2.8 Wide-Angle Lens
Sony VCL-EFC1 Fisheye Converter
Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS​


Accesories:
Canon Rebel XTi Starter Kit
Manfrotto 488RC2 ballhead
Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod Legs
Lowepro Flipside 300 Backpack
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Black Rapid RS-5 Cargo
Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB
Sanyo Eneloops
Giottos Rocket Air Blaster Large
B+W 77mm Kaesemann Circular Polarizer MRC Filter
Canon NP-E3 NiMH Battery
SanDisk 8GB CompactFlash Memory Card Extreme 400x UDMA - 2-Pack
Pelican 0945 Memory Card Case
Yongnuo YN560-III x 2
Yongnuo YF-603 C3
Canon E-77 II x 2
Pelican 0915 Memory Card case
SanDisk 16GB SDHC Class 10 UHS-1 Flash Memory Card - 2-Pack
Fotodiox Pro EF-NEX auto adapter
Yongnuo YN560-TX Flash Controller
Vanguard VEO 265AB Aluminum Travel Tripod
Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack

Past:
sold Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
sold Canon Battery Grip BG-E3
sold EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 II
sold EF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM + ET-65B Lens Hood
sold EF 70-200mm 1:4 L USM
sold EF 50mm 1:1.8 II
sold Canon Speedlite 430EX + Sto-fen diffuser + Lumiquest softbox
sold Canon EOS 40D
sold Canon Battery Grip BG-E2N
sold EF-S 17-55mm 1:2.8 IS USM + EW-83J Lens Hood
rented Canon EOS 50D
rented EF 300mm 1:4 L IS USM
rented EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM
rented EF 24-70mm 1:2.8 L
rented Sony SEL1670Z Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
rented Sony Alpha A7R
rented Metabones Canon EF Lens to Sony E Mount T Speed Booster 0.71x
rented Metabones Canon EF Lens to Sony NEX Smart Adapter (Mark IV)
rented Canon EOS 80D
borrowed EF 17-40mm 1:4 L
borrowed EF 85mm 1:1.2 L II USM
borrowed Canon EOS 6D
destroyed/fell apart Canon 200EG backpack :rofl: