just curious what everyone thinks they'll be bringing to pixelmania, i'm pretty much going as optimus prime you might say, ready for prime time?? ; a prime mover???, canon 5d, well you need a body 14mm f2.8 L 35mm f1.4 L 50mm f1.2 L 135mm f2.0 L 200mm f2.8 L canon 1.4 tele extender, on the fast primes no significant loss of iq and 1 stop only loss in speed velbon tripod acratech ballhead cable release double bubble hot shoe level sensor loupe, with all the lens changes, i'll probably have to do a sensor clean daily arctic butterfly, gets most of the sensor boogers microfiber cloth for lens cleaning spare battery charger 6-7 cf cards, all 8gb singh-ray vari n-d filter singh-ray blue/gold polarizer, singh-ray lb warming polarizer i'm still experimenting with my new filters, learning when and when not to use them i may bring along a second tripod, my gitzo basalt with the kirk b3 head, it's heavier than the velbon, can't fold down as small, but it would be available for the night meets if i could swing by the beach club and get it, some folks don't have a tripod and i'd like to help them out with those night shots
Let's see... I'll have: My Nikon D300 12-24 mm 24-120 mm VR 70-300 mm VR May be my 24-120 mm lens that also does macro Tripod for at least some of the events Spare batteries More memory cards than I will ever need Polarizing filters.....
For me: my Alpha A300 possibly an Alpha A550 2 8GB CF cards (possibly an 8 or 16GB SD card, if I have the Alpha A550 by then) Sony SAL18-250mm Minolta 50mm F1.7 Sigma 30mm F1.4 Tamron 10-24mm Tamron 200-500mm Slik Sprint ProEZ tripod HVL-F42AM flash ND400 filter ND8 filter Circ Polarizer Step up ring Step down ring Sensor brush rocket blower microfiber towel Dell laptop USB cable Kata R102 backpack (the big one that holds everything) Tenba bag (the medium one that I can bring to the parks with body and 3 lenses (or 2 and the flash) Tamrac bag (small one that can hold just the body with one attached lens) Sony T100 ultra-compact All chargers needed
Fairly standard travel kit for me. Canon 1DMKIII Canon 40D (7D if it arrives soon) Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II (wide shots) Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L (primary walk around) Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS (secondary walk around) Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS (been wanting to try this mainly for parades) 580 EX Flash Gitzo Tripod Arca-Swiss Monoball Assorted odds and ends.
I'll have: Rebel XT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 (my walk around) 70-300mm f/3.5-5.6 my tripod I hope to have by the trip: the nifty fifty It's not much, but it will get me through the event. either a remote or cable release
I'll have the standard kit: nikon d300 sb-400 flash 18-200 50 1.4 cable release tripod kata r-103 backpack 80-400 (probably leave in room and not carry this trip)
Started with a newbie kit for my camera last April, so this is all I've got: Nikon D60 DSLR Camera AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor VR 18-55mm AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm Lenses Tripod 3 filters 2-3 batteries (have way too many batteries) And I'm hoping for a Flip Ultra HD video camera for some fun ride throughs
Right now I'm thinking: Nikon D700 Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-5.6 HSM Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AI-S Nikon 105mm f/2.8 AI-S Micro Nikon 180mm f/2.8 AF Hasselblad 500 CM Carl Zeiss 80mm f/2.8 C T* Holga 120CFN 120 Film Light Meter 2x Cable Releases Tripod w/ 2x Quick Releases Flashlight- Maybe a Speedlight
Canon 40D Battery Grip Canon 70-200mm/f2.8L IS Canon 17-85mm/f4-5.6 Canon 50mm/f1.8 Canon 580 EXII Tripod Canon 1.4X Teleconverter Hoya Circular Polarizer Cable Release cleaning stuff (maybe a rented wide lens?) Caffeine Tablets
Hope you two can make it Ray and not just for the Tylenol/Advil....Advil is usually in my bag along with baby aspirin (recommended by cardiologist around the world)
The way it's looking, I'll be the sole representative at the unpublished meet at Hong Kong Disneyland during the official dates for Pixelmania! ; I'm trying to think if I'm going to have an HK IASW, Jungle Cruise, or Space Mountain meet(s)....haha
If I was going I'd bring my Canon 50D Sigma 10-22 Wide Angle Canon 50mm 1.4 Canon 28-105mm Canon 55-250mmIS along with the usual tripod, Tamron back pack and other stuff. But I'm not going, so just ignore this post ;
Hope you make it, Ray...but if not, represent us well at Hong Kong Disney. ; Wear the TMIP shirt and lanyard, and walk around the park talking out loud and pointing at things to your invisible group. ; It might just be curious enough that some people might decide to follow you and see what you're talking about!
These lists are great. ; There are all kinds of little things others are taking that I would have never thought of. This list may change in the next five weeks, but here's what I think I'll be taking: Nikon D300 Nikon D70s 18-200 VR 35mm f/1.8 11-16 f/2.8 SB-800 flash Tripod and two quick release plates Mini-tripod Cable release for each body (why can't they use the same one???) Remote control for D70s Batteries and charger A whole mess of memory cards SD to CF adapter (in case I fill all of the CF cards) Op/Tech rainsleeves for wet rides Flash extension cord Cases Flashlights Any other goodies I might purchase between now and then.
I have a question for you cannonites out there. ; I am looking at the fact that I might be renting and not yet purchasing my fifty. ; I see that lens rentals has a zeiss 1.4 for canon, and I was wondering if anyone here had ever used it. ; If so what the thoughts on it were, hopefully in comparison to the similar lens that canon puts out. ; I know I bought my video camera a few years ago because the zeiss optics on it made the colors pop.
Jeff, I shot with the Zeiss last summer. ; There is no difference in the lens between the Nikon and Canon version, other than the mount. ; They're MF only.
