it's been an expensive week or two

Calina

what with Photoshop ten days ago and

a 40D today.

I feel sick. Have you seen the weather outside?

GristlyEnd

You finally got the 40D, congrats!. The weather is great :rolleyes:

I finally got my Hoya R72 today. Only took me a year to finally buy it.

City-Exile

Welcome to the fast lane, Calina.

Fionn

what are ya saying??

expensive week!!!

its been an expensive year! lol

thats why i'm off now to dodge one job to go and do another!! :eek:
(one is a PC troubleshoot the other is a photography assignment)

only way i can pay for that EOS 1 DS II

congrats on the new purchases!! enjoy

Fajitas!

Congrats Calina!

RoryW

Enjoy and looking forward to seeing the fruits of your work with the new Camera (and the PP is PS3)

bradnailer

Calina wrote: »

what with Photoshop ten days ago and

a 40D today.

I feel sick. Have you seen the weather outside?

I'd feel sick if I'd paid for photoshop

Out of interest how much does it cost?

Calina

DarrenG wrote: »

You finally got the 40D, congrats!. The weather is great :rolleyes:

I finally got my Hoya R72 today. Only took me a year to finally buy it.

Have fun with it. I must assess the filter requirements.

City-Exile wrote: »

Welcome to the fast lane, Calina.

God knows when I'll get to play with it. most of the kitesurfers are off to Sligo for the weekend and i get to hang around here "being flexible as per the latest agreement"

RoryW wrote: »

Enjoy and looking forward to seeing the fruits of your work with the new Camera (and the PP is PS3)

Rory - that's a really useful resource. Many, many thanks.

Calina

bradnailer wrote: »

I'd feel sick if I'd paid for photoshop

Out of interest how much does it cost?

Adobe flung it at registered Photoshop Elements users for half price so I coughed up 430E or something for it. I resolutely wasn't paying 850E for it.

I have the 17-85mm IS with it - it's a much more solid feeling lens than I expected. I'll be interested to see what sort of photographs it takes.

Roen

Once you start using all the new gear and getting images you're happy with you wont even notice the spend!

MooseJam

Calina wrote: »

what with Photoshop ten days ago and

a 40D today.

I feel sick. Have you seen the weather outside?

you actually paid for software ? why didn't you go down any other routes ?

Fajitas!

I don't want discussion of 'any other routes' here, thank you please

City-Exile

Speaking of software, I must get myself a licence for LightRoom.
I let the trial copy expire & I haven't really needed it, but Paulw said that it's good for creating Flash galleries online.
Anyone know how much it is?

Roen

*EDIT* €301 plus odds, €250 ish excl VAT.

Zillah

Calina wrote: »

what with Photoshop ten days ago and

Oh God.

ShoulderChip

Zillah wrote: »

Oh God.

Seconded, some people make be question humanity.

Oriel

I spent £2000 in January alone, I feel your pain.

ShakeyBlakey

bradnailer wrote: »

I'd feel sick if I'd paid for photoshop

Out of interest how much does it cost?

haha so would i ;);)

irishcrazyhorse

I feel your pain,
dropped a grand or so on a lighting rig on thursday and decided while very very hungover to drop in Gunns and drop another 550 on lenses without planning to!?
O well, least i realised why women go shopping(cuz you feel so much better afterwards )

kensutz

Ah the joys of spending money. I too have spent a fair bit in the last month, new car, 300mm f/2.8 and Macbook air. No guilt though just a shopping list of more stuff I want.

rymus

it's been an expensive year so far alright...

now all you need for your spanking new 40D is a bloody waterproof housing! Or at least a big ziploc bag

Paddy@CIRL

Know thec feeling, I sepnt 5k in the last month or two ...

AFAIK You can get the Adobe Design Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver & Flash) for sub $600 if your a student ?

Calina

Big Ziplock bag for the time being rymus. But the casing will be bought for the 350D unless it dies in short order.

Pity I'm not a student.

dakar

Calina wrote: »

most of the kitesurfers are off to Sligo for the weekend .

Do you know where they're likely to be, in other words is there a competition or will they just follow the wind and surf around?

I'm in Sligo and I'd love to go and have a look. Unless the light improves pretty dramatically around here my old 70-300 f4.5-5.6 won't have much of a look-in, but I'd give it a go!

Thanks:)

Calina

No competition planned, no, and it's wind dependent. I might have a better idea tomorrow though if you can hang on till then.

sineadw

Hey congrats Calina I bet you have serious fun with it..

Dades

This thread has cheered me up no end.

Now I don't feel so bad about buying another camera bag (the one I should have got instead of the one I did in Jan!)

sasar

Yep, expensive for me too...
70-200 L 2.8 lens, backpack, monopod, 2 filters & macro extension tubes

My wife is filing for divorce...:eek:

dakar

Thanks Calina,

I'm working this weekend (on call so should be able to sneak away for a while). It would be great if you can point me in the right direction.

Calina

I'm on call too which is why I'm in Dublin and not on my way to Sligo with my new camera.

Placebo

omg you payed for a camera ? u could have easily robbed one !!!!!!

anyway on a serious note, where u get it from?

PaulieC

kensutz wrote: »

I guess some people still can't read the post Al made with regards to piracy talk.:rolleyes:

no, and I bet you'd hear a different story if people's photos without permission

Calina

I have updated (apparently) PS CS3 and it still doesn't like the RAW files off my new camera. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac: more manuals to be read I suppose.

This is of a candle in a jar because it was the only thing I had to hand given the yukky weather outside. It's the 13th photo I've taken with the camera. I'm deleting the others.

I quite like it in a large poster kind of a way. If I wasn't afraid of emptying my ink cartridges I'd print it to see what it was like.

Placebo

calina, where did you get it from? could you take a picture with just dim light?
thanks

Fajitas!

Read the charter before mentioning pirate software please.

Calina

Placebo wrote: »

calina, where did you get it from? could you take a picture with just dim light?
thanks

The photograph was taken without flash at ISO250, I think the aperture was 5.6 and the only ambient light was from 1) this candle 2) another candle about 120cm away and streetlighting coming through a window about 2.5m away. Shutter speed was 1/30 I think. Lens was the 17-85 kit IS. I think the IS may have been switched on, now that it occurs to me.

I bought the camera in bricks and mortar in Swords because I was feeling sorry for myself (did you see the weather) I mean I just wanted it. I had planned to order it from dabs initially.

Calina

dakar wrote: »

Thanks Calina,

I'm working this weekend (on call so should be able to sneak away for a while). It would be great if you can point me in the right direction.

Looks like Mullaghmore tomorrow.

dakar

Appreciate that, I'll go and have a look, if I come back with anything decent, I'll post it for C&C

Darren

Calina

You're more than welcome. It's killing me that I can't go.