Canon EOS 300v
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I did it. Went out and bought the camera. I am R5200 poorer, but far richer in errr... well we will see once I start developing :-D All my co-workers ooohed and aahhed, this is a flashy *groan* camera. I was going to buy the Canon EOS 300 but after reading this comparison chart decided to go for the Canon EOS 300v, which is really just a minor upgrade. It has some critical improvements though:
- Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic
- Dioptric adjustment for glasses wearers, rather important seeing as I do wear glasses
- Larger rear LCD info panel
- The kit comes with a 28-90mm lens rather than the 28-80mm lens, so a bit more flexible
I am grinning like you cannot believe, but my credit card feels oddly lighter... :rolleyes: Oh man this is cool, first real gadget I have ever bought myself :-D I will post some pics once I have them developed. Sorry for burdening you with my glee, but I just had to let it out.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
How much was it in *real* money (american dollars)? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
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How much was it in *real* money (american dollars)? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: How much was it in *real* money (american dollars)? $520 (SA Rand to USD is 10 to 1) Shit, saying it like that, $520, makes me cringe... :-D But you cannot really compare. Electronics here in SA are expensive as they have to all be imported. I will be eating 2 minute noodles for awhile but I am happy with that.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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I did it. Went out and bought the camera. I am R5200 poorer, but far richer in errr... well we will see once I start developing :-D All my co-workers ooohed and aahhed, this is a flashy *groan* camera. I was going to buy the Canon EOS 300 but after reading this comparison chart decided to go for the Canon EOS 300v, which is really just a minor upgrade. It has some critical improvements though:
- Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic
- Dioptric adjustment for glasses wearers, rather important seeing as I do wear glasses
- Larger rear LCD info panel
- The kit comes with a 28-90mm lens rather than the 28-80mm lens, so a bit more flexible
I am grinning like you cannot believe, but my credit card feels oddly lighter... :rolleyes: Oh man this is cool, first real gadget I have ever bought myself :-D I will post some pics once I have them developed. Sorry for burdening you with my glee, but I just had to let it out.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Congrats! :-D New camera's are one of the best toys! Will you be posting some pics after the weekend (or will developing have to wait till the 2 minute noodle phase ends? :rolleyes: )? Paul Watson wrote: Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic This is no minor upgrade! :cool:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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I did it. Went out and bought the camera. I am R5200 poorer, but far richer in errr... well we will see once I start developing :-D All my co-workers ooohed and aahhed, this is a flashy *groan* camera. I was going to buy the Canon EOS 300 but after reading this comparison chart decided to go for the Canon EOS 300v, which is really just a minor upgrade. It has some critical improvements though:
- Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic
- Dioptric adjustment for glasses wearers, rather important seeing as I do wear glasses
- Larger rear LCD info panel
- The kit comes with a 28-90mm lens rather than the 28-80mm lens, so a bit more flexible
I am grinning like you cannot believe, but my credit card feels oddly lighter... :rolleyes: Oh man this is cool, first real gadget I have ever bought myself :-D I will post some pics once I have them developed. Sorry for burdening you with my glee, but I just had to let it out.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
Sounds Great! Paul Watson wrote: Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic I am biased by the metal mounts though:) "I will find a new sig someday."
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Sounds Great! Paul Watson wrote: Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic I am biased by the metal mounts though:) "I will find a new sig someday."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: I am biased by the metal mounts though I had your sage words of wisdom running through my head as I read the specs on the EOS 300 and it kept saying plastic lens mount. I then alt-tabbed to the EOS 300v and saw the stainless steel lens mount... I tried so hard to convince myself plastic was good enough... but eventually the Barnhart in me came out and I chose metal* :-D * At the very least when I put the lens on the nice shiny steel made me feel better, plastic just does not have the same feel
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Congrats! :-D New camera's are one of the best toys! Will you be posting some pics after the weekend (or will developing have to wait till the 2 minute noodle phase ends? :rolleyes: )? Paul Watson wrote: Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic This is no minor upgrade! :cool:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
Megan Forbes wrote: you be posting some pics after the weekend (or will developing have to wait till the 2 minute noodle phase ends? )? Well I bought 4 rolls of film along with the camera (not fancy film, rather get confident with the camera before I splash out on expensive film) so there will be at least one set of prints come monday. I will scan them in and post, give everybody a good view of why Cape Town is The city. :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Congrats! Have fun, Paul! :-D looking forward to seeing more of CT! BW "Computers are useless. They only give you answers." - Pablo Picasso
brianwelsch wrote: looking forward to seeing more of CT! :-D You can count on that. By the end of, well, next week you will be sick of me and my photos. :rolleyes:
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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I did it. Went out and bought the camera. I am R5200 poorer, but far richer in errr... well we will see once I start developing :-D All my co-workers ooohed and aahhed, this is a flashy *groan* camera. I was going to buy the Canon EOS 300 but after reading this comparison chart decided to go for the Canon EOS 300v, which is really just a minor upgrade. It has some critical improvements though:
- Stainless steel lens mount, not plastic
- Dioptric adjustment for glasses wearers, rather important seeing as I do wear glasses
- Larger rear LCD info panel
- The kit comes with a 28-90mm lens rather than the 28-80mm lens, so a bit more flexible
I am grinning like you cannot believe, but my credit card feels oddly lighter... :rolleyes: Oh man this is cool, first real gadget I have ever bought myself :-D I will post some pics once I have them developed. Sorry for burdening you with my glee, but I just had to let it out.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
I don't know anything about cameras, but... Paul Watson wrote: rather important seeing as I do wear glasses I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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I don't know anything about cameras, but... Paul Watson wrote: rather important seeing as I do wear glasses I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
David Wulff wrote: I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... Funny that, me too - it's definitely time for a new Paul bio pic :) It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character :rolleyes:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
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David Wulff wrote: I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... Funny that, me too - it's definitely time for a new Paul bio pic :) It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character :rolleyes:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
Megan Forbes wrote: It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character Strangely enough, i have, and i still do... :~
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Shog9 This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need...
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David Wulff wrote: I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... Funny that, me too - it's definitely time for a new Paul bio pic :) It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character :rolleyes:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages Damned nice for remote servers where using Enterprise Manager is like wadding through treacle while covered in velcro, upside down -Paul Watson on SQL Server Query Analyser
Megan Forbes wrote: It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character LOL! Well if you look closely you'll see that character does stand for everything about me too. Talking about time for new photos, I need to get some done too. All of the ones of my web site (even the header graphic) are about fourteen months old now (taken just after my eighteenth) and, well, they are the most flattering pictures I've seen. :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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Megan Forbes wrote: It's fortunate that I've visited your site or I would picture you as a South Park character Strangely enough, i have, and i still do... :~
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Shog9 This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need...
Shog9 wrote: Strangely enough, i have, and i still do... Isn't it strange how we all picture each other to be. I still have an image in my head of John as a country and western singer who rides a Harley, Chris is that guy from Star Wars and always eats ice cream, you have a Bob tatoo on your head and like snowboarding and liquifracted cheese, Paul is the symbol of all things innocent and the goodness of mankind, Elaine is a dirty S&M sex beast into extreme bondage gear, Christian is a slightly eccentric white haired professor who's forced to program in order to stay sane, Michael Martin is the only vagrant in the world with a 2MB/s internet connection and is one of those unlucky people who tries so hard and never gets a break, and Kiwi Colin, well he's a human encyclopedia, looks like George Clooney and wears shell suits. :~
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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Shog9 wrote: Strangely enough, i have, and i still do... Isn't it strange how we all picture each other to be. I still have an image in my head of John as a country and western singer who rides a Harley, Chris is that guy from Star Wars and always eats ice cream, you have a Bob tatoo on your head and like snowboarding and liquifracted cheese, Paul is the symbol of all things innocent and the goodness of mankind, Elaine is a dirty S&M sex beast into extreme bondage gear, Christian is a slightly eccentric white haired professor who's forced to program in order to stay sane, Michael Martin is the only vagrant in the world with a 2MB/s internet connection and is one of those unlucky people who tries so hard and never gets a break, and Kiwi Colin, well he's a human encyclopedia, looks like George Clooney and wears shell suits. :~
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
...And Brian Dela is staggering around drunk greating people ...And Chris Losinger is a punch drunk or stoned genius ...And Tom Archer is a wild-haired pool shark ...And Ravi is the teacher at the podium ...And Megan is hanging from a zipline ...And Jeremy Falcon is a gym instructor ...And Nish is a friendly but insane workaholic ...And Tomasz has been walking for a *really long* time... ...i wonder what we're really like? :laugh:
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Shog9 This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need...
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...And Brian Dela is staggering around drunk greating people ...And Chris Losinger is a punch drunk or stoned genius ...And Tom Archer is a wild-haired pool shark ...And Ravi is the teacher at the podium ...And Megan is hanging from a zipline ...And Jeremy Falcon is a gym instructor ...And Nish is a friendly but insane workaholic ...And Tomasz has been walking for a *really long* time... ...i wonder what we're really like? :laugh:
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Shog9 This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need...
Shog9 wrote: i wonder what we're really like? I suppose we've got to ask the question: do we really want to know? I like the images I've formed of you guys (far too many to put on a list) - they fit in well with the rest of my insanity. :suss:
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
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...And Brian Dela is staggering around drunk greating people ...And Chris Losinger is a punch drunk or stoned genius ...And Tom Archer is a wild-haired pool shark ...And Ravi is the teacher at the podium ...And Megan is hanging from a zipline ...And Jeremy Falcon is a gym instructor ...And Nish is a friendly but insane workaholic ...And Tomasz has been walking for a *really long* time... ...i wonder what we're really like? :laugh:
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Shog9 This is my December These are my snow covered dreams This is me pretending This is all I need...
Shog9 wrote: And Chris Losinger is a punch drunk or stoned genius while i won't claim the 'genius' part, i will say that your impression of me is 100% in line with that of nearly everyone i've ever hung out with. hmm. :|
There's one easy way to prove the effectiveness of 'letting the market decide' when it comes to environmental protection. It's spelt 'S-U-V'. --Holgate, from Plastic
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I don't know anything about cameras, but... Paul Watson wrote: rather important seeing as I do wear glasses I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
I've also worn glasses all my life, and took them off for the photo. David Wulff wrote: yes that means I do see you in black and white You mean you're colourblind ;-)? -- Andrew.
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I don't know anything about cameras, but... Paul Watson wrote: rather important seeing as I do wear glasses I can't imagine you with glasses! My mind-eye image of you is very much like your profile photo (yes that means I do see you in black and white)... :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
David Wulff wrote: I can't imagine you with glasses! Back in school I had big black thick rimmed glasses. I then swapped to contact lenses but have swapped back to glasses in the last year. Workaholism and contact lenses do not go well together, glasses are easier and more comfortable. But I have my contacts handy in case I need to, errr, dazzle anybody... :rolleyes: David Wulff wrote: that means I do see you in black and white Just like I think. Black and white. I will make sure that even when we meet one day the universe will conspire to place a polariser between us to make me look black and white... :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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I've also worn glasses all my life, and took them off for the photo. David Wulff wrote: yes that means I do see you in black and white You mean you're colourblind ;-)? -- Andrew.
Andrew Peace wrote: I've also worn glasses all my life, and took them off for the photo. I had contacts at the time the pic was taken. I am not at all self concious about my glasses. How is Uni?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Shog9 wrote: Strangely enough, i have, and i still do... Isn't it strange how we all picture each other to be. I still have an image in my head of John as a country and western singer who rides a Harley, Chris is that guy from Star Wars and always eats ice cream, you have a Bob tatoo on your head and like snowboarding and liquifracted cheese, Paul is the symbol of all things innocent and the goodness of mankind, Elaine is a dirty S&M sex beast into extreme bondage gear, Christian is a slightly eccentric white haired professor who's forced to program in order to stay sane, Michael Martin is the only vagrant in the world with a 2MB/s internet connection and is one of those unlucky people who tries so hard and never gets a break, and Kiwi Colin, well he's a human encyclopedia, looks like George Clooney and wears shell suits. :~
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Live for today and die tomorrow.
David Wulff wrote: Paul is the symbol of all things innocent and the goodness of mankind :-O The only reason why you aren't also that picture perfect angel is because of those debauched pub images on your website. I keep mine locked up so as to perpetuate my myth... :-D David Wulff wrote: Elaine is a dirty S&M sex beast into extreme bondage gear, Have you asked her out yet David, sounds perfect? ;P David Wulff wrote: Kiwi Colin, well he's a human encyclopedia, looks like George Clooney and wears shell suits. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I have to admit George Clooney and Colin Davies do not come anywhere close in my mental image. I envisage a wiry old bald guy who tackles Kangaroos from helicopters and woos ladies with talk of worldy adventures. Kind of like Cohen the Barbarian from Discworld. It will be great to meet fellow CPians one day, even if it dispells certain myths.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Andrew Peace wrote: I've also worn glasses all my life, and took them off for the photo. I had contacts at the time the pic was taken. I am not at all self concious about my glasses. How is Uni?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
I'm not self-concious about it either but the pair I had at the time, well, they needed replacing :). Uni is brilliant - I've had a great nine weeks (in general). As is to be expected there's been the odd ups and downs, and a stackload of work, but it's definitely an experience not to forget. How about yourself? We've not caught up in a while :). -- Andrew.
