Forum: Photography

Subject: Christmas wishlist

firestorm opened this issue on Nov 23, 2002 ยท 15 posts

firestorm posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 2:51 PM

ok so it's that part of the year again...so what three photography items would you put on your wishlist for this christmas? mine are: 1: - epson 2450 photo scanner 2: - tripod 3: - 24 - 300 zoom lens i think the scanner and tripod might become a reality...lens may have to wait. :-)

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt

azy posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 3:30 PM

1: - medum format camera (should ask Alpha for advice) 2: - decent lightmeter 3: - a shed load of slide film (with processing included) and please santa lots of vodka (black label smirnoff) :o) Might get the lightmeter and film but the camera is way out

Eggiwegs! I would like... to smash them!

Slynky posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 4:14 PM

a camera lots of film lots of paper now my preferences are as follows: Nikon N2000 (which is gauranteed, BOOYAA!) Kodak Tri-X/Ilford Delta 400 Agfa Semi-Matte, gotta love the blacks

Rork1973 posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 7:35 PM

  1. Peace in the world 2. A long and healthy life for all my & your loved ones 3. A 2.8 ED AFS 300/2.8 Nikkor ;)

zardoz posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 8:38 PM

Hehe,
The "dare to dream" wishlist:

  1. Peace in the world and enough food and beer and a warm place for everybody.
  2. Becomming rich and famous
  3. A Nikkor 2.8/ 80-200

The realistic wish list:
Allready bought me a Manfrotto M055 tripod with this nifty ball head plus a monopod. :-)))

cheers
Thomas

zhounder posted Sat, 23 November 2002 at 11:00 PM

What was the name of the Kodak/Nikon 14megapixal Full body Digital SLR? Honestly though, A job would be enough for me. Magick Michael aka zhounder

Alpha posted Sun, 24 November 2002 at 11:02 AM

Even though I am agnostic and my wishes are impossible...

  1. A world free of war, hunger, disease and poverty.
  2. Equality, freedom and respect for all life on earth.
  3. A woman who I can share my love, life, hope and dreams with for the rest of my life, and that I can trust.

Time for reality...

  1. A roof over our heads and food on the table for my children and myself.
  2. The ability to continue helping others learn and grow.
  3. To become the best photographer I can be.

DHolman posted Sun, 24 November 2002 at 3:11 PM

If we're talking photo-gear: The "Yeah..right" list: 1 - Canon D60 DSLR Body 2 - Sigma 100-300 F4 EX-IF HSM Lens 3 - Nikon SuperCoolscan 4000ED Film Scanner The "could happen" list: 1 - Tamrac 5474 Velocity 7 Sling Camera Bag 2 - Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 Lens 3 - Lots of film -=>Donald

Rork1973 posted Sun, 24 November 2002 at 3:34 PM

>3. A woman who I can share my love, life, hope and dreams with for the rest of my life, and that I can trust. If you have a 300/2.8 AFS, I'll trade it for my woman...but be warned: the lens might be the cheapest part of the deal ;) (sorry about crappy photo...don't have anything better atm - old one) Alpha, great list though.....hope they all come true for you!

ChuckEvans posted Sun, 24 November 2002 at 3:52 PM

Can't believe I'm "hopping" in here. I used to be of the opinion that I needed the best equipment available. I told myself that for this reason: If I had the best hardware, then any failurre to produce quality products was due to my shortcomings. I wanted to eliminate every factor but myself. These days, as I grow older and a bit more wise, I think I would wish for nothing more than the ability to use what I have and have the time to use it. And to make a few people smile or think. People all over the world are using average equipment and "kicking my ass".

Misha883 posted Sun, 24 November 2002 at 6:41 PM

I know what you mean about "equipment envy." As soon as I could afford it I went out and got an RB67 medium format. My work did NOT immediately improve by orders of magnitude. And, since I sort of put photography on the shelf for a couple decades for various reasons, the RB sat in the closet while I did quite well with "consumer" equipment. Now I'm starting to dust it off again. I think it's taken awhile to appreciate how to use it. We should talk 'Chelle and Star into having a Challenge some month using the little disposables. I suspect some folks here will get fantastic results! Alpha- I'd be careful of Rork's deal. Seems OK on the surface, but read the fine print. I'm more from the, "Keep the talking frog because it's cool," school.

Hardwick posted Mon, 25 November 2002 at 3:15 AM

1.a nice photography job 2.Nikkor micro 200mm f/4D IF-ED 3.a ticket back to Australia

Michelle A. posted Mon, 25 November 2002 at 9:35 AM

I'm admittedly a "high maintenance" woman. My list of wants is way to long to post...heh! But I hope that all of you get your wishes for Christmas...especially those agnostics of the group who believe their wishes are impossible.

I am, therefore I create.......
--- michelleamarante.com

starshuffler posted Mon, 25 November 2002 at 9:56 AM

Ditto, Mich! My wishlist is too long to post. I think I did post a list last year... Maybe I should check if there were things that need to be added to/taken off the list already. ;-) (*

starshuffler posted Mon, 25 November 2002 at 10:33 AM

Attached Link: Last year's wishlist

Apparently, I can only take out a few items off that list, and I have loads more to add to that. :-/ Hmmm... oh well. I've been a good girl this year. Promise! :-) (*