I bought a new toy too!

[Billip]

Alex's post got me thinkin' I should post up about my new toy. I sold my Canon Digital Rebel and bought somethin' new... quite a bit of a step up...



I bought the new Canon 20D and the additional battery/vertical grip that you see it pictured here with. Got a few other goodies like a cable release and an awesome new Lowepro camera backpack... oh and a new lens that is incredibly kick-ass



That's the Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8 L - it's some pretty expensive glass, but (hopefully) worth the money.

I still haven't taken any shots yet because I'm waiting for my damn flash card to arrive! I ordered a Lexar 1GB 80x.

I could have done some SERIOUS upgrades to the ole GTI for the amount I spent on this, but these days my money goes to supporting my creative side.

[Chris]

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Sweet jesus!! That's awesome, man!

[R_Ethug]

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holy camera batman

[Tuna]

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VERY nice! Funding the creative side is always a good investment.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Wowzer that is a camera

Hope you can get some good WoW photos for us with that baby!!

[tintin]

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Nice equipment...

What are you going to do with it??

[Billip]

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I will definitely be down to WoW and taking some shots.

As for what I'll be doing with it, pretty much everything. I have done some event photography before and recently did a wedding - and did yearbook photography for many years. Basically for now though I'm looking to build up my equipment (while I have a good paying job) so that one day, if I want to concentrate more on photography (like as a job), I can do that without worrying about buying a whole bunch of equipment (as I probably wouldn't be getting paid too much, if anything).

There are a few more things on the list of stuff to buy for it. I'm going to get:

Canon 580EX Flash
Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 Zoom Lens
Canon EF 70-200 f/4 L Lens (this lens kicks major ass)

[liquid]

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That is a serious piece of equiptment right there.

[tintin]

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Have you considered some of the IS lenses? they really help when you get past 100....

[Aleks]

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Very nice! My dad just bought a Nikon D70, and has almost got me into the DSLR bug.....Nice Camera!~

[Billip]

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Have you considered some of the IS lenses? they really help when you get past 100....

Yes, the IS lenses are very nice indeed, but isn't available on too much yet. The 24-70 I got didn't have an IS version, and even if they did god only knows how much it would have costed and weighed. I'm addicted to "L" series glass.

The 70-200 comes in an IS version, but only with the f/2.8 version, and it's $2800, so I won't be getting that anytime soon. The f/4 L is only about $1000. Just as sharp, and only 1 stop slower.

Sounds like you know a little about this stuff... are you a photographer too?

[Derick]

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Nice new toy Bill!

I'm sure you can't wait to get that memory card to start shooting!

[Kor]

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Hey Bill speaking of toys, my bro is looking at buying a digital piano (just piano not midi/synth) do you know much about these? Any recommendations where to look for info?

[Billip]

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Hey Bill speaking of toys, my bro is looking at buying a digital piano (just piano not midi/synth) do you know much about these? Any recommendations where to look for info?

Well the basically all have MIDI, but Roland makes some pretty sweet digital pianos, as does Yamaha. They are probably the best 2 names that you can get, and they both produce keyboards with stunning piano sounds. There is a mind boggling array of models to choose from, it really depends on what you're looking for. Does he want it to look like a piano (they have digital grand pianos, etc.), or look like a home digital piano, or look like a stage digital piano? See what I mean... the funny thing is that they essentially all have the same keybeds and sound generators so it's basically just the way it looks.

Here's a few links:

Roland Digital Pianos (of all those ones I'm a fan of the RD-700SX and RD-300SX - they were just announced a few days ago

Yamaha Digital Pianos - there is a crazy huge amount of different models

A store I would suggest going to if you want a simple digital piano is Irene Besse Keyboards. They are down by the old Costco.

[Kor]

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Thanks for the advice!