Camera stuff
May. 4th, 2009 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyBetween 2PM and 5PM, the SLR I've been looking at became "In Stock" at Amazon. I was just going to give up and order it from Adorama anyway; same price, free shipping, but I get 3x the kickback from my Amazon Visa if I order through Amazon so I preferred to do that.
In general I've been getting stuff really fast via free shipping at Amazon, but I ordered a Canon 55-250 lens on Friday from Amazon and it's not shipped yet. The camera says it's not expected to ship until the 11th. Ah well, I don't really need it for anything particular anyway. I'd like to have it before Memorial Day, but I'm sure it'll make that.
I also ordered a battery grip and 2 spare batteries from eBay (new, $55 shipped!) - I loves a battery grip, and need spare batteries anyway. I don't know if the batteries will be any good but I figure what the heck, I'll try them out. The battery grip is the same one everyone else is selling and if just that works for $55 I'll be content enough.
I also have about $50 of random stuff piled up on dealextreme - lens caps, lens hoods, lenspens, etc, just accessories. $4 for an IR remote for all Canon cameras. And a green laser; they're $10, WTH. Canon wants $25 for a bitty little plastic lens hood for the kit lens; dealextreme has them for < $10. I wish DX had neutral density filters; I really need about a 4 stop filter for shooting silky waterfall shots; last time I tried to shoot waterfalls to any great extent, the sun was so bright I couldn't get the shutter below about 1/2 second with the lens stopped down and the ISO on 50. That's not bad but I'd like 4 seconds. Heck, I'd even like to try crazy long exposures like 30 seconds. I'll just have to get one somewhere else.
I'm also REALLY hoping to do much better wide-field astrophotography at Berzerker this summer. I got OK results with the old camera a few years back; this one should do much better. And if we get aurora, well, this camera has an ISO 12500 setting!!
In general I've been getting stuff really fast via free shipping at Amazon, but I ordered a Canon 55-250 lens on Friday from Amazon and it's not shipped yet. The camera says it's not expected to ship until the 11th. Ah well, I don't really need it for anything particular anyway. I'd like to have it before Memorial Day, but I'm sure it'll make that.
I also ordered a battery grip and 2 spare batteries from eBay (new, $55 shipped!) - I loves a battery grip, and need spare batteries anyway. I don't know if the batteries will be any good but I figure what the heck, I'll try them out. The battery grip is the same one everyone else is selling and if just that works for $55 I'll be content enough.
I also have about $50 of random stuff piled up on dealextreme - lens caps, lens hoods, lenspens, etc, just accessories. $4 for an IR remote for all Canon cameras. And a green laser; they're $10, WTH. Canon wants $25 for a bitty little plastic lens hood for the kit lens; dealextreme has them for < $10. I wish DX had neutral density filters; I really need about a 4 stop filter for shooting silky waterfall shots; last time I tried to shoot waterfalls to any great extent, the sun was so bright I couldn't get the shutter below about 1/2 second with the lens stopped down and the ISO on 50. That's not bad but I'd like 4 seconds. Heck, I'd even like to try crazy long exposures like 30 seconds. I'll just have to get one somewhere else.
I'm also REALLY hoping to do much better wide-field astrophotography at Berzerker this summer. I got OK results with the old camera a few years back; this one should do much better. And if we get aurora, well, this camera has an ISO 12500 setting!!
