Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow. It is only a day away.
I am singing....woo hoo. Just ordered my 7D and my 300mm lens and the EF1.4III extender and spare battery and I get them tomorrow.
Fabulous as I got them from WEX and got a bundles deal which they have been awaiting stock on for the last fortnight and the stock came in today.
I have one question about my order. I know some people use a lens filter to protect their lens and some hate them. I want one just to protect the lens until I get used to it. It was really hard choosing one and I ended up getting this one as WEX had it on offer with the 300mm lens.
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-kenko-67mm-pro1-digital-uv-filter/p1527988
If you guys think there is a better one that you recommend I shall order the new one. I have not got a clue on lens filters.
I am so jet lagged as we arrived home yesterday at 3pm after a 5 hour delay and 2 flights. It was such a fantastic holiday and as most of you know I did manage to get some quite nice shots of the local hummingbirds. I have to admit that I was pretty cheesed off with the Fuji as it kept overheating, would not focus, and it took an eternity to store pictures so I missed a massive amount of action with the hummers. Also my lens distortion was horrendous and every photo I had to edit to compensate this. I do wish that I had the new Canon gear with me as I know my photos would have been so much better but saying that the humidity was horrendous and it was so hot that I could only stand out for about half an hour before the heat got to me. Although Barbados is a very safe island I know I would have been too nervous with fabulous gear to stand in the isolated spot where I took most of my photos.
Oh dear, but at least you got it sorted quickly. WEX are a very good firm to deal with. I've used them and they have always been very helpful. Just think of the trouble you would have had if you'd bought a grey import.
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Good news from the bad at least - and be positive, you'll be able to recover a bit more from the jetlag and read the userguide from cover to cover ready for the new one tomorrow :-)
Mind you, postie will be confused :-)
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I reckon so, Lolly. This is the one I thought you were getting, That's why I queried the filter size. It takes a 77mm filter
www.wexphotographic.com/.../p12822
We feel your anxiety but it'll be alright now I'm sure.
Looks right to me too :-)
If the postie is on the same route as yesterday, we should have around 6 hours wait ahead of us....
And it's definitely "we" - I can't be the only one suffering from the empathetic highs and lows of this!
:-)
I'm not sure I can take all this suspense. I reckon I'll hear the "WooHoo" all the way down here in the south.
Welcome back Lolly! Seen quite a few of your 'hummers' on Flickr! Think you did an excellent job! Hope you enjoy your new 'toy'!!
"All weeds are flowers, once you get to know them" (Eeyore)
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Thanks, well yes.... it certainly gave me a surprise this morning! Lol!
Oh no Lolly. I'm almost as stressed as you. I think I'll have to have a lie down. LOL
I'm a gibbering wreck!!
And I'm out tomorrow
I'll have to take the iPad with me now, check up on what's happening, if I can find some Wifi somewhere.....