Huge Attendance at 1st Adelaide Meet

[digitor]

The first Adelaide meet was held today in the Botanic Gardens.



From left to right: Fozzie, your humble scribe, Mark T and Marvin enjoyed great weather, and spent a pleasant couple of hours talking about D70 stuff, and photography in general. Fozzie brought along a huge range of equipment for all to look at, (that's his Gitzo with Markins head setup) and very generously presented us each with a gift of a set pre-cut screen protectors.

It was good to meet face-to-face, and get to know some of the SA members a little bit better.

We intend to get together again in the near future, maybe next time for some sort of photographic safari - we'll keep you posted!

Cheers

[birddog114]

The D70 Gangs of Adelaide,
Great to see all of you having fun today at the meet, next time make a camping trip and use fozzie's Gitzo leg to setup a tent
Thanks for sharing.

[BBJ]

I'm jealous now. Well you all had a great day by the looks of it and i am sorry i couldn't be there, but i hope to get up soon as lisa has to take 1 kid for a check up next week in Adelaide and im home with the other and have an Ulysses Rally next weekend so in April when i have my doctors check ups i might be able to catch up with a few. I want to try catch the Monarto Zoo or the town 1 at same time.
Well done.
Cheers
John
BBJ

[mudder]

Great to see more members getting together and having fun

Looking forward to seeing some shots from the day...

Cheers,
Mudder

[Matt. K]

Nice to see the Adelaide gang together....you look just like the Sydney gang...complete with a Gitzo and a ballhead and a D70 Polo shirt. Hope to meet you all one day...maybe the big August meet in Sydney?
Keep shooting and keep posting!

[Onyx]

Fantastic, great to hear the Adelaide chapter's had a successful meet.
Only 1 out of 4 with the polo shirt huh... you guys need to work on that.

[gstark]

Onyx,

Only 1 out of 4 with the polo shirt huh... you guys need to work on that.

That's the group shirt - they each take turns in wearing it.

Well done, Adeladians. I truly hope y'all had a great time, and got to trash any 300D user in sight.

[Killakoala]

Congratulations to the South Aussies for their inaugural mini-meet.

Hopefully the first of many.

[sirhc55]

Congrats SA chapter - and it is really great to put faces to names

[Mj]

Great to see another arm of the D70 forum getting together.. and as always, nice to put some faces to names (well kinda names).
The venue looked quite appropriate too.

Michael.

[fozzie]

Another enjoyment day surroundered by other D70Users in person.

The first chapter.

Here is some shots I took after the 'Mini Meet'.

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(Last shot has a duck in the fore ground)

It would be excellent to see everybody next time, and also to expand on the group.


Goodbye for now,

[birddog114]

fozzie,
hahahaha! you've got a lemon  BTW, very nice venue!

P.S the RRS BH55Pro should look better on that leg than the Markin 20.
Trust me, it's + the Wimberley Sidekick as well!

[digitor]

 BTW, very nice venue!

It is a nice venue - a wedding was held in there just after we finished up. Here's a shot of Mrs. digitor I took before the meet.



Cheers

[fozzie]

Well Birddog,

I am more than happy with my 'GITZO' G-1327 with Markins M-20. Very well balanced rig. May be next month, I will get to see your 'RRS' BH55Pro + 'Wimberley' Sidekick, so I can pass judgement. The bet is a bottle of 'GOOD QUALITY' red wine, no skins.

Then again, I do not have a 200-400VR. If I do get there, you would be best to check my 'GITZO' carry bag before I leave, just in case the 200-400VR has jumped in and Adelaide bound .

Cheers,

[Marvin]

Yes, I had a lovely time! I think I could have talked the leg off of a chair though!!! It's a nerves thing! Sorry guys!
Also....

Only 1 out of 4 with the polo shirt huh... you guys need to work on that

just can't come at the polo shirt cuffs. Perhaps if they had plain sleeves and collar.....

But, I am looking forward to learning new stuff and having more get togethers.

Thanks all!

[Nnnnsic]

Don't feel bad, dude.

I don't wear mine cause it's too big.

[BBJ]

Mine not big enough.LOL

[robw25]

was there any talk or a rough date for the next meeting? and is there a good place for plane spotting in harbourtown ( i think thats what it is called ) next to the airport ?? will be there on wednesday

cheers rob

[fozzie]

Robw25,

was there any talk or a rough date for the next meeting? and is there a good place for plane spotting in harbourtown ( i think thats what it is called ) next to the airport ?? will be there on wednesday

cheers rob

Nothing definite, approximatley 6 weeks from yesterday.

Harbourtown, from memory is fairly close to one of the main landing strips.

What time are you going to be there .

I could be there at about 5:30-5:40pm and link up with you.


Cheers,
fozzie

[Glen]

Guys very impressive getting that meet together, the Queensland guys are still debating the date

[birddog114]

Yeah! we're now waiting for QLD and WA to have their meets.

[huynhie]

This is quite some achievement for a forum that is less then a year old, with all these meets and gatherings getting organised all around the States.

[digitor]

Yes, I had a lovely time! I think I could have talked the leg off of a chair though!!! It's a nerves thing! Sorry guys!

No need to apologise Marvin - all the chairs were in perfect working order when we left - honest!

Glad you had a good time, see you at the next meet.

Cheers

[xerubus]

Guys very impressive getting that meet together, the Queensland guys are still debating the date

aha!!! we have set the date now.... Sunday 27th February.

[fozzie]

xerubus,

Guys very impressive getting that meet together, the Queensland guys are still debating the date

aha!!! we have set the date now.... Sunday 27th February.

At least then you can say that the 'Brisbane' v 'Adelaide' chapters started in February 2005. Come on WA. Then it will complete the mainlaind 'Mini Meets'.

Cheerio,

[Marvin]

No need to apologise Marvin - all the chairs were in perfect working order when we left - honest!

Ha ha, well, we didn't actually try them all!!

[Matt. K]

Hmmm! One member has a polo shirt too big....one member has a polo shirt too small....what am I missing here?

[digitor]

....what am I missing here?

A polo shirt?

Cheers

[digitor]

xerubus,

Guys very impressive getting that meet together, the Queensland guys are still debating the date

aha!!! we have set the date now.... Sunday 27th February.

At least then you can say that the 'Brisbane' v 'Adelaide' chapters started in February 2005. Come on WA. Then it will complete the mainlaind 'Mini Meets'.

Cheerio,

Apart from the Northern Territory!

Cheers

[birddog114]

And the Tassie's boys

[xerubus]

And the Tassie's boys

where's Tassie?

[digitor]

where's Tassie?

Small island off the coast of New Zealand....

Cheers

Edit: If this doesn't get a response from somebody in Tassie nothing will!!

[xerubus]

nice...

[Mark T]

(Last shot has a duck in the fore ground)

Can't get enough ducks? Then just for you…



It was great to meet you all at last. Thank you fozzie, Digitor & Marvin for answering all my beginner questions and making us feel welcome.

Special thanks to fozzie too for letting us all rummage through his camera gear and for the sticky viewfinder/control panel protectors.

Hope to catch up again later.

Mark T

[wojtek]

Ahh I came to this thread way too late, must keep an eye on this forum for round 2.

[Marvin]

If you are interested wojtek, we can pm you when we know what we are doing.