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Postby atencati on Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:09 pm

Well, my initiation is complete, I have just joined the VR club at a much higher leve than anticipated. I thought my wife was upgrading my Sigma 80-400 OS o the nikkor, but she came home with the 70-200 2.8 VR instead!


Pics to follow!!!

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Postby Glen on Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:13 pm

Congratulations, you will love it
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Postby Kristine on Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:13 pm

atencati

Congratulations you lucky thing!!!!!

I take it you cannot use it till Christmas?

Look forward to your pics as I continue with my lens lust :?


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Postby Onyx on Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:41 pm

Wow, you have a wife that not only understands your passion but actively encourages you to buy new VR lenses! :)
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Postby birddog114 on Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:46 pm

atencati
That's great! New VR's member, you have to be good so you'll get a 200-400VR or 300 VR next Xmas, send Santa your wish list of Xmas 06.
You'll be proud and enjoy your new toy.
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She bought you this for a present?

Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:20 pm

Well, atencati, can I suggest:

Please ask your wife to write a GIFT GIVER'S MANUAL. Many wives I know do not understand the basics of Christmas gift selection for their partners.

This would be an enormous social benefit to the photographic community in general, and in particular, to the members of this forum.

Enjoy your gift :D
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Postby Raydar on Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:51 pm

Onyx wrote:Wow, you have a wife that not only understands your passion but actively encourages you to buy new VR lenses! :)


This is very hard to come by indeed!!!!! :shock:

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Postby mudder on Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:08 pm

G'day,
Wow, you are a lucky man.... You'll have to be very, very good to make up for that.... I can see some significant gloating coming up...

Cheers and enjoy your chrissie present!
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Postby MattC on Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:10 pm

Atencati

WOW! All I can say is that wife of yours is definitely to be treasured.

Merry Christmas

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Postby atencati on Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:51 am

Thanks all, I do feel lucky to have such a great wife. Funny thing is, I put the camera in her hands last night and had her take a few shots of our dog running around (He's her baby - more spoiled than I am) and she was blown away by how clear and bright the shots are that she wants to start budgeting to buy some more lenses. And no FREAKIN" way I am goiing to let a 70-200 VR sit in my house and wait 2 days to use it. That thing lasted about 2 seconds in the box.

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wow.....that is one terribly crazy long run-on sentence up there...my appologies

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Postby birddog114 on Sat Dec 25, 2004 6:57 am

atencati
You have done well! you'll have lot of good time and keepers with the glass.
Perhaps you have tell me your strategies how you can achieve to that level :lol:
Enjoy and and have a Merry Xmas.
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Postby dooda on Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:07 am

Did you have trouble taking pictures around the house with the focal length. I find that even with the 50mm, I'm having to back up way more than I like. I'm seriously eyeing the 12-24. That would set me up nicely for a while.

Congrats on the lens by the way. This would only happen in my dreams, although I wouldn't put it past my wife to do something like this as well. Look forward to seeing the pictures.
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Postby fozzie on Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:14 am

atencati,

Seeing that you have your wife on-side now, what lens or lenses are you going to budget for :?: . Also while your wife is in this frame of mind, you will need a new tripod, ballhead, RRS LCP-10 foot for the 70-200VR and SB-800.

When I received my 70-200VR from Poon, HK per FedEx I think I had it out of the box in one second, quicker than a speeding bullet.

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
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Postby Onyx on Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:31 am

fozzie's on the ball - tripods and other camera support items aren't cheap, and they're a "very necessary" part of shooting now that you have that oh so long and oh so heavy 70-200VR. ;)
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Postby atencati on Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:31 am

I had my wife sit at the kitchentable, sort of modified tripod/handheld and the dog was in the family room shredding the "present" she got him. Funny thing is, he is so big he is already hard to frame.

As for next on the list...hmmm....D2X! (Yeah Right!!!!!!!!!)

First thing I'd like is a 2x tele, and maybe a fisheye...10.5 dx? haven't decided yet.

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Postby birddog114 on Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:36 am

atencati wrote:I had my wife sit at the kitchentable, sort of modified tripod/handheld and the dog was in the family room shredding the "present" she got him. Funny thing is, he is so big he is already hard to frame.

As for next on the list...hmmm....D2X! (Yeah Right!!!!!!!!!)

First thing I'd like is a 2x tele, and maybe a fisheye...10.5 dx? haven't decided yet.

Happy Christma-Channa-Kwaanza


Please have my word: go for the 1.4 or 1.7. You'll suffer with the 2.0. I have all three of them and the 2.0 is in my display box.
hmmmmmm, oh yeah! a D2x for me too. Please count me in.
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