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Postby Schniff on Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:11 pm

G'day all. I'm from Adelaide, SA and into mainly landscapes but also cityscapes, wildlife and a bit of everything else.
Im a Canon shooter (boo, hiss), and my kit includes a 300D, EF-S 10-22, Sigma 120-300 F2.8 EX, EF-S 18-55 and a EF 55-200, mafrotto tri and monopods and a lowepro offroad bag.
This is a great forum you got here.
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Postby Glen on Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:40 pm

Welcome Schniff, hope you enjoy your stay here
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Postby beetleboy on Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:14 pm

Welcome from one Adelaidean to another!

Liam =]
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Postby Raskill on Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:58 pm

Welcome. Don't worry about being a canon type. The site will help you with your struggle and you'll soon be able to get rid of the canon and get a real camera :D :D

It's a great site, with loads of knowledge, so welcome aboard!
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Postby Big V on Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:34 pm

Schniff, welcome from one Canon user to another..at last some others with good taste!!!! How do you find the 10-22? I have the 80-400 OS in the sigma range and love it..
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Postby avkomp on Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:39 pm

Welcome Schniff, even though you are from the dark side, the force will be with you!!

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Postby BBJ on Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:31 pm

Hi Schniff, Good to see another South Ozzy join the ranks, always good to have more of us crow eaters. I am down in Mt Gambier and well dont get up that way a lot but yeh welcome to our world, i can say that because i never log off.LOL :lol:

Us Nikon user's dont care if you are Canon lover, each to there own and more than welcome here.
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Postby digitor on Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:12 pm

Hi Schniff,

Good to see another local - welcome!

Show us a pic or two, let's see what that Canon can do! :lol: :lol:

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Postby Schniff on Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:37 pm

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Big V wrote:Schniff, welcome from one Canon user to another..at last some others with good taste!!!! How do you find the 10-22? I have the 80-400 OS in the sigma range and love it..


The 10-22 is a very very good lens, and boy does it go wide! Its my most used lens. If you have a Canon with an EF-S mount, shoot landscape or architecture and dont intend up upgrading to a full frame then go out and buy it, buy it now! There are great prices on it off Ebay from hong kong.

I only got the Sigma 120-300 F2.8 the other day and havent had the time or an opportunity to use it. Its killing me! I was not happy at all with Canons EF55-200mm lens. Too slow and average quality, but what do you expect for $400?
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Postby fozzie on Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:24 am

Schniff - welcome to the forum :)

Schniff wrote: I only got the Sigma 120-300 F2.8 the other day and havent had the time or an opportunity to use it. Its killing me!


The weather looks good for the weekend, so I hope for your sake you get the time and opportunity to use your brand spanking new lens. If you do get the opportunity, look forward to seeing some of the first shots.

Should you not have a website to upload to, this one is for free, provided by one of our members, but does have some limitations which are explained during the process:

http://www.pixspot.com/
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Postby robw25 on Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:37 am

welcome schniff, look out for that bloke in mt. gambier !!! he will lead you astray

cheers rob
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Postby oli on Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:49 pm

Howdy fellow Farmers Union Iced Coffee and or Coopers drinker. (I hope!) 8)

That 120-300 is supposed to be very nice!

Hope to see you at the next mini-meet, although this forum sections seems very quiet these days. :(
Photo gallery online <a href="http://photoden.net/oliver">here</a> and some more on deviantArt <a href="http://oliau.deviantart.com">here</a>.
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Postby mickwhit on Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:50 pm

G'day Schniff,

Welcome. This is a very informative forum and the people are always very helpful. Even to those Canon users out there like yourself :-)

I look forward to catching with you soon up and going shooting with you a lot more. Something tells me I'll catch up with you sooner rather than later.

Cheers,

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Postby Schniff on Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:58 am

Unfortunately due to a combination of things I wont be able to get a chance to use the big lens for at least a couple of weeks, but rest assured I will put pics up once I do!

I have a page here:
http://ozimages.com.au/portfolio.asp?MemberID=1841

Comments, criticism and abuse all welcome.
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impressive

Postby rookie2 on Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:32 pm

welcome Schniff
I just had a brief look at your page - (I'm still a dial up dinosaur) - some amazing shots that I can only aspire to achieve way down the line. Hope that this Adelaide group can get together at some stage to help out beginners like me - quite daunting gauging by the quality of your work but we all have to start somewhere!
thanks for posting.
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Postby Marvin on Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:26 pm

Hi Schniff,
Good to see another SA member. Nice work on your portfolio!
Rookie - we have had plenty of get togethers but unfortunately it seems to be the same group going. (no offence meant to the same group though! :wink: )
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