Welcome back! The fireworks this year was actually good for a change.
Wouldn't touch grey stuff there... better to at least have warranty somewhere in the world I can reach.
But $18.8k credit card price isn't too bad... hmmm.. wait for a bit more. I "heard" it's March when something is announced on the 1D2N and 5D. My guess that I heard wrong.
PMA 2007 is held on March 8-11. If Canon is going to be announcing anything, then it will most likely be in time for PMA 2007. I'd be surprised if they don't release anything by then.
SmellyTofu wrote:
I "heard" it's March when something is announced on the 1D2N and 5D. My guess that I heard wrong.
If they're discounting the 5D by that much then it's probably going to be phased out - so probably you heard right. I think it's a good idea to wait until march and see, as the prices may go down *again* as people offload their perfectly good cameras to get the latest and greatest.
Zane Yau wrote:
Hi guys, I am back in Sydney. Happy New Year to you all!!
Nice firework photos guys - I definitely missed out!!
You didn't miss out on the 14 hour wait on rock hard benches. I had a sore bum for two straight days after that!
Zane Yau wrote:
Some shops in HK are still asking for $20800 for 5D when I was there last week . If the RRP for 5D is 18800 in HK, I think you can possibly pick up a GREY 5D for less than $15000 (AUD$2500) - don't quote me though
What about this from Digital Rev listed for $3,689.99 but when opening on sale for $2689 cant find any at this price now though
Zane Yau wrote:
Mate, there's a price to pay for all those colourful fireworks pics hehe
5D is quite a good camera for what it is, but 5fps and a bigger buffer i don't mind
and a shutter that sounds like 1D2 hehehe
When do you use >3fps? I honestly don't apart from when I do some parade. In fact I don't even use >3fps at the racetrack. I think buffer depth is more important than speed. Probably need it at F1 races or some olympics.
Mind you how important is that 45 focus points over the 9? then add on top the added weight. 1 series camera aren't exactly discrete.... (I'm procrastinating)... then again, I know of wedding photogs use 2 x 5D and seem to get good stuff out of it.
I took a Canon brochure from the photo imaging show that was in Sydney last time and looked at the 5D they have in there. It has photochopped the 1D2 screen at the top on a 5D body. Weird!
yeah Smelly, it depends on your shooting style i guess. I am on continuous mode 90% of the time, esp when i shoot low light, shallow DOF.... the faster the better, however i don't need 8.5fps hehe
SYDNEYSIDERS will have a chance this weekend to glimpse the brightest comet in 40 years.
"It's already way brighter than Halley's Comet," its Australian discoverer, the astronomer Rob McNaught, said yesterday.
If the weather behaves, his comet should be visible on the western horizon, just after sunset, on Sunday and Monday.
Although it should still be visible each evening in the coming week, it is tipped to start fading after Monday.
It is the 31st of 32 comets that Mr McNaught, from the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, has found in 20 years, and it has surprised scientists by growing unexpectedly bright as it neared the sun, creating a spectacular sight in northern Europe skies.
"I suspect it's bigger than people suspect," he said. Because it is now so close to the sun, it will be visible only for a few minutes after the sun sets at 8.09pm, and will be very low on the horizon. But Nick Lomb, the astronomer at the Powerhouse Museum's Sydney Observatory, said sunlight reflecting off dust in the comet's tail may make it shine as bright as the planet Venus.
Comet watchers need to look from sites with clear views of the western horizon, unhindered by hills, trees or buildings.
On Sunday evening the comet should be visible until it dips below the horizon 23 minutes after sunset. On Monday it will set 39 minutes after the sun. "The best chance to see it will be on Monday night," Dr Lomb said.
Mr McNaught discovered the comet, officially dubbed C/2006 P1 McNaught, in August while using an automated telescope in a NASA-funded project to scan the sky for asteroids approaching Earth's orbit. To the naked eye, his comet would probably look like "a fuzzy star with a tail".
While amateur astronomers would be delighted, he feared the public's appreciation of such "really, really unusual" sights had been numbed by unrealistic Hollywood movies, with things "whizzing across the sky".
After rounding the sun, the comet will head back to the outer solar system: "It will probably come back in millions of years."
Mr McNaught conceded he was "really, really excited" that his discovery looked set to become one of the two or three brightest comets of the past 70 years, "but it has nothing to do with me. It would still be there whether I had observed it or not."
I don't think so... I think it's just an illustration. I'm going to Top Ryde and checking it out as there's an unobstructed view west to the Blue Mountains. There are also a few places in Carlingford as both of them are on top of a hill.
right i will try MrsMacq Chair tmr night anyway, as I can shoot a sunset if the comets can't be seen Nicole's complaining as tue nights are movie nights
You can always see movies, but you won't see this comet for a long time. Possibly never again in our lifetime. I'm going to try stacking a 100-400 with a 1.4TC and see what I can get. Apparently the details are much better with binoculars.
. If the RRP for 5D is 18800 in HK, I think you can possibly pick up a GREY 5D for less than $15000 (AUD$2500) - don't quote me though