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I absolutely wouldn't have bought it if I didn't already have a BB and even with one it was a close call. But it will allow me to use the Berry's 3G connection via BlackBerry Bridge totally bypassing the usual tethered charges from my mobile network and that will be useful when I'm up in the Lake District as I don't have a landline up there. I'm not into games so my only other uses other than as a larger screen option for the phone will be for an ocassional e-book and possibly for photo viewing.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

I bought a cheap tablet to use to review photos but it just didn't really work out. The screen isn't too good, USB cardreaders are flaky with android tablets, the embedded jpeg preview in raw files isn't large enough, there are no good android raw converters, and shooting wirelessly is expensive and doesn't work well with CF cards.

But so far Android + Eye-Fi seems to be the best solution, or ChainFire's DSLR controller, but that's only for Canon so far.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Came across a deal I couldn't say no to. An almost new D300 at a great price.

My final purchase of 2011 was the 5D I have already mentioned in other posts in the Canon section. The seemingly imminent release of a successor to the 5D2 seems to have depressed 5D1 prices a bit, and a local dealer had a very clean one available. I am liking it thus far!

Two days ago, the same dealer had several big white lenses, and upon closer examination, one was a very clean, like-new pre-owned 400mm 5.6, which nailed focus very well on the 5D. Well, this one came home with me, as my first major purchase of 2012. A decent bird lens was a goal, though I had really gone there to see about a 135mm L. Well, the L will have to wait a while.

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Canon 7D/5D/40D/1D2N; Nikon F6, FM3A, & Coolpix A; Canon 40mm Pancake, 135L, 50L, 35L, pre-II 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8L Macro, 10-22mm EF-S, 28-135 EF, 400mm 5.6L; Nikkor 50mm 1.2 AI-S, 50mm 1.4G, 50mm 1.8D, 16mm 2.8D Fisheye, 180mm 2.8D, 100-300mm 5.6 AI-S; Tokina 17mm & 100mm 2.8 Macro

Congratulations, WestCoast! I had recently considered a pre-owned D300, before a D2x caught my attention, and then the aforementioned 5D caused me to postpone Nikon digital indefinitely.

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Canon 7D/5D/40D/1D2N; Nikon F6, FM3A, & Coolpix A; Canon 40mm Pancake, 135L, 50L, 35L, pre-II 50mm 1.8, 100mm 2.8L Macro, 10-22mm EF-S, 28-135 EF, 400mm 5.6L; Nikkor 50mm 1.2 AI-S, 50mm 1.4G, 50mm 1.8D, 16mm 2.8D Fisheye, 180mm 2.8D, 100-300mm 5.6 AI-S; Tokina 17mm & 100mm 2.8 Macro

I love your thought process Rexgig!

"Hmmm...this 5D looks like it's better than the D2x, I guess I'll buy it!
Oh well, now that I have that, I might as well buy a 400mm"

Nice one Westcoast! Glad you chose the right side

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Not choosing sides, only adding to my toy collection.
There is a lot of great deals right now in the "used" market, must be the economy or something.

Also picked up this FF A900, but my girlfriend has claimed it already.

I think you should stop buying cameras and empty that glass of wine

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

^ Amen.

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Jason

Just a new guy learning his way

Film: Olympus XA2
Digital: Nikon D3100 w/SB-600: , Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G, Tokina 12-24MM F4 Pro II

My Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkmcdonald/

My Blog: http://jmcdonaldphotography.tumblr.com/

Apple TV
Now just gotta get a new TV! Lightning killed the old one before Christmas

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Canon DSLRs: 5D Mark III, 7D
Canon lenses: 17-40/4L, 24-105/4L, 24/1.4L II, 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 100/2.8L Macro, 70-200/2.8L IS, 100-400L
Other stuff: Canon Extender 1.4x II, Canon 580 EX II, Canon 430EX II, Velbon Sherpa 600R
Apple: MacBook Pro 15", iMac 27", iPad III, iPhone 4S, Apple TV

My deviantART

6 rolls of film for this badboy.

and a battery adapter

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WHO I AM BLOG, WHAT I DO BLOG
Facebook
*most of my photos nowadays come with a blog post. Please take some time and stop by

Welcome to the Yashica club. Never fancied mine really, but I hope you enjoy yours!

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Jason

Just a new guy learning his way

Film: Olympus XA2
Digital: Nikon D3100 w/SB-600: , Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G, Tokina 12-24MM F4 Pro II

My Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkmcdonald/

My Blog: http://jmcdonaldphotography.tumblr.com/

Along with some uni books and the Godfather trilogy, I got:
- Magnum Contact Sheets
- Sequentially Yours, Elliott Erwitt
- Aftermath, Joel Meyerowitz

Starting off the new year with some good photo literature!

- Bjorn -

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Street and documentary photographer | Google+ | Twitter | Blog | Tumblr

Leica M9-P (my article on Camera Labs) | Leica D-Lux 5 | 50mm Summilux

Purchased 17inch MacBook Pro today using the student discount. I was lucky enough to receive nearly £500 worth of discounts including £200 off apple care

Specs are:
2.4ghz Quad core i7
4gb Ram (I will upgrade to 16gb myself within the next month)
750gb HDD (256 Crucial M4 SSD installed soon)
1gb graphics Card

However when I got home and was preparing to install my SSD I realised apple no longer provide a copy of the operating system on a CD. This means I would not be able to install the OS on the new SSD. After a chat with apple on the phone they have kindly agreed to install the SSD for me and install the OS. Very nice of them considering they normally don't touch third party SSD. Although my appointment is next Saturday

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Camera: Canon 550D with battery grip
Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 18-55mm, Tamron 70-300mm,
Accessories: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 808RC4 head, Canon 430ex II speedlite, Lowepro Nova 180AW and Lowepro Pro Runner 450AW

Oh that is so lame, every hot girl who can aim a camera thinks she’s a photographer -Stewie Griffin

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Bodies: Canon EOS 550D w/ Magic Lantern
Lenses: Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX f/2.8, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Accessories: YongNuo Speedlite YN-468 Flash, Neewer Macro LED Ring Light, Meike Battery Grip, YongNuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger & Receiver YongNuo WR-128 Wireless Remote Control