New toys for Roo

Consumed by a fit of jealousy over brownmonkey's Canon EOS D-10 setup, I vowed to get with the whole digital SLR gig. Problem was, I didn't have £2000 knocking about.

A bit of pragmatism, some sharp ebaying and I've come up with the following for a more realistic £500.

http://i14.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/47/3c/28_1.JPG

http://www.ibmega.com/ebay_panwebi/l...1850_55200.jpg

http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/49/b6/39_1.JPG

Canon EOS D30 body, Sigma 18-50 lens, Sigma 55-200 lens and a Lexar 512mb 40x Pro Compact Flash card. If I can get £150 by chopping in a bunch of Minolta gear I've got knocking around I'll have snagged a digital SLR setup for TREE-FIDDY!

(props to lph for helping me out with shipping ):cool:

Not so shitty :)

It sounds as if you will escape the customs charges I just got dicked with on my Freerides. I knew I'd get stuck with them but reckoned they were worth paying as I would be able to use the binders in La Grave. Wroooong... D'oh. Didn't anticipate the Parcelforce "express handling charge" of nearly 20 squid. Could have saved nearly £50. Ggggggrrrrrrr...

Disclaimer: any suggestion I am stalking you online is purely coincidental... ;)

Good to hear that you finally landed your clamps. Parcelfarce are little other than the most shambolic shower of c*nts. They've shafted me in the past with various 'miscellaneous' charges, admin charges, you're-buying-ski-gear-so-you've-probably-got-a-bunch-of-disposable-income charges and so on.

Crooks to a man. Bloody disgrace.

tres cool, roo! :D

where will you be inaugurating it with snow pics?

It will get an airing at the Tahoe summit. I want to be there when it all goes off at Once Is Enough at the Wood and the Palisades at Squaw...

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Originally posted by bad_roo
I want to be there when it all goes off at Once Is Enough at the Wood...

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ahhh c'mon roo....I think we can find some better stuff for ya than Once. ;)

(although a PainTrain of maggots dropping into Once would be quite entertaining).

18mm lens, dangling off a rope halfway down Once shooting sideways would make a really purdy shot...

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Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
ahhh c'mon roo....I think we can find some better stuff for ya than Once. ;)

(although a PainTrain of maggots dropping into Heart would be quite entertaining).

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Damn ty, a train of maggots hucking heart? sounds fun:D

although HR told me it is looking prime right now....whens attempt #2?

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Originally posted by bad_roo
18mm lens, dangling off a rope halfway down Once shooting sideways would make a really purdy shot...

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Be careful. Don't want that thing ending up like the camcorder you , ahem, barely attached to the side of that car a few months ago.

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Originally posted by kush1
....whens attempt #2?

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very, very good question...it is looking damn fine right now.

Who's gonna bag the first Heart helmet cam? With a front flip on the exit? ;) So hot right now.

Benny - I'm gonna be careful. I managed to get through the entire La Grave trip without busting any electronic gear.

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Originally posted by bad_roo
With a front flip on the exit? ;) So hot right now.

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A local snowboarder actually front flipped the exit to Heart back in December. So hot back then ;)

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Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
A local snowboarder actually front flipped the exit to Heart back in December. So hot back then ;)

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Being an absentee season pass holder is tough. I'm way behind the curve.

same here roo

edit: perhaps it is time I start looking for some vid/photo gear, since it is my major.