So you win first prize in a tog comp...... [Archive]

Nigey

07-04-2009, 21:44

and first prize is £3000 to spend in your favourite shop....so what would you buy? (This is purely hypothetical and I haven't won £3000 sadly but was just wondering what I would buy if I did).

admirable

07-04-2009, 21:49

300 2.8 Is

fallen_mathi

07-04-2009, 21:49

not really a proper answere... but id take that money, spend it in a shop... buy 3000 pounds worth of stuff i could sell on... pocket the cash...
... i would then use the money to take me and the other half somewhere nice :) spend quite a bit of the time photographing what ever exotic scenary is around, then head home feeling nice, relaxed, and with a memory card full of lovely photos :)

sorry if its not the best answer

nathan

pchidell

07-04-2009, 21:52

100-400L, 24-70L and a 50d? :love:

fontmoss

07-04-2009, 22:00

d700, 50mm f1.4 and 70-200 f2.8

easy, now where's the money?

Paulie-W

07-04-2009, 22:18

D700 & 24-70 AFS :thumbs:

sdb123

07-04-2009, 22:22

d700, 50mm f1.4 and 70-200 f2.8

For £3k.....you'd be lucky.....or a good negotiator. ;)

welly

07-04-2009, 22:26

Loads of pocket wizards, an 85mm f1.4, and a large format camera of some description.

fontmoss

07-04-2009, 22:26

well i may be forced to contribute some of my own cash, it'd be churlish not to!

(but yeah id try and squeeze a few hundred out of 'em)

iansmart

07-04-2009, 22:28

300 2.8 Is

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cosmix3

07-04-2009, 22:45

300 2.8 Is

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green

07-04-2009, 22:47

A really good printer, a 50D and a macro lens of some sort.

Dangermouse1964

07-04-2009, 22:57

A D3

foodpoison

07-04-2009, 23:12

Well, it depends on my current frame of mind. If I'm in a 'grass is greener' frame of mind, sell my 40d, 430ex, 24-60, 10-20 and 55-250 and buy a d700, 24-70 and a 70-200.

Alternatively I'm totally happy with my 40d so i'd buy a 5d2, sell the 24-60 and get a 24-70, sell the 10-20 and get a 17-40 and keep the 40d for the 55-250.

Sarin

08-04-2009, 00:06

Yeah, some sort of fast glass.

rickj

08-04-2009, 01:18

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MisterE

08-04-2009, 04:15

Canon TSE-17 tilt & shift, and a chinese takeaway with what's left.

c_robinson

08-04-2009, 05:53

upadate my bag with a 50d, 70-200 2.8 and spend the rest on a decent bloody computer!!

Fitzy

08-04-2009, 07:57

I would put it towards a 500mm f4 and perhaps a wheelbarrow to cart it around!

geoffd70

08-04-2009, 07:59

A D3 :thumbs:

Richard.T

08-04-2009, 08:00

300 2.8 Is

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fabs

08-04-2009, 08:04

Sony A900 + grip + 16-35mm f2.8

Merovingian

08-04-2009, 08:09

A Caribbean holiday.

it's alive

08-04-2009, 08:17

Maybe just a Nikkor 17-35 (assuming I could find one), Lensbaby, Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 if I had to buy gear.

Byker28i

08-04-2009, 08:19

It would have to be glass I think, maybe the 70-200 f2.8 IS and some large UDMA CF cards

Pete Gl

08-04-2009, 08:19

100-400L :love:

Yeah!! Heaven

Pete

bmx.zac

08-04-2009, 08:29

canon 50d, 24-70L and a macbook :woot:

Ant

08-04-2009, 08:37

1d mk3

fletch5

08-04-2009, 08:38

100-400, another light set, 35mm&85mm prime a tripod new mem card reader and a few cards.

jgs001

08-04-2009, 08:42

100-400L, and a cooled CCD astro camera.

Dangerous_Dave

08-04-2009, 08:44

Takahashi FSQ106ED Astrograph. (http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=9181)

I stand to win £750 if Sunderland are relegated this season, which should buy some nice toys but not the Tak.

NorthernNikon

08-04-2009, 13:06

£3,000?

Simple ...

Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 G AF-S ED
Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 G AF-S VR IF ED
Nikon SB-900

Comes to £3120 on Warehouse Express so I might have to throw some money in depending on the shop, but that would complete my zoom collection and add a cracking speedlight too.

MJ Stebbings

08-04-2009, 13:13

Canon 24-70 f2.8, Canon 70-200 f2.8
Sell my gear and get a Canon 1dmkIII :D (Plus a few extra quid their way :) )

Twentyten

08-04-2009, 13:24

300 2.8 Is

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:D

Ho **** i don't have a Canon

I'll have,

Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 vr
Nikon TC-17E II AF-S Teleconverter
A decent A3 printer
Photoshop cs4

boozybill

08-04-2009, 13:51

beer, woman, rock n roll, and sqaunder the rest!! :D

NorthernNikon

08-04-2009, 14:01

beer, woman, rock n roll, and sqaunder the rest!! :D

The spirit of Besty lives on.

Nod

08-04-2009, 14:12

70-200 f/2.8 Nikkor (£1528)
and £1472 worth of holiday!

OR, if i had to spend it all in the same shop, then a 2nd hand D3 and a new Sigma 70-200 f/2.8, both from Mifsuds. The £2 change would go in the Devon Air Ambulance charity tin (or similar).