Your Christmas 06 Loot

Well guys, thats another Christmas gone. I had a great time with my family in Auckland, and also picked up a few cool new toys. Here’s an overview of a few of the tech items I received over the holiday period.

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Canon 75-300mm Telephoto Lens

I’ve been wanting a telephoto zoom lens for quite a while now, and yesterday I got one. The lens I received was the Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III. In more simple terms, it will get me really really close to sporting action.

I cant wait to test out this lens in the upcoming domestic cricket season.

2GB Compact Flash Card

I’ve been shooting with my Canon 350D for the past 2 months using two 128MB CF cards. Yes, I can see you cringing through the screen, it was very difficult having two cards which only held 24 RAW photos in total.

WIth this new card I can hold over 500 JPEG images, or over 225 RAW images. Great for a full days shooting with the telephoto lens at sporting events.

Manfrotto Monopod

This is just like a tripod, except it’s like one tall walking stick. It will be paired and used in conjunction with my new telephoto lens when shooting sports.

It should help me keep my shots steady and sharp. I used it a little yesterday afternoon while shooting some birds, and the results were very satisfying.

As you can see, photography gear was a hit on this years list. (I also picked up a few things like a new bike, Nike+iPod armband, and cash..) There are still a few items I still want to purchase (but my birthday is coming very soon, on Feb 9th). Further down the line, I want to upgrade my computing setup, so the saving starts today.

What did you pick up for Christmas?

Comments

  1. #1

    Codie Westphall

    very nice there glenn, i myself had a very good xmas scoring a nintendo wii and 2 games, some really kool clothes and shoes, lots of edible lollies and oh yea a 32″ lcd samsung tv woohooo…. no mac stuff tho :( i might have to buy a macbook soon to make up for the lack of mac stuff currently

  2. #2

    Ed → cattlethief.blogspot.com

    I’m happy to say that I’ve finally switched. I got a Macbook Pro and new external monitor from Dell among other things. I’m still getting to grips with OS X but it’s already exceeding my expectations.

  3. #3

    Michael → michaelyurechko.com

    I did okay. I got cash, a lot of gift cards, a Playboy and a mickey of vodka :)

    There’s only about 1/3 of the vodka left :(

  4. #4

    Josh → maconlyreview.wordpress.com

    I got quite a few things like DVD’s, books, driving lessons, golf gear but my pride and joy is a new iPod nano 2gb and Nike+ running kit

  5. #5

    Smaran → smarandayal.com

    I got a 250 GB Seagate hard drive and a subscription to the Economist. Fun.

  6. #6

    fcodc → www.macrecon.com

    This year I decided for no Mac — so I got a Nintendo Wii, an iPod shuffle, and a PS3 gift certificate. Now I’m just wondering when I’ll be able to use that last one.

  7. #7

    Brad

    I got a bunch of money, and that’s pretty much all. (Not that I’m complaing…) So Glenn, just to warn you that lens is ok, but it gets REALLY soft at long focal legnths. It’s a good lens, it just gets a bit soft after about 200.

  8. #8

    Steff → www.steffanwilliams.co.uk

    Heya! Merry Christmas to everyone, I hope everyone enjoyed.

    I got just a couple of things, mainly a Wii with three games, new chair for my room, £1500 and some random things for my room, clothes and all that stuff.

    Come MacWorld (waiting purely so I don’t miss too much out) I’m going to pick myself up either a MacBook or an iMac 24″.

    Again, hope you all enjoyed!

  9. #9

    Herkamer → rebel-squadron.blogspot.com

    My family knows me too well (or thinks they do) to just give me cash. I did score a Nintendo DS lite, an iDog (those things are cooler than they look), a new hard drive, and a USB 2.0 PCI card for my rather old Power Mac G4.
    Herkamer

  10. #10

    Alex Suraci → www.mynimalistic.net

    iMac 20″! :D New Apple convert.

  11. #11

    Zoo

    you guys are filthy rich. i got a 5$ giftcard to walmart :(

  12. #12

    Smaran → smarandayal.com

    Filthy rich? In your dreams, Zoo.

  13. #13

    Taylor → www.taylorsblog.com

    Hey, I got a HP Officejet 7310 All-in-one, Nike+iPod Kit, New Nike+ Shoes, a new WebCam, DVDs, CDs, Money, Candy. I got pretty much everything but a mac :-(. Oh well, I’m not complainin, this printer is really nice. Pic of it at:

    http://flickr.com/photos/tpopro/332453331/

  14. #14

    alej744

    Logitech MX Revolution
    30 GB iPod Black
    Jeans
    Pumas
    Shirt
    Lindt & Ghirardelli Chocolates
    $100 Apple Gift Card
    $90 in cash
    $50 iTunes Gift Card
    $25 Best Buy Gift Card

  15. #15

    Mike → www.kaosplanet.com

    Blackbook w/2 GB Ram
    HP C3180 All-In-One
    macbook shield (speck)
    iTunes giftcard
    External mic for macbook
    Macbook for dummies
    iLife ‘06 training book

    I’m a new mac convert and i’m loving it!

  16. #16

    William Wilkinson → www.williamwilkinson.com

    I got a 17″ Powerbook!

  17. #17

    tom → tff4.com

    My wife bought me a 37″ Polaroid (?) 1080i LCD flat-screen. And a buttload of DVDs to watch on it. And Gears of War (which I made her give me earlier this month).

  18. #18

    Indraneel → imindraneel.wordpress.com

    Seagate 200GB 7200rpm, 3.5in Barracuda Hard Drive.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/indraneel

    for some crappy photos of it.

  19. #19

    Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com

    Awesome, an iMac Alex! How are you liking it so far?

  20. #20

    Fidel Mercado → mercado.multiply.com

    1. Crumpler 7 million dollar home
    2. 70-200 f4L
    3. iPod Nano (product red)
    4. Cash

    Great photo gear Glenn, have fun at the cricket game!

  21. #21

    Michael → www.projectspurs.com

    I bought myself a white MacBook Core 2 2 ghz with 1 gig of ram, and got a sleeve and bag, some clothes, a watch, cologne and some gift cards from my family. The Macbook is a great upgrade from my powermac G4, which I have now passed on to my mom.

  22. #22

    Jon

    well being a massive (possibly bigger than glenn!) Apple fan i got myself a couple of new bits from the parents!

    Firstly a beautiful new 20″ imac core 2 duo - and yes topped out with ram!

    Lacie 1TB firewire drive (for all that… manly material!)

    And finally a black ipod.

    Time to say goodbye to my old powerpc stuff D:

  23. #23

    Alex Suraci → www.mynimalistic.net

    (Sorry for the somewhat late reply)

    I’m loving it actually. The screen is HUGE. If I didn’t know it was a 20″ model I would have guessed instinctly that it was the 24″. I wasn’t expecting it to be this big.

    I’ve got one gripe though, I don’t know if it’s just me or if it’s even a bug, but when I put it to sleep and woke it up sort of shortly after, the fan got louder. It starts up like rrRRRrrrr…, then gets quieter. It’s still very silent, but it kind of bugs me that it messed up not even a day after I got it.

    All in all it’s a great machine. I installed Vista on it (Que screaming from every Apple user, and then silence), and it runs great. First time being able to use Aero. I did a sort of stress test and dragged the very-glassy “Add Widget” window all over the place and the CPU usage only went up to 54%. :D

    All in all I’d say it’s worth the $1500.

  24. #24

    Alex Suraci → www.mynimalistic.net

    Also, I don’t know if you noticed but your header is messed up in Safari. I think it’s because the background is a PNG (Which get darkened in Safari for some reason) and the header image is a JPG. If you convert the header to PNG or vice versa it should look fine.

  25. #25

    Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com

    The startup noise after wake is perfectly normal Alex :-)

  26. #26

    Alex Suraci → www.mynimalistic.net

    Oh, alrighty then. *phew* It’s all spic and span then, I guess I just didn’t notice it the first time. :P

  27. #27

    Tucker MacDonald → www.tuckermacdonald.com

    Bose QC3’s, 70-300mm lens for D50, iTunes Cards, Griffen Firewave, AE Card, trip to Macworld, jacket, clothes.

  28. #28

    Umair Ata

    Glenn, you didnt tell us anything about your Christmas 07 Loot this year. Any plans of doing that. :)

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