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Postby hash77 on Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:12 pm

Hi all,

Just wanted to make an appearance and say that this forum has been most helpful.

I've moved to Brisbane in the last year and a half, and have been snapping away by myself with my trusty CP5700.

I've only recently decided to lump it in for a DSLR and joined your ever growing ranks.

Are there any recent meets coming up? I'd like to meet some like minded people and get some tips and tricks, as well as push my abilities further.

I have a couple of places that I am posting some of my photos if you had the time and inclination, I'd love some feed back

http://hash77.deviantart.com
http://chunkyd200.blogspot.com

Hope to meet some of you in the near future

Cheers

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Postby xerubus on Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:15 pm

welcome to the forums Hash.. enjoy your stay. :)

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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:19 pm

Welcome Hash - I'm sure you'll have fun here ;)
By the way - when is our next minimeet???????
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Postby avkomp on Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:40 pm

hi and welcome Hash.

by now you have probably discovered that this place has plenty going for it.

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Postby Raskill on Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:46 pm

Welcome Hash. Your in good company, there are about one million SE QLD members (give or take....)

Look forward to seeing some of your images. Are you using a D200?
2x D700, 2x D2h, lenses, speedlights, studio, pelican cases, tripods, monopods, patridges, pear trees etc etc

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D200!

Postby hash77 on Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:04 pm

Yep, using a D200. I've been eyeing off my Dad's D70 ever since it got released and been using my housemate's D70 (Thanks Claire!). However I wanted more, something that was above and beyond an upgrade from my cherished CP5700 (lets face it, the CP5700 did most of the things that I needed, just frustratingly slowly and painfully, albeit in a small tidy package).

I had a kit ordered via photocontinental for about 3 months when I came upon a body at Bentley's Camerahouse, Indooroopilly in the last few of weeks. So I jumped and paid about $90 more than I would have for a body at photocontinental (if they had one).

Hoping to complete my acquistion with the 18-200mm VR when they start coming into supply. Will have to make do with my 90mm Tamron for now and my house mate's lenses.

What's the go with DSLRUser's merchandise? It seems like a while since any thing was posted about it? Would love to get an Optech pro strap with the logo
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:25 pm

Welcome aboard hash77
Hope you enjoy your stay. Before you can get access to the forums shopping venue you will have to wait until you've hit 30 posts or so. It won't take you long so get involved and enjoy!
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Postby Manta on Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:29 pm

Welcome aboard Hash.

I look forward to seeing some pics from that D200. Not sure about next minimeet.. but I'm thinking of running a little local activity soon. Just haven't worked ou the details yet.

Stay tuned.
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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:41 pm

Local activity ????????? :shock: :oops: :twisted: LOL
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Postby Manta on Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:43 pm

All will be revealed in the fullness of time my sweet.
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Postby byrt_001 on Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:26 pm

hi

welcome to the forum

you have some great shots in deviantart

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Postby Glen on Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:47 pm

Welcome to the forum, I am sure you will enjoy it.


Well occasionally we have a wine or beer at the Sydney minimeets, now the Brisbane meets will have Hash at them :shock:
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Postby hash77 on Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:53 pm

Might get some interesting photos or some very broken cameras.

My friends always wanted to travel with me so that they could ask airport security "Have you seen my 6' stack of Hash anywhere?"
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Re: Mary Jane

Postby Glen on Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:56 pm

hash77 wrote:My friends always wanted to travel with me so that they could ask airport security "Have you seen my 6' stack of Hash anywhere?"


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby big pix on Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:35 pm

blacknstormy wrote:Local activity ????????? :shock: :oops: :twisted: LOL


welcome to the forum hash.......

Gold Coast is local....... :P :P :P
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Postby bindiblue on Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:52 pm

Welcome Hash,
from another D200 users,, hope to meet all the brisbane people one day at a meeting,

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Postby Grev on Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:55 am

Welcome! Yet another person with a deviant art page, it's nice, and watched. :wink:
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Postby r32 on Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:19 pm

I probably saw you at KFC Indooroopilly last week - you were with two women, you toted the D200 and one of the ladies had a D70. And you guys got off from what I recall was an AE82-series Corolla hatch.
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Postby hash77 on Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:36 am

Okay dood, that's just scary! :D We just wanted some KFC :roll:

What do you shoot? Are you around the Indooroopilly area?
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Postby r32 on Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:39 pm

I live in St Lucia, attend uni at UQ. I don't shoot much specific genres but prefer action stuff like bicycle races and racetrack stuff. I do a bit of everything though.
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Postby Slider on Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:47 pm

Welcome aboard Hash. Look forward to meeting up at a mini meet :D
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Postby Grev on Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:25 am

I go to UQ at St Lucia too. :wink:
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St Lucia Campus by Night

Postby hash77 on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:42 am

You guys undergrad, postgrad, or staff? I'm doing environmental engineering Ph.D.

I was hoping to get some night shots around and about campus one day, but feel nervous about doing it after dark. Would you guys be keen to get some photos? Safer in numbers!

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Postby Grev on Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:16 pm

I'm in applied science but I think I want to be a photographer. :lol:

The campus isn't that bad at night and I don't know where you'd take photos at night though... :lol: I have yet to see a good spot but you might know more. :)

Nothing along the river, eh?
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Postby hash77 on Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:27 pm

I was thinking the great court and the entrance from the bus stops. I just think the campus looks great under lights. No nothing along the river. Or some of the water features, even though they are turned off, maybe the toxic lakes out near engineering.

Even the Hawken Building is quite impressive underlights, I'm sure many of the others are as well but I didn't do my undergrad here so I wouldn't know.

I was hoping to do it from sunset and an hour or so after so nothing late.
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Postby Grev on Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:22 am

Hmmm... I guess there would just be opinion clashes as I don't find the great court or the hawken building to be that great... :(

I've also tried the entrance from the bus stops, nothing really excited me.

I just don't really think UQ has got good photo opportunities... :(
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Postby r32 on Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:52 am

Honours postgrad in the NRAVS faculty. However my work is over at the Gatton campus. I live around here though.
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Postby big pix on Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:29 pm

VK4CP wrote:Welcome hash77.

You'll find lots of great info and tips are shared here.
My search button is almost worn out! :)

Maybe I'm not paying attention enough, but in the 12 months I have been here, I have only seen one SEQ minimeet organised, and that was over New Years (a crazy time, but tied in with somebody's hols, I think).

Maybe the most central spot for all SEQ members (Sunny Coast, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast), is somewhere in Brisbane itself?

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gee....... I have been to 4 mini meets and could not make one other.......since Xmas....... I think that is 5 ........
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Postby r32 on Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:02 am

More opportunities than you might think - come springtime, there's lots of avian families leading their broods around the ponds behind the Hawken engineering blocks. Around November the jacaranda trees around the campus will be flowering in unison and is an impressive sight.
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Postby Grev on Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:35 am

Yeah, there have been quite a few mini meets, you just need to watch out on when they are.

Photo opportunity wise, there are more around the city or inner city. :wink:
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